Population......................................................................38,482,919 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate .............................................................-0.047% (2010 est.) Birth rate.....................................................10.04 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death rate................................................10.05 deaths/1,000 population (2010 est.) Net migration rate...............................-0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Ethnic groups.............Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census) Source: CIA World Factbook 2010 Member of what is now the European Union since May 2004.

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Neighboring Countries Sweden Germany Russia Ukraine Czech Republic Slovakia Belarus Lithuania Other Resources Poland Central Statistical Office http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm US Census Bureau International Data Base http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

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