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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:37,975,000 326,688,000
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 33.2
Life expectancy males:73.9 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:81.8 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:77 75
Civil rights:72 96
Health:80 68
Security:99 63
Climate:25 64
Cost of Living:65 36
Popularity:67 92


Economy

Currency: Zloty (1 PLN = 100 Groszy) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:3.5 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:2.23 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:57.30 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:40.80 % 36.60 %
Average income:12,595 € 56,427 €
Corruption index:58 (moderate) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:523,148 Mio €13.78 M € 18,351,356 M €56.17 M €
Gross national product:478,370 Mio €12.60 M € 18,433,513 M €56.43 M €
Exported goods:290,578 M €7.65 M € 2,234,305 M €6.84 M €
Imported goods:272,762 M €7.18 M € 2,794,991 M €8.56 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:420,000 km11.06 km 6,586,610 km20.16 km
Railways:19,231 km0.51 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:3,997 km0.11 km 41,009 km0.13 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 kWh11.94 m kWh
Energy production:156.90 bn kWh4.13 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.53 m kWh
Energy export:12.02 bn kWh316,526.11 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,676.68 kWh
Energy imports:14.02 bn kWh369,192.69 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,598.05 kWh
CO2 emissions:285.74 m t7,524.47 t 5.25 bn t16,083.50 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+48 +1
Internet domain:.pl .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:6,575,246173 109,961,000337
Mobile phones:51,098,7471,346 422,000,0001,292
Internet server:13,265,000349 505,000,0001,546
Internet users:29,446,280775 285,087,483873



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 % 77.0 %
Smokers:28.0 % 21.8 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Poland and United States

Daytime temperatures:13.2 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:4.8 °C 7.2 °C
Relative humidity:77 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:7 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:104.4 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 % 0.7 %
French:n/a 0.7 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Chinese: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 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:0.0 % 3.0 %


Religions

Christianity:88.7 % 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
Islam:n/a 0.6 %
other:11.3 % 18.4 %