Poland Demographics Profile 2009

Population

38,482,919 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15% (male 2,964,995/female 2,802,278)
15-64 years: 71.6% (male 13,713,078/female 13,845,251)
65 years and over: 13.4% (male 1,966,406/female 3,190,911) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 37.9 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 39.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.047% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

10.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.63 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.28 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

20,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Nationality

noun: Pole(s)
adjective: Polish

Ethnic groups

Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)

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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Education expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2005)