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The Borders of Poland are 3,511 km (2,182 mi) [1] or 3,582 km (2,226 mi) long. [2] The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania and the Russian province of Kaliningrad Oblast to the northeast.
Learn about the area, climate, terrain, rivers, lakes, mountains and coastline of Poland, a country in Central Europe. Poland has a total area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi), of which 98.52% is land and 1.48% is water.
Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Poland currently has a population of over 38 million people, [3] which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world [18] and one of the most populous members of the European Union.
Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern-day Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000.
The borders of Poland resembled the borders of the German-Russian gains in World War 2, with the exception of the city of Bialystok. This is called the Curzon line. The small area of Trans-Olza, which had been annexed by Poland in late 1938, was returned to Czechoslovakia on Stalin's orders.
Eastern Poland. Ukrainian Highlands * (Wyżyny Ukraińskie) East Baltic-Belarusian Lowlands * (Niż Wschodniobałtycko-Białoruski) Historical lands of Poland against the background of modern administrative borders (names in Polish)
The total area of Poland is 312,679 km 2 (120,728 sq mi), [2] making it the 69th largest country in the world and 9th in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38.5 million people, which makes it the 33rd most populous country in the world. [3]
Poland, [e] officially the Republic of Poland, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia [g] to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.