Poles

Poles
*(Polacy)*
	Some well-known Poles and people with Polish roots.; Top: Marie Curie, Pope John Paul II, Nicolaus Copernicus, Lech Wałęsa, Conrad.; Middle: Gretzky, Jan III Sobieski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Rejewski, Wajda, Kolbe.; Bottom: Józef Piłsudski, Lem, Brzeziński, Warner, Wielicki, Wolszczan, Negri.
Total population
	60 million (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Poland	38,860,000
United States	10,024,711
Brazil	1,800,000
Germany	1,055,700
Canada	984,565
France	900,000
United Kingdom	(est.) 500,000
Argentina	100,000
Belarus	400,000
Lithuania	250,000
Russia	173,000
Australia	150,900
Ukraine	144,130
Norway	120,000
Spain	78,305
Ireland	63,090
Czech Republic	52,000
Latvia	51,995
Italy	50,790
Mexico	50,000
Kazakhstan	47,293
Netherlands	39,500
Austria	21,000
Iceland	10,000
Turkey	5,000
Rest of World	1,145,000 (est.)
Languages
	Polish
Religion
	Predominantly Roman Catholicism with Orthodox, Protestant, Atheist and Jewish minorities.

The Polish people, or Poles (Polish: Polacy, singular Polak) as a nation, they are bounded by the Polish language, which belongs to the Lechitic subgroup of west slavic languages of Central Europe, living mainly in Poland. Their religion is mainly Roman Catholic. They use modified Latin alphabet. There are about 50-60 million of Poles on all the world.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Świat Polonii, witryna Stowarzyszenia Wspólnota Polska: „Polacy za granicą” (Polish people abroad as per summary by Świat Polonii, internet portal of the Polish Association Wspólnota Polska)
↑ Excel spreadsheet from Polish Central Statistical Office
↑ 2006 Community Survey
↑ Polish Society in Brazil
↑ (in German) Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund - Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2005 Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (German text about migrants in Germany) 886 KiBPDF.
↑ List of Canadians by ethnicity
↑ Template:En icon Poles in the UK, Polish Express, source: government statistics.
^ Template:Pl icon According to Tomasz Ziemba from Polish Express online 1,020,000 Polish visitors in the UK logged into Polish chatroom Gadu–Gadu in January: Policzyło nas Gadu–Gadu
^ Template:Pl icon Tomasz Wybranowski, Korespondencja, Tygodnik Przegląd, 22.08.2007, onet.pl
^ Template:En icon Steve Doughty, Daily Mail, Office for National Statistics recorded the number of Poles who have travelled to the UK in 2006 at over 2,000,000. The number of those who stay exceeds 250,000.
↑ Poles in Argentina
↑ Poles in Belarus
↑ Poles in Lithuania
↑ Poles in Russia
↑ Poles in AustraliaPDF (56.3 KiB)
↑ Poles in Ukraine
↑ Aftenposten.no: - 120.000 polakker i Norge (Innenriks)
↑ http://www.ine.es/prensa/np503.pdf
↑ Poles in Ireland
↑ http://wtd.vlada.cz/files/rvk/rnm/zprava_mensiny_2001_en.pdfPDF (1.41 MiB)
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↑ Poles in Italy (click on Tutti i Paesi - Tavola)
↑ Poles in Mexico
↑ [2]PDF (87.2 KiB)
↑ Poles in NetherlandsPDF (162 KiB)
↑ Poles in AustriaPDF
↑ www.hagstofa.is
↑ www.polonezkoy.com
↑ Poles around the World (>polonia > statystyka)
↑ Polonia

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[Swiat_Polonii-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Świat Polonii, witryna Stowarzyszenia Wspólnota Polska: „Polacy za granicą” (Polish people abroad as per summary by Świat Polonii, internet portal of the Polish Association Wspólnota Polska)

[2] Excel spreadsheet from Polish Central Statistical Office

[3] 2006 Community Survey

[4] Polish Society in Brazil

[5] (in German) Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund - Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2005 Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (German text about migrants in Germany) 886 KiBPDF.

[6] List of Canadians by ethnicity

[7] Template:En icon Poles in the UK, Polish Express, source: government statistics.
^ Template:Pl icon According to Tomasz Ziemba from Polish Express online 1,020,000 Polish visitors in the UK logged into Polish chatroom Gadu–Gadu in January: Policzyło nas Gadu–Gadu
^ Template:Pl icon Tomasz Wybranowski, Korespondencja, Tygodnik Przegląd, 22.08.2007, onet.pl
^ Template:En icon Steve Doughty, Daily Mail, Office for National Statistics recorded the number of Poles who have travelled to the UK in 2006 at over 2,000,000. The number of those who stay exceeds 250,000.

[8] Poles in Argentina

[9] Poles in Belarus

[10] Poles in Lithuania

[11] Poles in Russia

[12] Poles in AustraliaPDF (56.3 KiB)

[13] Poles in Ukraine

[14] Aftenposten.no: - 120.000 polakker i Norge (Innenriks)

[15] ttp://www.ine.es/prensa/np503.pdf

[16] Poles in Ireland

[17] ttp://wtd.vlada.cz/files/rvk/rnm/zprava_mensiny_2001_en.pdfPDF (1.41 MiB)

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[19] Poles in Italy (click on Tutti i Paesi - Tavola)

[20] Poles in Mexico

[21] [2]PDF (87.2 KiB)

[22] Poles in NetherlandsPDF (162 KiB)

[23] Poles in AustriaPDF

[24] www.hagstofa.is

[25] www.polonezkoy.com

[26] Poles around the World (>polonia > statystyka)

[27] Polonia

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Total population
Some well-known Poles and people with Polish roots. Top: Marie Curie, Pope John Paul II, Nicolaus Copernicus, Lech Wałęsa, Conrad. Middle: Gretzky, Jan III Sobieski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Rejewski, Wajda, Kolbe. Bottom: Józef Piłsudski, Lem, Brzeziński, Warner, Wielicki, Wolszczan, Negri.
60 million (est.)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Poland	38,860,000^[2]
United States	10,024,711^[3]
Brazil	1,800,000^[4]
Germany	1,055,700^[5]
Canada	984,565^[6]
France	900,000
United Kingdom	(est.) 500,000^[1]^[7]
Argentina	100,000^[8]
Belarus	400,000^[9]
Lithuania	250,000^[10]
Russia	173,000^[11]
Australia	150,900^[12]
Ukraine	144,130^[13]
Norway	120,000^[14]
Spain	78,305^[15]
Ireland	63,090^[16]
Czech Republic	52,000^[17]
Latvia	51,995^[18]
Italy	50,790^[19]
Mexico	50,000^[20]
Kazakhstan	47,293^[21]
Netherlands	39,500^[22]
Austria	21,000^[23]
Iceland	10,000^[24]
Turkey	5,000^[25]
Rest of World	1,145,000 (est.)^[26]
Languages
Polish
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism with Orthodox, Protestant, Atheist and Jewish minorities.