People in Czech Republic

Guards Prague Castle

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Population: 10 286 470 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 17% (male 907 744; female 864 202)

15-64 years: 69% (male 3 555 822; female 3 548 548)

65 years and over: 14% (male 541 031; female 869 123) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.11% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 8.96 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 10.92 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.92 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.79 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 74.11 years

male: 70.75 years

female: 77.65 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.17 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Czech(s)

adjective: Czech

note: 300 000 Slovaks declared themselves Czech citizens in 1994

Ethnic groups: Czech 92.4% Slovak 2.8% Gypsy 2.7% Polish 0.5% German 0.4% Hungarian 0.2% other 1%

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

Languages: Czech oficially Slovak

Literacy:

definition: age NA and over can read and write

total population: 99% (est.)

male: NA%

female: NA%