Poland People:
Population:
38,635,144 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.7% (male:3,319,176; female:3,150,859)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male:13,506,153; female:13,638,265)
65 years and over: 13% (male:1,912,431; female:3,108,260) (2005)
Median age:
total: 36.43 years
male: 34.52 years
female: 38.49 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.03% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
10.78 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
10.01 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.49 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 8.51 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 9.59 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 7.37 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 74.41 years (2005 est.)
male: 70.3 years
female: 78.76 years
Total fertility rate:
1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (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%, Ukrainian 0.1%, Belarusian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002)
Religions:
Roman Catholic (about 75% practicing) 89.8%, Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)
Languages:
Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8% (2003)
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003)
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