Basic Information About Poland:

Population: The population of Poland is 38,584,578.

GDP:  $ 954.5 billion (2016)

Climate:  Weather in Poland changes all over the year, together with four seasons. Poland is situated in a moderate climate zone. In summer (July) – the temperature varies from 25° to 35° Celsius. The coldest months are January and February with temperatures falling a couple of degrees below zero. 

People: Nine national minorities (Belorussians, Czechs, Lithuanians, Germans Armenians, Russians, Slovaks,Ukrainians, Jews), 4 ethnic minorities (Karaites, Lemkos, Roma and Tatars), and a regional linguistic minority (Kashubians).

Religion:  Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic 86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah’s Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon), unspecified 10.8%.

Capital:  Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland.

Language:   Polish is the official language of Poland.

Currency:  The Polish Zloty is the currency of Poland.

Time Zone: Central European Time Zone UTC+01:00 and Central European Summer Time UTC+02:00