The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,882,164 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,753,822 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 1.96 times bigger than Ireland's.
- The Czech Republic is ranked the 91st most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.2% of the world: 0.13% for the Czech Republic vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, the Czech Republic has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.8M (5.31% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people, while the Czech Republic's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.9M people and is projected to decrease to 8.34M people by 2100.
Czech Republic vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
10753822
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5474763
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| Population rank | 91/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
29 minutes
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7.23 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.76 minutes
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
4.65 minutes
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.1 minutes
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13.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -86,169 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +50 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | +18,122 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 156/197 | 78/197 |
the Czech Republic and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,602,006 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,586,651 | 2,824,400 | -0.16% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 9,624,660 | 2,836,050 | 0.4% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 9,670,685 | 2,852,650 | 0.48% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 9,727,804 | 2,866,550 | 0.59% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 9,779,358 | 2,877,300 | 0.53% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 9,821,040 | 2,888,800 | 0.43% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 9,852,899 | 2,902,450 | 0.32% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 9,876,346 | 2,915,550 | 0.24% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 9,896,580 | 2,932,650 | 0.2% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 9,858,071 | 2,957,250 | -0.39% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 9,826,815 | 2,992,050 | -0.32% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 9,867,632 | 3,036,850 | 0.42% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 9,922,266 | 3,085,950 | 0.55% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 9,988,459 | 3,137,500 | 0.67% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 10,058,620 | 3,189,550 | 0.7% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 10,125,939 | 3,238,050 | 0.67% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 10,186,755 | 3,282,200 | 0.6% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 10,242,098 | 3,329,100 | 0.54% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 10,292,341 | 3,373,750 | 0.49% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 10,304,193 | 3,412,800 | 0.12% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 10,300,591 | 3,453,000 | -0.03% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 10,314,826 | 3,485,800 | 0.14% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 10,323,856 | 3,510,600 | 0.09% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 10,330,213 | 3,532,423 | 0.06% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 10,337,118 | 3,538,082 | 0.07% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 10,342,227 | 3,539,690 | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 10,347,318 | 3,540,057 | 0.05% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 10,355,276 | 3,524,949 | 0.08% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 10,361,068 | 3,511,009 | 0.06% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 10,333,355 | 3,513,974 | -0.27% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 10,308,578 | 3,534,235 | -0.24% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 10,319,123 | 3,558,430 | 0.1% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 10,329,855 | 3,576,261 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 10,333,587 | 3,590,386 | 0.04% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 10,327,253 | 3,608,841 | -0.06% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 10,315,241 | 3,637,510 | -0.12% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 10,304,131 | 3,674,171 | -0.11% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 10,294,373 | 3,712,696 | -0.09% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 10,283,860 | 3,754,786 | -0.1% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 10,255,063 | 3,805,174 | -0.28% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 10,216,605 | 3,866,243 | -0.38% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 10,196,916 | 3,931,947 | -0.19% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 10,193,998 | 3,996,521 | -0.03% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 10,197,101 | 4,070,262 | 0.03% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 10,211,216 | 4,159,914 | 0.14% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 10,238,905 | 4,273,591 | 0.27% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 10,298,828 | 4,398,942 | 0.59% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 10,384,603 | 4,489,544 | 0.83% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 10,443,936 | 4,535,375 | 0.57% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 10,474,410 | 4,560,155 | 0.29% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 10,496,088 | 4,580,084 | 0.21% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 10,510,785 | 4,599,533 | 0.14% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 10,514,272 | 4,623,816 | 0.03% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 10,525,347 | 4,657,740 | 0.11% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 10,546,059 | 4,701,957 | 0.2% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 10,566,332 | 4,762,722 | 0.19% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 10,594,438 | 4,827,445 | 0.27% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 10,629,928 | 4,898,022 | 0.33% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 10,671,870 | 4,976,456 | 0.39% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 10,697,858 | 5,039,747 | 0.24% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 10,505,772 | 5,110,585 | -1.8% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 10,672,118 | 5,212,836 | 1.58% | 2% |
| 2023 | 10,864,042 | 5,307,600 | 1.8% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 10,882,164 | 5,380,257 | 0.17% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 10,753,822 | 5,434,538 | -1.18% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 10,671,254 | 5,484,615 | -0.77% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 10,648,879 | 5,531,657 | -0.21% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 10,623,904 | 5,576,425 | -0.23% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 10,596,362 | 5,618,258 | -0.26% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 10,567,167 | 5,656,768 | -0.28% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 10,536,602 | 5,693,185 | -0.29% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 10,504,828 | 5,728,435 | -0.3% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 10,472,203 | 5,761,833 | -0.31% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 10,439,141 | 5,793,145 | -0.32% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 10,405,856 | 5,822,398 | -0.32% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 10,372,835 | 5,850,388 | -0.32% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 10,339,980 | 5,878,309 | -0.32% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 10,307,577 | 5,905,728 | -0.31% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 10,275,882 | 5,931,438 | -0.31% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 10,244,966 | 5,956,212 | -0.3% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 10,214,805 | 5,980,704 | -0.29% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 10,185,286 | 6,002,968 | -0.29% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 10,156,643 | 6,022,662 | -0.28% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 10,128,611 | 6,041,053 | -0.28% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 10,100,890 | 6,057,952 | -0.27% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 10,073,030 | 6,072,174 | -0.28% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 10,045,121 | 6,084,484 | -0.28% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 10,017,123 | 6,096,077 | -0.28% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 9,988,795 | 6,105,740 | -0.28% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 9,959,445 | 6,112,322 | -0.29% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 334,843 people (a 3.28% growth), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Czech Republic gained 207,763 (a 1.97% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2005 and is 91st in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Czech Republic's population will shrink by 7.39% to 9,959,445 people with a rank change from 91st to 98th. The population of Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Prague | 1.4M |
| Brno | 403K |
| Liberec | 108K |
| Zlin | 74.7K |
| Most | 63.5K |
| Opava | 55.1K |
| Jihlava | 54.6K |
| Frydek-Mistek | 53.6K |
| Teplice | 50.9K |
| Karlovy Vary | 49.1K |
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Population differences between the Czech Republic and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 80.1 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 44.1 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.45 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 365 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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