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Poland Basic Data


Territory: 312,679 km2
Population: 38.205m (Oct 2010 est.)
Population growth: 0.01% (average, 2006-2009)
Land boundaries: Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Main towns: Warsaw (capital), Lodz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Katowice
Language: Polish
Measures: Metric system
Time: 1 hour ahead of GMT
Currency: Zloty (PLN)
Religions: Roman Catholic (95%), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant and other (5%);
Government type: Parliamentary democracy
President: Bronislaw Komorowski
Prime Minister: Donald Tusk
EU entry date: 1st May 2004
Public holidays: 1st January (New Year's Day); 6th January (Epiphany); Easter Monday; 1st May (Labour Day); 3rd May (Polish National Day, Proclamation of 1791 Constitution); Corpus Christi; Assumption; 1st November (All Saints' Day); 11th November (Independence Day); 25th-26th December (Christmas)
 

Key economic indicators and forecasts


Polish economy: GDP, quarterly trends
 
Q4/09
Q1/10
Q2/10
Q3/10
Q4/10f
Q1/11f
GDP real change, y-o-y
3.2%
3.0%
3.5%
4.2%
4.3%
4.1%
f – forecast
Source: Polish Market Review, January 2011
 
Polish economy: annual trends
 
 
2008
2009
latest 2010
2010f
2011f
2012f
GDP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GDP at current prices
€ bn
362.7
310.5
Q1-Q3
253.8
-
-
-
GDP real change
y-o-y
5.1%
1.7%
Q1-Q3
3.6%
3.8%
4.0%
4.4%
Foreign Trade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exports
€ bn
121.1
101.7
Jan-Oct
101.7
121.1
133.9
152.1
Imports
€ bn
138.8
104.8
Jan-Oct
105.8
127.5
143.5
165.4
Balance
€ bn
-17.7
-3.1
Jan-Oct
-4.1
-6.4
-9.6
-13.3
Prices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CPI
y-o-y
4.2%
3.5%
Jan-Nov
2.5%
2.6%
3.5%
3.1%
PPI
y-o-y
2.2%
3.4%
Jan-Nov
1.8%
2.1%
3.0%
2.8%
Unemployment (registered)      
e-o-p
9.5%
12.1%
Nov
11.7%
12.1%
10.9%
9.4%
Exchange rates 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EUR/PLN
e-o-p
4.17
4.11
Dec
3.96
-
3.78
3.66
USD/PLN
e-o-p
2.96
2.85
Dec
2.96
-
2.90
2.82
Market size
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Population
m
38.136
38.167
Oct
38.205
-
-
-
Per capita GDP at current prices
9,510
8,135
Q1-Q3
6,644
-
-
-
f – forecast
Source: Polish Market Review, January 2011

 
 
 
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Basic data on Polish regions


 
Region
Geographic and demographic data
(2009)
Economic data
(2008)
Area (km2)
Population
('000)
Population density (persons per
1 km2)
GDP
(PLN m)
Share of GDP (Poland=100%)
GDP per capita (PLN)
GDP per capita (Poland=100%)
Poland
312,679
38,167
122
1,275,432
100.0%
33,462
100.0%
Dolnoslaskie
19,947
2,877
144
103,534
8.1%
35,989
107.6%
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
17,972
2,069
115
59,773
4.7%
28,926
86.4%
Lubelskie
25,122
2,157
86
50,233
3.9%
23,219
69.4%
Lubuskie
13,988
1,010
72
28,957
2.3%
28,709
85.8%
Lodzkie
18,219
2,542
140
79,457
6.2%
31,140
93.1%
Malopolskie
15,183
3,298
217
94,790
7.4%
28,878
86.3%
Mazowieckie
35,558
5,222
147
274,142
21.5%
52,770
157.7%
Opolskie
9,412
1,031
110
29,363
2.3%
28,379
84.8%
Podkarpackie
17,845
2,102
118
48,450
3.8%
23,101
69.0%
Podlaskie
20,187
1,190
59
29,124
2.3%
24,434
73.0%
Pomorskie
18,310
2,230
122
70,337
5.5%
31,754
94.9%
Slaskie
12,333
4,641
376
167,948
13.2%
36,126
108.0%
Swietokrzyskie
11,711
1,270
108
34,086
2.7%
26,763
80.0%
Warminsko-Mazurskie
24,174
1,427
59
35,394
2.8%
24,814
74.2%
Wielkopolskie
29,826
3,408
114
118,471
9.3%
34,934
104.4%
Zachodniopomorskie
22,892
1,693
74
51,375
4.0%
30,357
90.7%
Source: Central Statistical Office (GUS), February 2011

 
 
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