Czech Republic - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Czech Republic was 10,697,860 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,697,860 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,586,651 in 1961.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 9,602,006
1961 9,586,651
1962 9,624,660
1963 9,670,685
1964 9,727,804
1965 9,779,358
1966 9,821,040
1967 9,852,899
1968 9,876,346
1969 9,896,580
1970 9,858,071
1971 9,826,815
1972 9,867,632
1973 9,922,266
1974 9,988,459
1975 10,058,620
1976 10,125,940
1977 10,186,760
1978 10,242,100
1979 10,292,340
1980 10,304,190
1981 10,300,590
1982 10,314,830
1983 10,323,860
1984 10,330,210
1985 10,337,120
1986 10,342,230
1987 10,347,320
1988 10,355,280
1989 10,361,070
1990 10,333,360
1991 10,308,580
1992 10,319,120
1993 10,329,860
1994 10,333,590
1995 10,327,250
1996 10,315,240
1997 10,304,130
1998 10,294,370
1999 10,283,860
2000 10,255,060
2001 10,216,610
2002 10,196,920
2003 10,194,000
2004 10,197,100
2005 10,211,220
2006 10,238,910
2007 10,298,830
2008 10,384,600
2009 10,443,940
2010 10,474,410
2011 10,496,090
2012 10,510,790
2013 10,514,270
2014 10,525,350
2015 10,546,060
2016 10,566,330
2017 10,594,440
2018 10,629,930
2019 10,671,870
2020 10,697,860

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population