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title: "Poland — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Poland: capital Warsaw, area 312,685 km², population 36,435,861 (2025), currency Polish złoty. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Poland

**Poland: Capital Warsaw**

312,685 km² · 36,435,861 people (2025) · Polish złoty

The Wieliczka salt mine near Kraków has been worked since the 13th century and holds chapels, chandeliers and statues carved entirely from rock salt, about 300 m down. Białowieża on the Belarusian border is the last large fragment of the primeval forest that once covered the European plain.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Warsaw
- **Area:** 312,685 km² — 120,728 sq mi
- **Population:** 36,435,861 (2025)
- **Density:** 116.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Polish złoty (PLN, zł)
- **Official language:** Polish
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +48
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PL · POL
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 70 of 200
- **By population:** 44 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 323,802 | 5,610,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 322,463 | 32,711,547 |
| Poland ← | 312,685 | 36,435,861 |
| Oman | 309,500 | 5,494,691 |
| Italy | 301,340 | 58,915,656 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Poland?

Warsaw

### What currency does Poland use?

The Polish złoty (PLN).

### How big is Poland?

312,685 km², or 120,728 square miles — 70 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Poland drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country/norway/)
- [Ivory Coast](https://atoneplace.net/country/ivory-coast/)
- [Oman](https://atoneplace.net/country/oman/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]