Population: 38,169,841 (July 1989), growth rate 0.5% (1989)

Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 21 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 74 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Pole(s); adjective--Polish

Ethnic divisions: 98.7% Polish, 0.6% Ukrainian, 0.5% Byelorussian, less than 0.05% Jewish

Religion: 95% Roman Catholic (about 75% practicing), 5% Uniate, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, and other

Language: Polish

Literacy: 98%

Labor force: 18,630,000 (1987); 44% industry and commerce, 30% agriculture, 11% services, 8% government (1985)

Organized labor: new government trade unions (Ogolnopolskie Porozumienie Zwiazkow Zawodowych--OPZZ) formed following dissolution of Solidarity and all government unions in October 1982

NOTE: The information regarding Poland on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Poland People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Poland People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.