Czechia Population
Czechia (also known as Czech Republic) had an estimated population of 10,886,878 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 88th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.13% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of −0.17% a year.
Czechia at a glance
How Czechia's population is changing
Czechia's population is roughly stable: −0.17% a year, which works out to about −18,135 people per year, or −50 a day. Births (7.7 per 1,000) and deaths (10.3 per 1,000) alone would give −0.26% a year; net migration removes about 112,188 people a year (−1.03%). Roughly one in every 755 people on Earth lives in Czechia.
Population of Czechia since 1960
In 1960, Czechia had 9,602,006 people. By 2025 that was 10,886,878 — 1.1× larger. The fastest growth came between 1971 and 1981, when the population rose by 5%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9,602,006 | — |
| 1970 | 9,858,071 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 10,304,193 | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 10,333,355 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 10,255,063 | −0.8% |
| 2010 | 10,474,410 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 10,697,858 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 10,886,878 | +1.8% |
Czechia from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Czechia at about 5,516,349 people in 1800; the UN estimates 10,609,241 in 2025 (2× 1800) and projects 8,228,074 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 1940 at 11,160,000 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 5,516,349 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 6,826,465 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 9,334,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 8,916,715 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 10,236,809 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 10,609,241 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 9,825,542 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 8,776,584 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 8,228,074 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Czechia
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 10,886,878. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague | 1,197,765 | UN urban centre | 11.00% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Brno | 310,796 | UN urban centre | 2.85% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Pilsen | 148,880 | UN urban centre | 1.37% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Ostrava | 147,481 | UN urban centre | 1.35% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 5 | České Budějovice | 85,035 | UN urban centre | 0.78% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Liberec | 82,719 | UN urban centre | 0.76% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Olomouc | 81,885 | UN urban centre | 0.75% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Zlín | 72,973 | GeoNames settlement | 0.67% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Hradec Králové | 69,909 | UN urban centre | 0.64% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Pardubice | 68,597 | UN urban centre | 0.63% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
How Czechia compares
Czechia has almost the same population as Cuba (10,937,203).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Czechia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #86 |  Honduras | 11,005,850 | +1% | compare → |
| #87 |  Cuba | 10,937,203 | +0% | compare → |
| #89 |  Portugal | 10,804,871 | −1% | compare → |
| #90 |  Tajikistan | 10,786,734 | −1% | compare → |
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Land neighbours (4)
Germany 83,491,249 · 7.7× the population · compare
Poland 36,435,861 · 3.3× the population · compare
Austria 9,208,163 · 1.2× smaller · compare
Slovakia 5,413,813 · 2.0× smaller · compare
Czechia's 4 neighbours together hold 134,549,086 people — 12.4× Czechia's population. The most populous is Germany (83,491,249).
In its region
Czechia is the 15th most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 1.2% of the region's 932,525,035 people.
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Cities
Prague, Brno, Pilsen, Ostrava, České Budějovice, Liberec, Olomouc, Zlín — all Czechia's cities on the map.
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