Capital:Warsaw
Population:38,635,144
Area:312,685 sq km
Climate:temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
Languages:Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2%
Currency:zloty (PLN)
Government:republic
Religions:Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
