The native Polish name for Poland is Polska. The name is derived from the Polans, a West Slavic tribe who inhabited the Warta River basin of present-day Greater Poland region … See more

Poland covers an administrative area of 312,722 km (120,743 sq mi), and is the ninth-largest country in Europe. Approximately 311,895 km (120,423 sq mi) of the country's … See more

As of 2023 , Poland's economy and gross domestic product (GDP) is the sixth largest in the European Union by nominal standards and the fifth largest by purchasing power parity See more

The culture of Poland is closely connected with its intricate 1,000-year history, and forms an important constituent in the Western civilisation See more

Prehistory and protohistory
The first Stone Age archaic humans and Homo erectus species settled what was to become Poland approximately 500,000 years ago, though … See more

Poland is a unitary parliamentary republic and a representative democracy, with a president as the head of state. The executive power is … See more

Poland has a population of approximately 38.2 million as of 2021, and is the ninth-most populous country in Europe, as well as the fifth-most populous member state of the See more