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Poland

Republic of Poland

Capital
Warsaw
Warsaw (Warszawa; capital was Kraków before 1596)
Population
37,843,188
2026 estimate
Area
312,679 km²
Code
POL
Languages
Polish
Currencies
Polish złoty (zł)

Did you know?

  • 🦓Home to Europe's heaviest land animal — the European bison, brought back from extinction in the wild.
  • Wieliczka Salt Mine has underground chapels, chandeliers and statues — all carved from rock salt.
  • 🥇Marie Curie, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (and the only one in two sciences), was Polish.
  • 🥇Has one of Europe's last primeval forests — Białowieża — where you can still find original lowland woodland.
  • 🥇Krakow's old town is so well preserved it was on the first ever UNESCO World Heritage list in 1978.

Location

52.00°, 20.00°

Actual size

Compared to Australia.

Outline of Australia
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Outline of Poland
Poland
312,679 km²
% of Australia
4.06%