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Republic of Poland
National name: Rzeczpospolita Polska
President: Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995)
Prime Minister: Marek Belka (2004)
Area: 120,728 sq mi (312,685 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 38,626,349 (growth rate: 0%);
birth rate: 10.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 8.7/1000; life
expectancy: 74.2; density per sq mi: 320
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Warsaw,
2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper)
Other large cities: Lodz, 778,200; Krakow, 733,100;
Wroclaw, 632,200; Poznan, 581,200; Gdansk, 456,700; Szczecin,
415,700
Monetary unit: Zloty
Language: Polish
Ethnicity/race: Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%,
Belorussian 0.1% Ukrainian 0.1%, other 2.7% (2002)
Religions: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75%
practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
Literacy rate: 100% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003 est.): $426.7
billion; per capita $11,000. Real growth rate: 3.6%. Inflation:
0.7%. Unemployment: 18%. Arable land: 46%.
Agriculture: potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry,
eggs, pork. Labor force: 17.6 million (2000 est.);
industry 22.1%, agriculture 27.5%, services 50.4% Providers
(ISPs): 19 (2000). Internet users: 6.4 million
(2001).
, Warsaw, Wroclaw. Airports: 150 (2002). |