Poland is a place.
Poland ( Polska [ ˈpɔlska ] ) , officially the Republic of Poland ( [ Rzeczpospolita Polska , links = no ] , ) , is a parliamentary republic in Central Europe . With a population of over 38.5 million people , Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union . It is visited by approximately 16 million tourists every year ( 2014 ) , making it the 16th most visited country in the world .