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General Information

Official Name Republic of Poland
Capital Warsaw
Area 312,679 sq km (120,726 sq mi)
Location Poland is located in Central Europe.
Geography The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania and the Russian province of Kaliningrad Oblast to the northeast. To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea

Demographics

Population (2016)
37,967,209
Density (2016)
121.4 persons per sq km
(314.5 persons per sq mi)
Urban-Rural (2015)
60.54% urban
39.46% rural
Sex Distribution (2016)
48.4% male (18,377,040)
51.6% female (19,590,169)
Life Expectancy at Birth (2016)
73.5 years male
81.6 years female
Age Breakdown (1990)
15% under 15 (5,708,855)
18.8% 15 to 29 (7,153,794)
23.3% 30 to 44 (8,850,251)
19.7% 45 to 59 (7,484,948)
16% 60 to 74 (6,069,189)
7.2% 75 and over (2,700,172)
Birth Rate (2015)
9.7 per 1,000
Death Rate (2015)
10.4 per 1,000
Increase Rate (2015)
-0.7 per 1,000
Infant Mortality Rate (2015)
4.0 live births