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Region: Europe

Capital: Warsaw

Population: 37,949,128

Area Total: 312,683

Area Land: 304,510

Climate: Temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately serve winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers



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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Krakow 755,050 2020
Lodz 768,755 2020
Warsaw 1,702,139 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Europe
Population: 37,949,128
Area Total: 312,683km2
Area Land: 304,510km2
Coast Line: 491km
Capital: Warsaw
Climate: Temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately serve winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers
Languages: Polish
Currency: New Zloty
Holiday: Constitution Day is 3 May (1791), Independence Day is 11 November (1918)


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 26.50°F
July: °C / 62.60°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 24.6"


Boundaries
Czech Republic 658 km
Belarus 605 km
Germany 456 km
Slovakia 444 km
Ukraine 428 km
Russia 206 km
Lithuania 91 km


Ethnic Divisions
Polish 97.00%
German 1.00%
Ukrainian 1.00%
Byelorussian 1.00%


Religions
Roman Catholic 95.00%
Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other 5.00%

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