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Major data

based on GUS (Central Statistical Office) data

as of December 2001

Population

Population

 

total:

38.6 mln

of which

 

urban areas:

23.8 mln

rural areas:

14.8 mln

females per 100 males

106

population density per 1  square km

124

natural increase (in 2001)

+5

 

 

Households (in 1995)

 

total number of households

10533

of which:

 

one-family

9167

two-family

1286

three-family and more

80

 

 

Employment

 

employed persons

15 mln

employees hired on the basis of an employment contract

9.1 mln

registered unemployed persons

3.12 mln

unemployemnt rate

17.5%

persons receiving retirement pay and pensions

9.3 mln

average monthly gross wages and salaries

2045 zł

 

 

Pupils and students

 

primary, lower secondary and vocational schools

5.2 mln

general secondary and post-secondary schools

1.7 mln

higher education institutions

1.7 mln

 

 

Gender

 

males

18.8 mln

females

19.9 mln

females per 100 males

106

 

 

Age

 

0 - 14

7.02 mln

15 - 19

3.32 mln

20 - 29

6.17 mln

30 - 39

4.99 mln

40 - 49

6.17 mln

50 - 59

4.47 mln

60 - 64

1.65 mln

65 and more

4.83 mln

 

 

Educational level (people aged 15+)

 

tertiary

6.8%

post-secondary

2.6%

general secondary

7.1%

vocational secondary

17.5%

basic vocational

25.9%

primary

33.7%

incompleted primary and w/o school education

6.3%

 

 

Territory and territorial structure

Territory

 

land area (including inland waters):

311904 km2

territorial sea

8682 km2

internal waters

1991 km2

Territorial structure

 

Gminas

2489

Powiats

308

Cities with powiat status

65

Voivodships

16

Population in voivodships:

(Main cities in brackets)

 

dolnośląskie (Wrocław)

2.97 (0.63) mln

kujawsko-pomorskie (Bydgoszcz)

2.10 (0.37) mln

lubelskie (Lublin)

2.23 (0.36) mln

lubuskie (Zielona Góra)

1.25 (0.12) mln

łódzkie (Łódź)

2.63 (0.79) mln

małopolskie (Kraków)

3.24 (0.74) mln

mazowieckie (Warszawa)

5.08 (1.61) mln

opolskie (Opole)

1.09 (0.13) mln

podkarpackie (Rzeszów)

2.13 (0.16) mln

podlaskie (Białystok)

1.22 (0.28) mln

pomorskie (Gdańsk)

2.20 (0.46) mln

śląskie (Katowice)

4.83 (0.37) mln

świętokrzyskie (Kielce)

1.32 (0.21) mln

warmińsko-mazurskie (Olsztyn)

1.47 (0.17) mln

wielkopolskie (Poznań)

3.37 (0.57) mln

zachodniopomorskie (Szczecin)

1.73 (0.42) mln

 

 

 

 

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