Czech Republic Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017 by City Immigrants
Czech Republic, Europe, World Population May 16, 2017,
Czech Republic Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017
Czech Republic Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017
With an estimated population of 10,512,419 at 1 January 2014, compared to 9.3 million at the beginning of the 20th century, the population growth of the Czech Republic has been limited, due to low fertility rates and loss of population in and around World Wars I and II.
Population loss during World War I was approximately 350,000. At the beginning of World War II the population of the Czech Republic reached its maximum (11.2 million). Due to the expulsion of the German residents after World War II, the Czech Republic lost about 3 million inhabitants and in 1947 the population was only 8.8 million. Population growth resumed, and in 1994 the population was 10.33 million.
From 1994-2003 natural growth was slightly negative (-0.15% per year) and the population decreased to 10.2 million. Since 2005, natural growth has been positive, but in recent times the most important influence on the population of the Czech Republic has been immigration: approximately 300,000 during the last decade.
Czech Republic demographics Population by Religion
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Religious affiliations in the Czech Republic, census 1991–2011 |
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1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
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|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
|
|
Roman Catholic Church |
4,021,385 |
39 |
2,740,780 |
26.8 |
1,083,899 |
10.3 |
|
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren |
203,996 |
2 |
117,212 |
1.1 |
51,916 |
0.5 |
|
Czechoslovak Hussite Church |
178,036 |
1.7 |
99,103 |
1 |
39,276 |
0.4 |
|
Believers identified with another specific religion |
120,317 |
1.7 |
330,993 |
3.2 |
292,347 |
2.7 |
|
Believers not identified with any specific religion |
|
|
|
|
707,649 |
6.7 |
|
No religion |
4,112,864 |
39.9 |
6,039,991 |
59 |
3,612,804 |
34.2 |
|
No response, unknown |
1,665,617 |
16.2 |
901,981 |
8.8 |
4,774,323 |
45.2 |
|
Total population |
10,302,215 |
10,230,060 |
10,562,214 |
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Czech Republic demographics Population by Immigrants
According to the 2011 census there were 543,000 permanent (i.e. legal) foreign residents in the Czech Republic (5% of the total population). Residents from Ukraine are the largest group (118,000), followed by residents of Slovakia (84,000). There are also Asian minorities in the Czech Republic. The largest is the Vietnamese one (83,000 in 2011). During the communist era the governments of Czechoslovakia and Vietnam had a deal concerning the education of Vietnamese people in Czechoslovakia. Vietnamese people came to Czechoslovakia for the first time in 1956 and then the number of new migrants grew until the fall of communism. First generation Vietnamese work mostly as small-scale businessmen in markets. Still, many Vietnamese are without Czech citizenship. One of the towns with the largest Vietnamese communities is Cheb. There are also many people from Russia (36,000), Germany (21,000) and Poland (18,000).
Czech Republic demographics Population by Race
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|
Regions |
Czechoslovaks (Czechs and Slovaks) |
Germans |
Hungarians |
Rusyns |
Jews |
others |
Total population |
|
Bohemia |
4 382 788 |
2 173 239 |
5 476 |
2 007 |
11 251 |
93 757 |
6 668 518 |
|
Moravia |
2 048 426 |
547 604 |
534 |
976 |
15 335 |
46 448 |
2 649 323 |
|
Silesia[4] |
296 194 |
252 365 |
94 |
338 |
3 681 |
49 530 |
602 202 |
|
Slovakia |
2 013 792 |
139 900 |
637 183 |
85 644 |
70 529 |
42 313 |
2 989 361 |
|
Carpathian Ruthenia |
19 737 |
10 460 |
102 144 |
372 884 |
80 059 |
6 760 |
592 044 |
|
Czechoslovak Republic |
8 760 937 |
3 123 568 |
745 431 |
461 849 |
180 855 |
238 080 |
13 410 750 |
Czech Republic Population by City
.
|
S.No. |
City |
Population |
|
1 |
Prague |
1,259,079 |
|
2 |
Brno |
377,440 |
|
3 |
Ostrava |
294,200 |
|
4 |
Plzen |
169,033 |
|
5 |
Liberec |
102,562 |
|
6 |
Olomouc |
99,806 |
|
7 |
Ústí nad Labem |
93,409 |
|
8 |
Ceské Budejovice |
93,285 |
|
9 |
Hradec Králové |
92,808 |
|
10 |
Pardubice |
89,693 |
|
11 |
Zlín |
75,112 |
|
12 |
Havírov |
75,049 |
|
13 |
Kladno |
68,552 |
|
14 |
Most |
67,089 |
|
15 |
Opava |
57,772 |
|
16 |
Frýdek-Místek |
56,945 |
|
17 |
Karviná |
55,985 |
|
18 |
Jihlava |
50,521 |
|
19 |
Teplice |
50,079 |
|
20 |
Decín |
49,833 |
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