Demographics of the Czech Republic
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The majority of the 10.2 million inhabitants of the Czech Republic are ethnically and linguistically Czech (95%). Other ethnic groups include Germans, Roma, and Poles. After the 1993 division Slovaks staying in the Czech Republic comprise roughly 2% of the current population.
Major denomination and its estimated percentage population is traditional Roman Catholic (27%). A large percentage of the Czech population claim to be atheists (59%) (see [1] (http://www.czso.cz/csu/edicniplan.nsf/o/4110-03--obyvatelstvo_hlasici_se_k_jednotlivym_cirkvim_a_nabozenskym_spolecnostem) for details in Czech).
Population:
10,220,600 (December 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
16% (male 849,008; female 805,861)
15-64 years:
70% (male 3,587,968; female 3,573,171)
65 years and over:
14% (male 543,114; female 867,457) (March 2001)
<p>Population growth rate:
0.8% (2003 est.)
<p>Birth rate:
9.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
<p>Death rate:
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
<p>Net migration rate:
2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
<p>Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.63 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
<p>Infant mortality rate:
3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
<p>Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
74.95 years
male:
71.46 years
female:
78.65 years (2002 est.)
<p>Total fertility rate:
1,23 children born/woman (2004 est.)
<p>Nationality:
noun:
Czech(s) (Czech language: Čech, plural: Češi or Čechové)
adjective:
Czech (česká)
<p>Ethnic groups:
Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, Polish 0.5%, German 0.4%, Silesian 0.1%, Roma 0.1% (those officially claiming so, unofficial estimate is cca 2%), Hungarian 0.1%, other 2.8% (March 2001)
- Note: the Moravians and Silesians, lacking significant differencies in cultural traditions and ethnic, religious or language characteristics from the Czechs, are officially not forming a minority (in political sense) and their percentages are often added to the one of Czechs. The results here reflect the right of anybody to identify him-/herself with any nationality or ethnic group, as stated in the UDHR.
definition: NA
total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%
External link
- Czech Statistical Office, state institution responsible to provide official data about Czech Republic (http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/home)pt:Demografia da República Checa