People in Poland
Poland is a small country with its total population of 39.5 million; the maximum 96% of the total population have the Roman Catholic as there religion with small numbers in various Protestant and Orthodox denominations as well as a small Jewish population. Polish, a West Slavic language, replaced Russian as the official language; however, English is being widely adopted. The largest minority groups are UKrainians, Belarusians, and Germans. The pre-WWI scenario was different with significant ethnic minority of about 4.5 million UKrainians 3 million Jews, 1 million Belorussians, and 800,000 Germans. The majority of the Jews were murdered during the German occupation in World War II, and many others emigrated in the succeeding years.