Population, Mid-Year 2019: 10,689,000
Population Density (Population Per Square Kilometer), Mid-Year 2019: 138
Projected Population Mid-Year 2030: 10,745,000
Percentage of Population Under Age 25 Years, Mid-Year 2019: 25%
Percentage of Population 65 Years Or Over, Mid-Year 2019: 20%

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019: Data Booklet (ST/ESA/SER.A/424).

Annual Population Growth Rate 2000-2018: 0.2%
Projected Annual Population Growth Rate 2018-2030: 0.1%
Proportion of Urban Population, 2018: 74%
Annual Growth Rate of Urban Population 2000-2018: 0.2%
Projected Annual Growth Rate of Urban Population 2018-2030: 0.3%

Source: UNICEF (2019). The State of the World’s Children 2019. Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing well in a changing world. UNICEF, New York.

“In 2012 the Czech Republic had a population of 10.51 million, of which 50.8% were female, and a population density of 136.1 per km2. In 2011, 94% of the population were ethnic Czechs or Moravians. Ethnic minorities include Slovaks and Roma, as well as Bulgarians, Croatians, Hungarians, Germans, Poles, Ruthenians, Russians, Greeks, Serbs, Ukrainians and Vietnamese (Czech Statistical Office, 2012b). In the 2011 census 10.4% of the inhabitants responded that they were Roman Catholic, approximately 1% identified themselves with one of the Protestant denominations and 41.3% stated that they were agnostic, atheist, non-believers or non-organized believers; the remaining share did not respond (Czech Statistical Office, 2013a).

“Following a slight decline between 1994 and 2002, the population of the Czech Republic has been growing since 2004. The rise can be attributed to immigration, which accounted for more than 96% of total population growth in 2012 (Czech Statistical Office, 2013b). Additionally, in 2006 birth rates exceeded mortality rates for the first time since 1993. This trend continued until 2012, with both parameters at the same level. Yet fertility rates remain lower than the EU28 average (1.58 in 2012) and well below the replacement rate of 2.1 per thousand population in industrialized countries (Espenshade et al., 2003) (see Table 1.1). Thus the Czech Republic continues to struggle with an overall ageing population despite recent increases in birth and fertility rates.”

Source: Alexa J, Rečka L, Votápková J, van Ginneken E, Spranger A, Wittenbecher F. Czech Republic: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 2015; 17(1):1–165.

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