Area (sq km): total: 312,679 sq km land: 304,459 sq km water: 8,220 sq km
Roadways (km): total: 423,997 km paved: 295,356 km (includes 662 km of expressways) unpaved: 128,641 km (2006)
Languages (%): Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
Literacy (%): definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
Currency (code): zloty (PLN)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $16,200 (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate (%): 6.6% (2007 est.)
Industries: machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
Internet users: 16 million (2007)


Source: CIA - The World Factbook