The estimated number of polish population counts 38 millions of citizens. Population density is 123 person on 1 square kilometer. Almost 52% of the population are women and 48% are men. The average time of polish people lifetime grows (at this time it is about 77-73 years for men, and 81 years for women). However, Poland has negative population growth.
About 60% of population lives in cities, 40% lives in rural areas. 17% of polish society has university education, 29% has a secondary education, and nearly 22% has vocational qualifications.
Poland is mono cultural country – foreigners are less than 1% of all citizens, which is the lowest rate in the whole Europe. Foreigners choose large cities as their place of stay so they are easy to meet there. Polish ethnicity is also solid. Almost 95% of the society declares to be Polish. Major ethnic groups are Silesians, Kashubians, Romani people and Lemkos. The most numerous national minorities in Poland are Germans, Ukrainians and Belarusians.
Approximately 2 million of Poles live outside the country, which proves that Poland is still more a country of migrants rather than hosts. However, this tendency appears to change.
Christians are the main religious group in Poland, as 94% of citizens declare their Catholic Church membership.
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