Poland is bordered by Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. It lies in Central Europe, with Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, and Ukraine to the southeast.
Poland also shares borders with Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast, Lithuania and Belarus. To the north, it has a coastline on the Baltic Sea, including access to important ports such as Gdańsk and Szczecin.
The country’s modern borders were reshaped dramatically after World War II. Poland shifted westward, losing territory to the Soviet Union while gaining former German lands. This is why its present-day neighbors and boundaries differ from those of earlier Polish states.
A common mix-up is confusing Poland with Hungary or Romania, both of which are also near Slovakia and Ukraine. Poland is the only country in this question that borders all four named nations.