Czechia People - 2024

Population

10,706,242 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Czech(s)

adjective: Czech

Ethnic groups

Czech 57.3%, Moravian 3.4%, other 7.7%, unspecified 31.6% (2021 est.)

note: includes only persons with one ethnicity

Languages

Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2%

note: includes only persons with one mother tongue (2021 est.)

major-language sample(s):
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Czech audio sample:

Religions

Roman Catholic 7%, other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6% (includes Evangelical United Brethren Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church), believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9.1%, none 47.8%, unspecified 30.1% (2021 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.68% (male 808,583/female 763,540)

15-64 years: 64.18% (male 3,514,664/female 3,356,764)

65 years and over: 21.13% (2023 est.) (male 954,139/female 1,308,552)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 57.4

youth dependency ratio: 25.2

elderly dependency ratio: 32.2

potential support ratio: 3.1 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 43.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 42.5 years

female: 45.4 years

Population growth rate

0.1% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

10 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

12.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations

Urbanization

urban population: 74.6% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

1.323 million PRAGUE (capital) (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

28.5 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 75.1 years

female: 81.6 years

Total fertility rate

1.74 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.85 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 99.9% of population

rural: 99.8% of population

total: 99.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population

rural: 0.2% of population

total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

9.2% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

4.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Hospital bed density

6.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

26% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 12.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 6.77 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 2.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 3.24 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 30.7% (2020 est.)

male: 35% (2020 est.)

female: 26.4% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

48.4% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: NA

total population: 99%

male: 99%

female: 99% (2011)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)