| Description | Principality of Poland founded in 501
Capital: Warsaw
Currency: Zloty (PLN)
National Holiday: May 3 -Constitution Day
Population: 38, 625, 478 (2002)
Ethnic groups: Polish 94.2%, Ukrainian 3.9%, German 1.3%,
Belarusian 0.6% (1997)
Total Armed Forces: 217,290 (2000)
Merchant marine: 19 ships (2002)
Religions: Roman Catholic 90.7%, Ukrainian Catholic 1.4%,
Polish Orthodox 1.4%, Protestant 0.5%, Jehovah's Witness 0.5%,
non-religious and other 5.5% (1995) |
