Location: Central Europe, southeast of Germany
Area:
total area:
78,703 sq km
land area:
78,645 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries:
total 1,880 km ;
Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km,
Slovakia214 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 10,432,774 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
19% (female 981,918; male 1,030,003)
15-64 years:
68% (female 3,529,411; male 3,530,112)
65 years and over:
13% (female 848,599; male 512,731)
Population growth rate: 0.26% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 13.46 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 10.85 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.54 years
male:
69.87 years
female:
77.41 years
Total fertility rate: 1.84 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Czech 94.4%, Slovak 3%, Polish 0.6%,
German 0.5%, Gypsy 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 1%
Religions:
atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%,
Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%,other 13.4%
Languages: Czech, Slovak
Literacy:
can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
female:
Names:
conventional long form:
Czech Republic
conventional short form:
Czech Republic
Type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Prague
Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)
Constitution:
ratified 16 December 1992;
effective 1 January 1993
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $76.5 billion
National product real growth rate: 2.2%
National product per capita: $7,350
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10.2%
Unemployment rate: 3.2%
Electricity:
capacity:
14.470,000 kW
production:
56.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
4,842 kWh
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