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Transportation of Poland

Airports:122 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 83
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 40
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 39
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 21 (2006)
Heliports:3 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 13,552 km; oil 1,384 km; refined products 777 km (2006)
Railways:total: 23,072 km
broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational; 11,910 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 423,997 km
paved: 295,356 km (includes 484 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128,641 km (2004)
Waterways:3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 11 ships (1000 GRT or over) 55,701 GRT/45,082 DWT
by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, passenger/cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Nigeria 1)
registered in other countries: 106 (Antigua and Barbuda 3, Bahamas 15, Belize 2, Cyprus 20, Liberia 14, Malta 27, Norway 2, Panama 15, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Slovakia 2, Vanuatu 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin

Poland Quickstats

  • Population: 38,518,241 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 312,685 sq km
  • Density: 122 /km² (83rd)
  • GDP (total): $566.886 billion (23rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $14,880 (52nd)
  • Literacy: 99.8%

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  • Currency: Zloty (PLN)
  • Dial code: +48

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