POLAND POLAND REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 11 1918 FROM GERMANY AND RUSSIA DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 16 1997 POPULATION 38608929 1999 EST AREA 120728 SQ MI CAPITAL WARSAW FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEMOCRATIC STATE NATURAL RESOURCES COAL SULFUR COPPER NATURAL GAS SILVER LEAD SALT MAIN INDUSTRIES MACHINE BUILDING IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION COAL MINING CHEMICALS SHIPBUILDING FOOD PROCESSING GLASS BEVERAGES TEXTILES AGRICULTURE POTATOES MILK FRUITS VEGETABLES WHEAT POULTRY PIGS CATTLE CURRENCY ZLOTY GDP 263 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 6800 1998 EST LANGUAGES POLISH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM EASTERN ORTHODOXY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 69 YEARS MALE 77 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 11 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
