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Poland Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Poland with its 16 first-level divisions, the capital Warsaw and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Poland

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 16 units

Poland is divided into 16 first-level administrative divisions:

Greater PolandKuyavian-PomeranianLesser PolandŁódźLower SilesianLublinLubuszMasovianOpolePodlachianPomeranianSilesianSubcarpathianŚwiętokrzyskieWarmian-MasurianWest Pomeranian

Largest cities in Poland

GeoNames · city proper, latest official figures
#CityPopulation
1WarsawCapital1,702,139
2Kraków816,614
3Wrocław672,545
4Łódź639,890
5Poznań536,151
6Gdańsk487,371
7Szczecin395,513
8Lublin336,339
9Bydgoszcz330,038
10Białystok295,683

Warsaw is the largest city in Poland with about 1,702,139 people. All 47 largest cities of Poland →

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Poland: ≈ 2,602 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Oder
  • Vistula
  • Morava
  • Warta
  • Bug

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake
  • Jezioro Dąbie
  • Zalew Wislany

Ethnic groups in Poland

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Polish
96.9%Silesian
1.1%German
0.2%Ukrainian
0.1%other and unspecified
1.7%

Polish 96.9%, Silesian 1.1%, German 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 1.7% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Polish is the most common ethnic group across most of the 16 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Poland

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Roman Catholic
70.7%refused to answer
20.9%no religion
6.9%

Roman Catholic 70.7%, refused to answer 20.9%, no religion 6.9%; less than 1 percent: Orthodox, Jehovah Witness, Evangelic of Augsburg, Greek Catholic, Pentecostal, other Protestant, not stated, old Catholic Mariavite Church, other Christians, Islam, Buddhist, Polish Catholic Church, other, Baptist Union of Poland, Pagan, Seventh Day Adventist, Hin

Regionally, Roman Catholic is the most common religious group across most of the 16 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Poland

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Polish
98.2%Silesian
1.4%other
1.1%unspecified
1.2%

Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Polish is the most common language group across most of the 16 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-20. More about our data.