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.
The border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia is open for former citizens of Czechoslovakia. Laws establishing religious freedom were passed shortly after the revolution of 1989, lifting oppressive regulations enacted by the former communist regime.
Major denomination and its estimated percentage population is Roman Catholic (27%). A large percentage of the Czech population claim to be atheists (59%) (see [1] for details in Czech).
The Jewish community numbers a few thousand today; a synagogue in Prague memorializes the names of more than 80,000 Czechoslovak Jews who perished in World War II.
Population:
10,211,000 (December 2003 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)
Population growth rate:
0.8% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
9.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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.)
Infant mortality rate:
3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
74.95 years
male:
71.46 years
female:
78.65 years (2002 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.18 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Czech(s) (Czech language: Čech, plural: Češi or Čechové)
adjective:
Czech (česká)
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.
Religions:
atheist 59.0%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 1.1%, Hussites 1.0%, other 12.1% (March 2001)
Languages:
Czech
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
99.9% (1999 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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