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Poland: map and facts
Poland is in Eastern Europe. It has about 36.4 million people (2025), the 44th largest population. It covers 313,940 km², the 69th largest by area. That is about 116 people per km². Its highest point is Rysy, at 2,501 m. The longest river on its map is the Vistula, 1,047 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 36,435,861 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 313,940 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Warsaw
- Highest point: Rysy, 2,501 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 31% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Poland, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Vistula: 1,047 km
- Oder: 854 km
- Warta: 808 km
- Bug: 772 km
- Narew: 484 km
- San: 444 km
- Notec: 388 km
- Wieprz: 328 km
- Pilica: 319 km
- Lyna: 289 km
Also on the map: Bóbr, Lusatian Neisse, Wkra, Dunajec, Drweca, Prosna, Nysa Klodzka, Bzura and Gwda.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Rysy: 2,501 m (its highest point)
- Snežka: 1,603 m
Mountain ranges: Carpathian Mountains, Sudetes Mountains and Tatra Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: North European Plain.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 41.8%, mixed forest 15%, evergreen conifer forest 10.8%, savanna 9.8%, grassland 9.2%, wooded savanna 5.9%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 88.5%, hills 7.8%, mountains 2.1%, plateaus 1.6%.
Forests covered 31% of its land in 2024, up from 29% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #6 in silver among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #10 in coal among the countries EIA lists (2024)
Neighbours
Poland shares land borders with Belarus, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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