Short facts about people of Czech Republic

Population:

10,264,212 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  16.09% (male 847,219; female 804,731) 15-64 years:  69.99% (male 3,592,984; female 3,590,802) 65 years and over:  13.92% (male 549,538; female 878,938) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

-0.07% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

9.11 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

10.81 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.63 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

5.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  74.73 years male:  71.23 years female:  78.43 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.04% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

2,200 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Czech(s) adjective:  Czech

Ethnic groups:

Czech 81.2%, Moravian 13.2%, Slovak 3.1%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%, Silesian 0.4%, Roma 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 0.5% (1991)

Religions:

atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%

Languages:

Czech

Literacy:

definition:  NA total population:  99.9% (1999 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook