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Legend: Definition Field Listing Rank Order    Introduction    Poland Top of Page Background:

Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. Poland regained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland currently suffers low GDP growth and high unemployment. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.    Geography    Poland Top of Page Location:

Central Europe, east of Germany Geographic coordinates:

52 00 N, 20 00 E Map references:

Europe Area:

total: 312,685 sq km

land: 304,465 sq km

water: 8,220 sq km Area - comparative:

slightly smaller than New Mexico Land boundaries:

total: 2,788 km

border countries: Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 526 km Coastline:

491 km Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 nm

exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties Climate:

temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers Terrain:

mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border Elevation extremes:

lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m

highest point: Rysy 2,499 m Natural resources:

coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land Land use:

arable land: 45.91%

permanent crops: 1.12%

other: 52.97% (2001) Irrigated land:

1,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards:

flooding Environment - current issues:

situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-Communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to decrease as industrial establishments bring their facilities up to European Union code, but at substantial cost to business and the government Environment - international agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94 Geography - note:

historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain    People    Poland Top of Page Population:

38,626,349 (July 2004 est.) Age structure:

0-14 years: 17.1% (male 3,388,247; female 3,216,085)

15-64 years: 70% (male 13,454,820; female 13,591,814)

65 years and over: 12.9% (male 1,896,940; female 3,078,443) (2004 est.) Median age:

total: 36.2 years

male: 34.3 years

female: 38.2 years (2004 est.) Population growth rate:

0.02% (2004 est.) Birth rate:

10.64 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate:

9.97 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate:

-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female

total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) Infant mortality rate:

total: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 7.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 74.16 years

male: 70.04 years

female: 78.52 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate:

1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

NA HIV/AIDS - deaths:

100 (2001 est.) Nationality:

noun: Pole(s)

adjective: Polish Ethnic groups:

Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other 2.7% (2002) Religions:

Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5% Languages:

Polish Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.8%

male: 99.8%

female: 99.7% (2003 est.)    Government    Poland Top of Page Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Poland

conventional short form: Poland

local long form: Rzeczpospolita Polska

local short form: Polska Government type:

republic Capital:

Warsaw Administrative divisions:

16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie Independence:

11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed) National holiday:

Constitution Day, 3 May (1791) Constitution:

adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997; passed by national referendum 25 May 1997; effective 17 October 1997 Legal system:

mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final; court decisions can be appealed to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal Executive branch:

chief of state: President Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI (since 23 December 1995)

head of government: Prime Minister Marek BELKA (since 24 June 2004); Deputy Prime Minister Jerzy HAUSNER (since 11 June 2003)

cabinet: Council of Ministers responsible to the prime minister and the Sejm; the prime minister proposes, the president appoints, and the Sejm approves the Council of Ministers

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 8 October 2000 (next to be held NA October 2005); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the Sejm

election results: Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI reelected president; percent of popular vote - Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI 53.9%, Andrzej OLECHOWSKI 17.3%, Marian KRZAKLEWSKI 15.6%, Lech WALESA 1% Legislative branch:

bicameral legislature consisting of an upper house, the Senate or Senat (100 seats; members are elected by a majority vote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms), and a lower house, the Sejm (460 seats; members are elected under a complex system of proportional representation to serve four-year terms); the designation of National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the two houses meet jointly

elections: Sejm elections last held 23 September 2001 (next to be held by September 2005); Senate - last held 23 September 2001 (next to be held by September 2005)

election results: Sejm - percent of vote by party - SLD-UP 41%, PO 12.7%, Samoobrona 10.2%, PiS 9.5%, PSL 9%, LPR 7.9%, AWSP 5.6% UW 3.1%, other 1%; seats by party (as of 16 January 2004) - SLD 190, PO 56, PiS 43, PSL 37, SO 31, LPR 29, UP 16, PLD 10, SKL 8, PBL 6, PRS 5, RKN 5, PP 3, ROP 3, German minorities 2, independents 16; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party (as of 16 January 2004)- SLD-UP 74, Block Senate 2001 10, PSL and unaffiliated 5, UW 4, SO 2, LPR 2, independents 2, PiS 1

note: two seats are assigned to ethnic minority parties in the Sejm only Judicial branch:

Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms) Political parties and leaders:

