Czech Republic: People & Society#
| Population | 10,644,842 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Czech(s) adjective: Czech |
| Ethnic groups | Czech 64.3%, Moravian 5%, Slovak 1.4%, other 1.8%, unspecified 27.5% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 census) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.09% (male 826,005/female 782,470) 15-24 years: 9.89% (male 542,433/female 511,941) 25-54 years: 43.79% (male 2,396,550/female 2,271,974) 55-64 years: 12.73% (male 658,784/female 698,782) 65 years and over: 18.5% (male 817,550/female 1,154,443) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.5% youth dependency ratio: 22.5% elderly dependency ratio: 27% potential support ratio: 3.7% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.7 years male: 40.4 years female: 43 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.14% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations |
| Urbanization | urban population: 73% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.35% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - 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 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 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 (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78.6 years male: 75.7 years female: 81.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.45 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 86.3% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2008) |
| Health expenditures | 7.4% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.71 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 6.8 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| 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.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.05% (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,400 (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | fewer than 100 (2013 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 29.1% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2013) |
| 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) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 15.9% male: 15% female: 17.1% (2014 est.) |