In 1997, the total population of Poland was 38.6 million: Warsaw, the capital, has 1.8 million. Poles comprise 97.5% of the population, the remainder being made up of Belarusian, German, Lithuanian and Ukrainian minorities. Ninety-five per cent of the population is Roman Catholic. In terms of ethnicity, language and religion, Poland is more homogeneous than most countries in the region.