Demographics & population — Czechia
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Czechia: 10,702,498
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Population overview
- Population
10,702,498
- Population Growth Rate
-0.15%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
PRAGUE (capital) 1.276 million
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
9
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
11.01
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.29
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
86.3%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
86.3%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
27.6
- Mother's mean age at first birth
27.6
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
.98
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Czech 81.2%, Moravian 13.2%, Slovak 3.1%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%, Silesian 0.4%, Roma 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 0.5%
- Language Note
Czech belongs to the Slavic group of languages. The central European nation is ethnically quite homogeneous. The only noticeable minority is Roms (Gypsies), who are bilingual. Many Czechs speak German, French, Russian or English as a second language, depending on their generation. Younger Czechs generally use English as a second language. The Czech Republic came into existence first in 1918, and then on 1 January 1993 the division of the Czech and Slovak Republics. In their language days, months, season and lots of other words are wrote with non-capitalized first letters.
- Nationality Noun
Czech(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
99%
- Literacy - male
99%
- Literacy - female
99%
- Literacy Definition
NA
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
4.2%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
5
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
7
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
7.4%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
32.7%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
2%
