Czech Republic–Poland relations

Poland and the Czech Republic are both members of the European Union and of NATO. Both joined the EU simultaneously on 1 May 2004. They also both joined NATO on 12 March 1999. Both countries, together with Slovakia and Hungary, form the Visegrád Group, which is an important regional group in Central Europe. Both countries are also members of the Bucharest Nine, Three Seas Initiative, OECD, OSCE, Council of Europe and the World Trade Organization.

Polish-Czech relations

Poland
Czech Republic

They share 796 km (495 mi) of the Czech Republic–Poland border, which can be crossed anywhere without border control under the Schengen Agreement. The two countries first joined NATO in 1999 and then the European Union in 2004.

Official name Czech Republic Republic of Poland
Common name Czechia Poland
Flag
Coat of arms
Kde domov můj (Czech)
"Poland Is Not Yet Lost"
Population
 10,649,800 38,036,118
Area
 78,866 km2 (30,450 sq mi) 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi)
Population density
 134/km2 (347.1/sq mi) 122/km2 (316.0/sq mi)
Time zones
 UTC+1 (CET)
Government
 Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic Unitary parliamentary republic
Capital & largest city
  Prague – 1,324,277 (2,677,964 Metro)  Warsaw - 1,863,056 (3,100,844 Metro)
Official language
 Czech Polish
First leader
 Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (867–889, traditionally)

Václav Havel (1936-2011, current constitution)

 Mieszko I (930-992, traditionally)

Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014, current constitution)

Current head of government
 Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS; 2021–present) Prime Minister Donald Tusk (2023-present)
Current head of state
 President Petr Pavel (2023–present) President Andrzej Duda (2015–present)
GDP (nominal)
 $261.732 billion

$24,569 per capita

 $748.8 billion

$19,912 per capita

GDP (PPP)
 $432.346 billion

$40,586 per capita

 $1.705 trillion

$45,343 per capita

Currency
 Czech koruna (Kč) – CZK Złoty (zł) – PLN
HDI
 0.891 (very high) - 2017 0.876 (very high) - 2021
Expatriates
 38,218 Poles in the Czech Republic 3,447 Czechs in Poland
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