General information
Poland | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Europe | North America |
Area: | 312,680 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Polish | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1918 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Warsaw | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Poland | United States | |
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Population: | 37,951,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 121.4 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 73 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 81 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 41.9 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 9.90 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 10.80 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.33 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Poland | United States | |
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Political stability: | 68 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 67 | 81 |
Health: | 79 | 71 |
Climate: | 26 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 57 | 38 |
Popularity: | 70 | 67 |
Economy
Poland | United States | |
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Currency: | Zloty (1 PLN = 100 Groszy) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 3.4 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.06 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 50.18 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 40.80 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 15,260 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 56 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
POL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 596,624 M US$ | 15.72 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 578,462 M US$ | 15.24 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 336,317 M US$ | 8.86 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 295,897 M US$ | 7.80 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
POL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 420,000 km | 11.07 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 18,538 km | 0.49 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 3,997 km | 0.11 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 143 | 0.004 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 126 | 0.003 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
POL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 149.40 bn kWh | 3.94 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 156.90 bn kWh | 4.13 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 12.02 bn kWh | 316,725.85 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 14.02 bn kWh | 369,425.66 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 312.74 m t | 8,240.67 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Poland | United States | |
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International dialing: | +48 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .pl | .us |
POL total | POL per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 5,777,428 | 152 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 49,350,724 | 1300 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 13,265,000 | 350 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 32,955,310 | 868 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 8,369,218 | 221 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Poland | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 6.54 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.40 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 6.1 % | 10.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 54.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 24.7 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
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Daytime temperatures: | 13.4 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 4.9 °C | 7.2 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 8.6 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.1 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Poland | United States | |
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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 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Poland | United States | |
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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 % |