Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Poland (Polish Republic) |
| Local name (Polish): | Polska (Rzeczpospolita Polska) |
| Bordering countries: | Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, Russia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 312.7 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 38 623 ths. |
| Capital: | Warsaw (Warszawa) |
| Official language: | Polish |
| Administrative divisions: | 16 provinces |