Czechia
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Quick Facts
- Capital
- Prague
- Population
- 10,838,703 (2025 est.)
- Area
- 78,867 sq km
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Religions
- Roman Catholic 7%, other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6% (includes Evangelical United Brethren Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church), believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9.1%, none 47.8%, unspecified 30.1% (2021 est.)
- Ethnic Groups
- Czech 57.3%, Moravian 3.4%, other 7.7%, unspecified 31.6% (2021 est.)
- Currency
- koruny (CZK)
- Life Expectancy
- 78.6 years (2024 est.)
- Internet Domain
- .cz
- Climate
- temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
- Terrain
- Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
- Natural Resources
- hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber, arable land
- Major Exports
- cars, vehicle parts/accessories, broadcasting equipment, computers, plastic products (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook (public domain)
Overview
At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia, a parliamentarian democracy.