Polish–Slovak relations
Map indicating locations of Poland and Slovakia

Poland
Slovakia

Polish–Slovak relations are foreign relations between Poland and Slovakia. Both nations are members of the European Union and NATO. Both joined the EU simultaneously on 1 May 2004. Both countries form together with the Czech Republic and Hungary the Visegrád Group, which is an important regional group in Central Europe. Both are a majority speaking west slavic languages.

Both countries share 539 km of common borders.[1]

Country comparison

Official name Republic of Poland Slovak Republic
Common name Poland Slovakia
Flag Poland Slovakia
Coat of arms
Anthem Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Polish)

Nad Tatrou sa blýska (Slovak)

Population 38,036,118 5,450,421
Area 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi) 49,037 km2 (18,933 sq mi)
Population density 122/km2 (316.0/sq mi) 111/km2 (287.5/sq mi)
Time zones UTC+1 (CET)
Government Unitary parliamentary republic Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Capital & largest city  Warsaw – 1,863,056 (3,100,844 Metro)  Bratislava – 432,864 (659,598 Metro)
Official language Polish (de facto and de jure) Slovak (de facto and de jure)
First leader Mieszko I of Poland (960–992, traditionally)

Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990, current constitution)

 Pribina, Prince of Nitra (825–833, traditionally)

Michal Kováč (1993–1998, current constitution)

Current head of government Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (2017–present) Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor (2023 – technocratic cabinet until early election)
Current head of state President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) President Zuzana Čaputová (2019–present)
Main religions 71.3% Catholicism
20.6% unanswered
6.9% no religion
1.2% other religion		 62.0% Roman Catholic
13.4% Non-religious
10.6% Undeclared
5.9% Lutheran
3.8% Greek Catholic
Ethnic groups 98% Poles
2% other/undeclared		 80.7% Slovaks
8.5% Hungarians
7.2% Unspecified
2.0% Roma
0.6% Czechs
GDP (nominal) $842.172 billion
$22,393 per capita		 $111.874 billion
$20,495 per capita
GDP (PPP) $1.712 trillion
$45,538 per capita		 $209.186 billion
$38,321 per capita
Currency Złoty (zł) – PLN Euro (€) – EUR
HDI 0.876 (very high) - 2021 0.857 (very high) - 2017
Expatriates ~47,000 Slovaks in Poland ~3,084 Poles in Slovakia

European Union

Both countries became members of the European Union in 2004.

NATO

Poland joined NATO in 1999. Slovakia joined NATO in 2004.

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ (in Polish) Informacje o Polsce - informacje ogólne Archived 2009-06-25 at the Wayback Machine. Page gives Polish PWN Encyklopedia as reference.
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