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GeographyLocation: Central Europe, east of Germany
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,114 km, Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km Coastline: 491 km
PeoplePopulation: 38,792,442 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.34 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.23 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 12.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Polish 97.6%, German 1.3%, Ukrainian 0.6%, Byelorussian 0.5% (1990est.) Religions: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5% Languages: Polish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1978)
Government
Names:
Type: democratic state Capital: Warsaw Independence: 11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed) Constitution: interim "small constitution" came into effect in December 1992 replacing the Communist-imposed constitution of 22 July 1952; new democratic constitutionbeing drafted
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $191.1 billion National product real growth rate: 5.5% National product per capita: $4,920 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% Unemployment rate: 16.1%
Electricity:
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