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The Polish population rises to 38,6 million inhabitants, which
makes of them the eighth country in Europe and the thirtieth
in the world.
Marked a long time by its character multiculturel, Poland became
one of the most homogeneous countries of Europe, since the modification
of the borders in 1945 and the shifts in population which were
followed from there. The Poles constitute approximately 97 %
of the population in the country. The Germans remained in Poland
during the displacement of the border towards the West are today
approximately 300 000, is less than 1 % of the population. In
the same way for Ukrainiens and Bielorusses in the East, which
add up together about the same number .
The Roms, the Lituaniens, the downward Moslems of Tatares,
the Czechs, the Slovak and the Russians are very few. The Jewish
minority is practically disappeared. The clandestine workers,
in general coming from the CIS, are not entered in these statistics,
but their number strongly decreased these last years.
| Ethnic
groups |
Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%,
Ukrainian 0.1%, other 2.7% (2002) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox,
Protestant, and other 5% |
| Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
Source: CIA World factbook, 2004
A numerous
and young Polish population > >
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