About Czech Republic
Czech - the sole official language, spoken by ~88.4% of the population.
Slovak - spoken by ~1.5%, reflecting historical ties from the former Czechoslovakia.
Officially recognized minority languages include Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
Czech is the sole official language of the Czech Republic.
| Geography |
Location: Central Europe, landlocked, bordered by Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Poland
Map references: Europe
Terrain: mountains, forests, and rivers; diverse landscape
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
| People |
Population: 10,838,703 (2025 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.5%
15-64 years: 63.8%
65 years and over: 20.7% (2024)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.3 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 82.4 years
Nationality:
noun/adjective: Czech(s)
Ethnic groups: Czech 89%, Moravian 3.3%, Slovak 0.9%, Ukrainian 0.7%, other 2.1%, two nationalities 4.0% (2021 est.)
Religions: no religion 56.9%, Christian 11.7% (Catholic 9.3%, other Christian 2.4%), other 1.2%, unanswered 30.1% (2021 est.)
Languages: Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.); note - includes only persons with one mother tongue
| Government |
Country name:
conventional long form: Czech Republic
conventional short form: Czechia
local long form: Ceska republika
local short form: Cesko
Data code: EZ
Government type: unitary parliamentary republic
National capital: Prague
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Petr PAVEL
head of government: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS
Background: after WWII, a reunited but truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence when the pro-Soviet Communist party staged a coup in February 1948; Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993; the country joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004
| Economy |
Economy - overview: advanced, high-income, diversified European economy; robust industrial base led by automotive, engineering, and electronics
GDP (purchasing power parity): $652.61 billion (2025 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.0% (2026f)
GDP - per capita: $59,853 PPP (2025 est.)
Inflation rate: 2.4% (2025)
Youth unemployment rate: 26.8% (2025 est.)
Labor force: 5,378,192 (2020)
Population below poverty line: 9.5% (2023)
Industries: engineering, electronics, motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Exports: $244.664 billion (2024); machinery, precision engineering equipment, transport equipment, electronics, pharmaceuticals
Exports - partners: Germany 30%, Slovakia 7.35%, Poland 6.63%, United Kingdom 4.43%, France 4.54% (2024)
Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)