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 Poland
All information: Poland
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All information: United States
 
Area:312,680 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:37,971,000 328,240,000
Official language:Polish English

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Government

Government form:Parliamentary republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1918 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Warsaw Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:121.4 33.4
Life expectancy males:73.7 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:81.7 years 81.1 years
Average age:38.8 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:10.20 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:10.90 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.30 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:72 74
Civil rights:68 83
Health:81 74
Climate:27 64
Cost of Living:57 38
Popularity:44 85


Economy

Currency: Zloty (1 PLN = 100 Groszy) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:3.0 % 3.9 %
Inflation rate:2.23 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:57.30 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:40.80 % 36.60 %
Average income:13,711 € 58,821 €
Corruption index:58 (moderate) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:532,254 Mio €14.02 M € 19,145,356 M €58.33 M €
Gross national product:520,479 Mio €13.71 M € 19,308,457 M €58.82 M €
Exported goods:294,631 M €7.76 M € 2,258,389 M €6.88 M €
Imported goods:267,060 M €7.03 M € 2,773,678 M €8.45 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:420,000 km11.06 km 6,586,610 km20.07 km
Railways:19,231 km0.51 km 293,564 km0.89 km
Waterways:3,997 km0.11 km 41,009 km0.12 km
Harbours:1440.004 3,6730.011
Airports:1260.003 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:149.40 bn kWh3.93 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.89 m kWh
Energy production:156.90 bn kWh4.13 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.48 m kWh
Energy export:12.02 bn kWh316,558.42 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,536.36 kWh
Energy imports:14.02 bn kWh369,230.37 kWh 72.72 bn kWh221,545.53 kWh
CO2 emissions:299.04 m t7,875.42 t 5.01 bn t15,251.98 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+48 +1
Internet domain:.pl .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:6,824,896180 107,281,000327
Mobile phones:52,268,1281,377 422,000,0001,286
Internet server:13,265,000349 505,000,0001,539
Internet users:32,091,635845 290,488,378885



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:6.50 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:2.40 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:6.1 % 10.8 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.2 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:54.0 % 79.0 %
Smokers:26.0 % 25.1 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Poland and United States

Daytime temperatures:13.4 °C 18.8 °C
Nighttime temperatures:4.9 °C 7.3 °C
Relative humidity:76 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:7 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:103.2 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:5.1 7.2


Native languages

Polish:97.6 % 0.3 %
English:n/a 82.1 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
German:1.3 % 0.6 %
Chinese:n/a 0.9 %
French:n/a 0.7 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Ukrainian:0.6 % n/a
Byelorussian:0.5 % n/a
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Russian:n/a 0.2 %
other:0.0 % 2.6 %


Religions

Christianity:88.7 % 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Sikhism:n/a 1.6 %
Islam:n/a 1.1 %
Hinduism:n/a 1.0 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
other:11.3 % 15.3 %