Polish Society

Population: 38, 6 mln in the year 2000 (based on GUS data)
26th in the world, and 8th in Europe.


Population density: 124 people for sqkm

Life expectancy: Men - 68,8 years; Women - 77,5 years.

Ethnic groups:

• Polish: 98,7 %
• Ukrainian: 0,6 %
• Other: 0,7 %

Religion:

• Catholic: 95 %
• Orthodox: 1,5 %
• Protestant (mainly Evangelical): 1 %

Usefull websites:

Polish Ofiicial Statistics
The official statistics is a system of gathering  statistical data, storing and processing gathered data, publishing, rendering and disseminating results of statistical surveys as official statistics data.

Public Opinion Research Centre - CBOS
CBOS conducts research to satisfy the needs of Polish public administration bodies and societies at large, as well as various other interested institutions: local government, the press and television, industry and advertising agencies.

Polish nongovernmental organizations:

Batory Foundation

The Polish Robert Schuman Foundation

Polish Humanitarian Organization