Česká republika(Czech) | |
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Anthem: | |
Location of the Czech Republic (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) – [Legend] | |
Capital | Prague 50°05′N14°28′E / 50.083°N 14.467°E |
Official language | Czech[1] |
Officially recognized languages[2][3] | |
Ethnic groups (2016[4][5]) |
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Religion |
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Demonym(s) | Czech |
Government | Unitaryparliamentary constitutional republic |
• President | Miloš Zeman |
Andrej Babiš | |
Legislature | Parliament |
• Upper house | Senate |
Chamber of Deputies | |
Establishment history | |
• Duchy of Bohemia | c. 870 |
1198 | |
• Czechoslovakia | 28 October 1918 |
1 January 1969 | |
• Czech Republic became independent | 1 January 1993 |
1 May 2004 | |
Area | |
• Total | 78,866 km2 (30,450 sq mi) (115th) |
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Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 10,649,800[7] (84th) |
10,436,560[8] | |
• Density | 134/km2 (347.1/sq mi) (87th) |
GDP(PPP) | 2019 estimate |
$414.571 billion[9] (36th) | |
• Per capita | $39,088[9] (34th) |
GDP(nominal) | 2019 estimate |
$246.161 billion[9] (36th) | |
• Per capita | $23,209[9] (37th) |
Gini(2018) | 24.0[10] low · 5th |
HDI(2017) | 0.888[11] very high · 27th |
Currency | Czech koruna (CZK) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +420b |
ISO 3166 code | CZ |
Internet TLD | .czc |
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Office | Name | Party | Since |
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President | Miloš Zeman | SPOZ | 8 March 2013 |
President of the Senate | Jaroslav Kubera | ODS | 14 November 2018 |
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies | Radek Vondráček | ANO | 22 November 2017 |
Prime Minister | Andrej Babiš | ANO | 6 December 2017 |
Licence plate letter | Region name in English | Region name in Czech | Administrative seat | Population (2004 estimate) | Population (2011 estimate)[81] |
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A | Praguea | Hlavní město Praha | n/a | 1,170,571 | 1,268,796 |
S | Central Bohemian Region | Středočeský kraj | Pragueb | 1,144,071 | 1,289,211 |
C | South Bohemian Region | Jihočeský kraj | České Budějovice | 625,712 | 628,336 |
P | Plzeň Region | Plzeňský kraj | Plzeň | 549,618 | 570,401 |
K | Karlovy Vary Region | Karlovarský kraj | Karlovy Vary | 304,588 | 295,595 |
U | Ústí nad Labem Region | Ústecký kraj | Ústí nad Labem | 822,133 | 835,814 |
L | Liberec Region | Liberecký kraj | Liberec | 427,563 | 432,439 |
H | Hradec Králové Region | Královéhradecký kraj | Hradec Králové | 547,296 | 547,916 |
E | Pardubice Region | Pardubický kraj | Pardubice | 505,285 | 511,627 |
M | Olomouc Region | Olomoucký kraj | Olomouc | 635,126 | 628,427 |
T | Moravian-Silesian Region | Moravskoslezský kraj | Ostrava | 1,257,554 | 1,205,834 |
B | South Moravian Region | Jihomoravský kraj | Brno | 1,123,201 | 1,163,508 |
Z | Zlín Region | Zlínský kraj | Zlín | 590,706 | 579,944 |
J | Vysočina Region | Kraj Vysočina | Jihlava | 517,153 | 505,565 |
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1857 | 7,016,531 | — |
1869 | 7,617,230 | +8.6% |
1880 | 8,222,013 | +7.9% |
1890 | 8,665,421 | +5.4% |
1900 | 9,372,214 | +8.2% |
1910 | 10,078,637 | +7.5% |
1921 | 10,009,587 | −0.7% |
1930 | 10,674,386 | +6.6% |
1950 | 8,896,133 | −16.7% |
1961 | 9,571,531 | +7.6% |
1970 | 9,807,697 | +2.5% |
1980 | 10,291,927 | +4.9% |
1991 | 10,302,215 | +0.1% |
2001 | 10,230,060 | −0.7% |
2011 | 10,436,560 | +2.0% |
2016 | 10,572,427 | +1.3% |
Prague Brno Ostrava | Rank | City | Region | Population [151] | Metropolitan area | Plzeň Liberec Olomouc |
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1 | Prague | Prague, the Capital City | 1,313,508 | 2,300,000 | ||
2 | Brno | South Moravian | 377,440 | 729,510 | ||
3 | Ostrava | Moravian-Silesian | 294,200 | 1,164,328 | ||
4 | Plzeň | Plzeň | 169,033 | 380,000 | ||
5 | Liberec | Liberec | 102,562 | 270,000 | ||
6 | Olomouc | Olomouc | 100,378 | 480,000[152] | ||
7 | Ústí nad Labem | Ústí nad Labem | 93,409 | 243,878 | ||
8 | České Budějovice | South Bohemian | 93,285 | 190,000[153] | ||
9 | Hradec Králové | Hradec Králové | 92,808 | - | ||
10 | Pardubice | Pardubice | 89,693 | - | ||
11 | Zlín | Zlín | 75,112 | 100,000 | ||
12 | Havířov | Moravian-Silesian | 75,049 | - | ||
13 | Kladno | Central Bohemian | 68,552 | 2,300,000 | ||
14 | Most | Ústí nad Labem | 67,089 | 95,316 | ||
15 | Opava | Moravian-Silesian | 57,772 | - | ||
16 | Frýdek-Místek | Moravian-Silesian | 56,945 | - | ||
17 | Karviná | Moravian-Silesian | 55,985 | - | ||
18 | Jihlava | Vysočina | 50,521 | - | ||
19 | Teplice | Ústí nad Labem | 50,079 | - | ||
20 | Děčín | Ústí nad Labem | 49,833 | - |
Religion in the Czech Republic (2011)[6] | ||||
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Undeclared | 44.7% | |||
Irreligion | 34.5% | |||
Catholicism | 10.5% | |||
Believers, not members of other religions | 6.8% | |||
Other Christian churches | 1.1% | |||
Protestantism | 1% | |||
Believers, members of other religions | 0.7% | |||
Other religions / Unknown | 0.7% |
C19: from Polish, from Czech Čech
[Polish, from Czech Čech.]
Origin Polish spelling of Czech Čech.
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