Where is Poland?
Poland is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Belarus, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
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Crazy but True
In a corner of northwestern Poland stands the Crooked Forest, where about 400 pine trees all bend sharply at the base, curve out in the same direction and then grow straight up again. They were planted in the 1930s, and nobody knows for certain what bent them. Every tree around them grows perfectly straight.
Poland facts
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Population
- 36,435,861 (2025)
- Area
- 312,679 km²
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Central Europe
- Currency
- Polish złoty (PLN)
- Languages
- Polish
- Coordinates
- 52°, 20°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- PL · POL
How Poland compares
- Poland is the 71st largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Ivory Coast and larger than Oman.
- It is the 44th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 7 countries.
- Within Europe, it is the 9th largest of 39 countries by area.