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People
38,463,689 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
34
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) (2010 est.)
total: 38.2 years
male: 36.5 years
female: 40 years (2010 est.)
-0.053% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
10.04 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 195
10.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.061 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 (2010 est.)
total: 6.66 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 171
male: 7.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 75.85 years
country comparison to the world: 75
male: 71.88 years
female: 80.06 years (2010 est.)
1.29 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 209
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 128
20,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
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)
noun: Pole(s)
adjective: Polish
Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)
Polish (official) 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2007)
4.9% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 78
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