The majority of the 10.2 million inhabitants of the Czech Republic are ethnically and linguistically Czech (95%). Other ethnic groups include Germans, Roma, and Poles. After the 1993 division Slovaks staying in the Czech Republic comprise roughly 2% of the current population (the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia was and is open for citizens of the former Czechoslovakia). The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ... The Velvet Divorce is a journalistic term for the dissolution of the former country of Czechoslovakia into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, effective January 1, 1993. ...

The most concentrated linguistic minority in the Czech Republic are ethnic Poles, historically the majority, and today constituting between 10 and 45% of the population in the Cesky Tesin district. Poles have the right to use their language in official dealings, and there are some Polish primary and secondary schools in the area. The Polish minority has been decreasing substantially since World War II as education in Polish was difficult to obtain, while Czech authorities did not permit bilingual signs to maintain Polish awareness among the population. Český Těšín. ...

The remaining German minority of the Czech Republic -3 million were forcibly expelled (Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II)- and historically the largest minority of the country, is granted some rights in theory, however the actual use of German in dealings with officials is usually not possible. There is no bilingual education system in Western and Northern Bohemia, where the German minority is most concentrated. The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the mass deportation of people considered Germans (both Reichsdeutsche and Volksdeutsche) from Soviet-occupied areas outside the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, and is a major part of the German exodus from Eastern Europe after World War II. The process, which...

According to the 2001 census there remain 38 and 13 municipalities and settlements in the Czech Republic with more than 10% Poles and Germans respectively.

While the erection of bilingual signs is technically permitted since 2001, if a minority constitutes 10% of the population, members of the minority have to sign a petition in favour of the signs in which 40% of the adult minority population must participate. Many of the historically intimidated and often elderly members of the Polish and German minorities of the Czech Republic still remember repercussions and fear to sign a document in favour of bilingualism. Hence only a couple of villages with large Polish minorities have so far been able to collect the necessary signatures. Many representatives of expellees organizations support the erection of bilingual signs in all formerly German speaking territory as a visible sign of the bilingual linguistic and cultural heritage of the region. The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... Heritage can refer to: Heritage tourism Inheritance Kinship and descent Cultural traditions UNESCO World Heritage Site A novel in the BBC Books series. ...

Major denomination and its estimated percentage population is traditional Roman Catholic (27%). A large percentage of the Czech population claim to be atheists (59%) (see [1] for details in Czech). This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ...

Population: 10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.7% (male 773,028; female 731,833)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 3,651,018; female 3,627,006)
65 years and over: 14.2% (male 565,374; female 892,879) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.05% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 9.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 10.54 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.02 years
male: 72.74 years
female: 79.49 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.2 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Czech(s) (Czech language: Čech, plural: Češi or Čechové)
adjective: Czech (česká) The Czech language is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian (extinct), and Lusatian Sorbian. ...

Ethnic groups: Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, Polish 0.5%, German 0.4%, Silesian 0.1%, Roma 0.1% (those officially claiming so, unofficial estimate is cca 2%), Hungarian 0.1%, other 2.8% (March 2001)

Note: the Moravians and Silesians, lacking significant differencies in cultural traditions and ethnic, religious or language characteristics from the Czechs, are officially not forming a minority (in political sense) and their percentages are often added to the one of Czechs. The results here reflect the right of anybody to identify him-/herself with any nationality or ethnic group, as stated in the UDHR.

Ukrainians are the largest group of people without Czech citizenship living in the country. The definition of a minority group can vary, depending on specific context, but generally refers to either a sub-group that does not form either a majority or a plurality of the total population, or a group that, while not necessarily a numerical minority, is disadvantaged or otherwise has less... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (also UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, December 10, 1948), outlining a view on basic human rights. ...

Religions: atheist 59.0%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 1.2%, Hussites 1.0%, Jehovah's Witnesses 0.2%, Eastern Orthodox 0.2%, other religions 2.8%, unknown 8.8% (March 2001) Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of any deities. ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ...

Languages: Czech

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

External links

• Czech Statistical Office, state institution responsible to provide official data about Czech Republic
• Ethnics living in the Czech Republic (click on menu for others)