Poland

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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.).

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.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $552.4 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 5.8% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $14,300 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4.8% industry: 31.2% services: 64% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 17.26 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 16.1% industry: 29% services: 54.9% (2002).

Population below poverty line: 17% (2003 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 26.7% (2002).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 14.9% (November 2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $62 billion expenditures: $71.25 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork, dairy.

Industries: machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles.

Industrial production growth rate: 10.2% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 143.5 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 124.1 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 14.6 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 5.3 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $110.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2003).

Exports - partners: Germany 28.2%, France 6.2%, Italy 6.1%, UK 5.6%, Czech Republic 4.6%, Russia 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2005).

Imports: $113.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003).

Imports - partners: Germany 29.6%, Russia 8.7%, Italy 6.6%, Netherlands 5.9%, France 5.7% (2005).

Debt - external: $147.3 billion (30 June 2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $13.9 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004-06).

Currency (code): zloty (PLN).

Exchange rates: zlotych per US dollar - 3.1032 (2006), 3.2355 (2005), 3.6576 (2004), 3.8891 (2003), 4.08 (2002) note: zlotych is the plural form of zloty.

Fiscal year: calendar year.