POLAND

Capital Warsaw
Area (km2) 312 685
Total population (thousands, 2022) 37 204
Population density (per km2) 119
National currency Polish zloty (PLN)
National statistical office www.stat.gov.pl
Statistics Poland
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2020 13%
   hourly wage, 2022 8%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 9%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 60%
Female victims of homicide
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 36%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 82.4
   males, years 74.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 20.5
   males, years 16.3
Total fertility rate, 2022
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2022
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2022
   age in years 28.2
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.5
2.4
0.2
2.9
1.1
-0.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
3.9
3.3
3.2
3.4
2.9
2.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
11.7
9.7
10.8
11.9
10.8
11.4
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 1 814 629
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 48 222
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 57.8
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 51.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 36 577
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   PLN per USD, US=1, 2023 1.879
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 31
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 67

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 19 355
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2022 1 802
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 714
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 61
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2022 23 728
      million tonne-kilometres, 2022 59 306
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2016 254 262
      million tonne-kilometres, 2022 385 089