Population:
38,482,919 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15% (male 2,964,995/female 2,802,278)
15-64 years: 71.6% (male 13,713,078/female 13,845,251)
65 years and over: 13.4% (male 1,966,406/female 3,190,911) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 37.9 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 39.7 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.047% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:
9.99 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 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 (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.63 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
See also: Healthy Life Expectancy
See also: Health Performance
Total fertility rate:
1.28 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
20,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2009)
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.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
5.5% of GDP (2005)
