GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)

(Estimated 2011): $765.6 billion (US$) or (GBP)

GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)

 

GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States) 

 (Estimated 2011): $531.8 billion (US$) or (GBP)

GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $20,100 (US$) or (GBP)

 

Capital: Warsaw

Population (Estimated July 2012): 38,415,284

Area: 312,679km² or 120,726mi²

Currency: Złoty (zł)

Official Language: Polish

Political Information: Democratic Presidential  and Parliamentary Republic.

Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 89.8% of the population are Roman Catholic, 1.3% are Eastern Orthodox, 0.3 % are Protestant, 0.3% have other beliefs and 8.3% have unspecified beliefs).

Highest Mountain: Rysy Mountain at 2,499m or 8,199ft

Largest River:

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +1:00

Wildlife:

 

 

Counties/Provinces/States: 16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia), Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia-Pomerania), Lodzkie, Lubelskie (Lublin), Lubuskie (Lubusz), Malopolskie (Lesser Poland), Mazowieckie (Masovia), Opolskie, Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia), Podlaskie, Pomorskie (Pomerania), Slaskie (Silesia), Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie (Warmia-Masuria), Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland), Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania)

 

Leaders: President Bronislaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

 

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.