| Population: |
38,518,241 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 15.5% (male 3,070,388/female 2,906,121)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 13,639,012/female 13,761,154)
65 years and over: 13.3% (male 1,964,429/female 3,177,137) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 37.3 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 39.3 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
-0.046% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
9.94 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
9.94 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.057 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.991 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.618 male(s)/female
total population: 0.941 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 7.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 75.19 years
male: 71.18 years
female: 79.44 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.26 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
14,000 (2003 est.) |
| 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 and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census) |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002) |
| Languages: |
Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |