Poland

Central Poland is anchored by Łódź Province. Łódź is catching up with the national average as its GDP is growing quickly, but is currently below the nation’s average.

Midway between Berlin and Warsaw and an important trade center since the Middle Ages, Poznań is the economic and administrative center of Poland’s Wielkopolska region. With a population of 1.4 million, it is the country’s fifth-largest metropolitan area. An economic powerhouse with the second-biggest local economy after Warsaw, Poznań has the highest GDP per capita and the lowest unemployment level of any Polish city.

Upper Silesia, located in the south of Poland and bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is the most industrialized and urbanized of Poland’s 16 provinces. The region’s 70-plus cities have a combined population of approximately 4.8 million.

With a population of about 1.7 million, Warsaw is the dynamic, sprawling capital of Poland, a nation of 38 million that is integrating into the global economy rapidly. Measured by purchasing power parity, Poland is the world’s 25th-largest economy.

With a population of 631,000, Wroclaw is the fourth-largest city in Poland and the capital of the province of Lower Silesia. The broader metropolitan area has more than 1 million people, about one-third of Lower Silesia’s population.