Catholic-National Movement or RKN [Antoni MACIEREWICZ]; Citizens Platform or PO [Donald TUSK]; Coalition Electoral Action Solidarity of the Right or AWSP; Conservative Peasants Party or SKL-RNP [Artur BALAZS]; Democratic Left Alliance or SLD [Krzysztof JANIK]; Freedom Union or UW [Wladyslaw FRASYNIUK]; German Minority of Lower Silesia or MNSO [Henryk KROLL]; Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI]; League of Polish Families or LPR [Marek KOTLINOWSKI]; Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland or ROP [Jan OLSZEWSKI]; Peasant-Democratic Party or PLD [Roman JAGIELINSKI]; Polish Accord or PP [Jan LOPUSZANSKI]; Polish Peasant Bloc or PBL [Wojciech MOJZESOWICZ]; Polish Peasant Party or PSL [Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI]; Polish Raison d'Etat or PRS [Zbigniew Witaszek]; Samoobrona or SO [Andrzej LEPPER]; Social Movement or RS [Krzysztof PIESIEWICZ]; Union of Labor or UP [Marek POL] Political pressure groups and leaders:

All Poland Trade Union Alliance or OPZZ (trade union) [Maciej MANICKI]; Roman Catholic Church [Cardinal Jozef GLEMP]; Solidarity Trade Union [Janusz SNIADEK] International organization participation:

ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EU (new member), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMEE, UNMIK, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Przemyslaw GRUDZINSKI

chancery: 2640 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 234-3800 through 3802

FAX: [1] (202) 328-6270

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Christopher R. HILL

embassy: Aleje Ujazdowskie 29/31 00-540 Warsaw P1

mailing address: American Embassy Warsaw, US Department of State, 5010 Warsaw Place, Washington, DC 20521-5010 (pouch)

telephone: [48] (22) 504-2000

FAX: [48] (22) 504-2951

consulate(s) general: Krakow Flag description:

two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white    Economy    Poland Top of Page Economy - overview:

Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of economic liberalization throughout the 1990s and today stands out as a success story among transition economies. Even so, much remains to be done. The privatization of small and medium state-owned companies and a liberal law on establishing new firms has encouraged the development of the private business sector, but legal and bureaucratic obstacles alongside persistent corruption are hampering its further development. Poland's agricultural sector remains handicapped by structural problems, surplus labor, inefficient small farms, and lack of investment. Restructuring and privatization of "sensitive sectors" (e.g., coal, steel, railroads, and energy), while recently initiated, have stalled. Reforms in health care, education, the pension system, and state administration have resulted in larger than expected fiscal pressures. Further progress in public finance depends mainly on privatization of Poland's remaining state sector, the reduction of state employment, and an overhaul of the tax code to incorporate the growing gray economy and farmers, most of whom pay no tax. The government's determination to enter the EU has shaped most aspects of its economic policy and new legislation; in a nationwide referendum in November 2003, 77% of the voters voted in favor of Poland's EU accession, now scheduled for May 2004. Improving Poland's export competitiveness and containing the internal budget deficit are top priorities. Due to political uncertainty, the zloty has recently depreciated in relation to the euro, while currencies of the other euro-zone aspirants have been appreciating. GDP per capita equals that of the three Baltic states. GDP:

purchasing power parity - $427.1 billion (2003 est.) GDP - real growth rate:

3.7% (2003 est.) GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity - $11,100 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 3.1%

industry: 31%

services: 65.9% (2003 est.) Investment (gross fixed):

18.4% of GDP (2003) Population below poverty line:

18.4% (2000 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 3.2%

highest 10%: 24.7% (1998) Distribution of family income - Gini index:

31.6 (1998) Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0.7% (2003 est.) Labor force:

16.92 million (2003 est.) Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture 27.5%, industry 22.1%, services 50.4% (1999) Unemployment rate:

20% (2003) Budget:

revenues: $39.13 billion

expenditures: $48.64 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) Public debt:

47.4% of GDP (2003) Agriculture - products:

potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork Industries:

machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles Industrial production growth rate:

8.6% (2003) Electricity - production:

135 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - consumption:

118.8 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - exports:

11.04 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - imports:

4.306 billion kWh (2001) Oil - production:

17,180 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - consumption:

424,100 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - exports:

53,000 bbl/day (2001) Oil - imports:

413,700 bbl/day (2001) Oil - proved reserves:

116.4 million bbl (1 January 2002) Natural gas - production:

5.471 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - consumption:

13.85 billion