Since the expulsion of the Sudètes in 1945 and the partition, in 1993 of the Czechoslovakian Federal republic in two independent countries, the population of Tchéquie is in its great majority (94  %) ethniquement or linguistically Czech.

Like the majority of the countries of the communist ex-block, the population knew a decline since 1989, because of a drastic fall of the birthrate: the suppression of the political generous natalists on the one hand and uncertainties related to the economic transition from a state-controlled economy to a capitalist economy on the other hand explain this fact.

Country, with close to 70  % of the population declaring itself of any religion, is one of the more atheistic of Europe. The phenomenon is old, related to the rejection of the Catholic church perceived like the religion of State of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Jewish population, formerly important, was exterminated or comparable.

Structure of the population

Birthrate

Mortality

Migration and cultural composition

The following figures are to be taken with precaution. The law recognizes the Citoyenneté (by Czech definition) and the Nationalité: Czech (but not Moravian which is regarded as Czech by the legislator in particular and the ethno-linguists in general), Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, German, Romanian, etc

If the indication of nationality is obligatory on the majority of the identity papers, the figures below result from the census of 2001 during which the inhabitants could freely declare member of such or such nationality.

The fact is that the Rom S, which one estimates the population at 2% of the total, did not think useful to declare member of a minority.

In term of evolution (between the census of 1991, not indicated here, and that of 2001), one will note the following facts:

• 1991 is marked by an identity boiling to see an identity crispation (which will carry out inter alia to the scission of Tchéquie and Slovakia), with the passing, this is calmed;
• the percentage of those which declare Morave S passes from 13,2 to 3,7%; the same applies to those which claim Silesian minority which loses the three-quarter of its manpower between the two censuses;
• the percentage of those which declare Slovaques as passes him from 3,1 to 1,9%, not as a vast movement of return towards the Slovakia took place after the scission but the Slovak residents in Tchéquie have tendency has to be considered Czech, after a certain time;
• the minority Vietnamese, resulting from immigration for reasons educational, work or humanitarian between “country-brothers” under Communism, émancipe and is asserted, passing from nothing (whereas they were already there in 1991) to 0,2% (or 17.400 members) in 2001.

Other social indicators

External bonds

• general Information - Czech Republic

Sources

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