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Czech Republic - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
10,228,744 (July 2007 est.)total population: 76.42 years
male: 73.14 years
female: 79.88 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
parliamentary democracy Prague
IndependanceNational day
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
ConstitutionLegal system
ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$118.9 billion (2006 est.)6.2% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$21,600 (2006 est.)8.4% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
NA%2.7% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$89.34 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$87.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$30.99 billion (2006 est.)Czech koruna (CZK)
Military expenditures
1.81% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Central Europe, southeast of Germany 78,866 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid wintershard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
11.776 million (2005).cz
Internet hostsInternet users
1.267 million (2006)5.1 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
121 (2006)9,572 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
127,747 km gas 7,010 km; oil 547 km; refined products 94 km (2006)