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  • Population......................................................................38,635,144 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.03% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................10.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................10.01 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.............Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other 2.7% (2002 census)
Member of what is now the European Union since May 2004.

EU Membership Highlights Poland's Migration Challenges
Krystyna Iglicka of the Center for International Relations in Warsaw explores how Poland, one of the European Union's newest members, is trying to address its role as a transit and receiving country.
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Poland Central Statistical Office
http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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