Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Poland
- +48
What every visitor should know about Poland:
- Money
- The currency is the Polish złoty (PLN). 1 PLN is worth about US$0.35, or €0.25.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Car theft
- Capital
- Warsaw
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Poland facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 38,482,919
- Language
- Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2%
- Ethnicity
- Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7%
Economy
- GDP
- US$17,800 (per capita)
- Income equality
- High