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Population | 10,674,723 (July 2017 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.16% (male 831,150/female 786,984) 15-24 years: 9.59% (male 527,232/female 496,530) 25-54 years: 43.84% (male 2,403,333/female 2,276,261) 55-64 years: 12.44% (male 646,106/female 681,541) 65 years and over: 18.98% (male 842,384/female 1,183,202) (2017 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.5 youth dependency ratio: 22.6 elderly dependency ratio: 26.9 potential support ratio: 3.7 (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 42.1 years male: 40.8 years female: 43.4 years (2017 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.12% (2017 est.) |
Birth rate | 9.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
Death rate | 10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 73% of total population (2017) rate of urbanization: 0.3% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
Major cities - population | PRAGUE (capital) 1.314 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.1 years (2014 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78.8 years male: 75.8 years female: 81.9 years (2017 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.45 children born/woman (2017 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 86.3% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2016 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,400 (2016 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2016 est.) |
Drinking water source | 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 (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.1% of population rural: 99.2% of population total: 99.1% of population unimproved: urban: 0.9% of population rural: 0.8% of population total: 0.9% of population (2015 est.) |
Nationality | noun: Czech(s) adjective: Czech |
Ethnic groups | Czech 64.3%, Moravian 5%, Slovak 1.4%, other 1.8%, unspecified 27.5% (2011 est.) |
Religions | Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5% (2011 est.) |
Languages | Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 census) |
Literacy | definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2011 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2014) |
Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2013) |
Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Health expenditures | 7.4% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 6.8 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 26% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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