The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,905,028 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,693,675 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 1.76 times bigger than the Czech Republic's.
- The Czech Republic is ranked the 91st most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 0.36% of the world: 0.13% for the Czech Republic vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, the Czech Republic has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs -0.43% in Romania.
- Since 2006, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.7M (4.44% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 16.9% of the population in the Czech Republic and 31.6% in Romania.
Czech Republic vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
10693675
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18836893
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| Population rank | 91/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
12.8 minutes
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56.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.76 minutes
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
4.65 minutes
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.1 minutes
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -86,169 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | +112 | -25 |
| Annual growth/decline | +40,986 | -9,258 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.38% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 142/197 | 170/197 |
the Czech Republic and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,602,006 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,586,651 | 18,555,250 | -0.16% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 9,624,660 | 18,676,550 | 0.4% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 9,670,685 | 18,797,850 | 0.48% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 9,727,804 | 18,919,126 | 0.59% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 9,779,358 | 19,031,576 | 0.53% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 9,821,040 | 19,215,450 | 0.43% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 9,852,899 | 19,534,242 | 0.32% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 9,876,346 | 19,799,831 | 0.24% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 9,896,580 | 20,009,141 | 0.2% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 9,858,071 | 20,250,398 | -0.39% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 9,826,815 | 20,461,567 | -0.32% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 9,867,632 | 20,657,957 | 0.42% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 9,922,266 | 20,835,681 | 0.55% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 9,988,459 | 21,029,429 | 0.67% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 10,058,620 | 21,293,583 | 0.7% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 10,125,939 | 21,551,634 | 0.67% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 10,186,755 | 21,756,096 | 0.6% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 10,242,098 | 21,951,464 | 0.54% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 10,292,341 | 22,090,488 | 0.49% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 10,304,193 | 22,207,282 | 0.12% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 10,300,591 | 22,353,070 | -0.03% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 10,314,826 | 22,475,741 | 0.14% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 10,323,856 | 22,560,478 | 0.09% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 10,330,213 | 22,640,547 | 0.06% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 10,337,118 | 22,732,999 | 0.07% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 10,342,227 | 22,836,841 | 0.05% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 10,347,318 | 22,949,430 | 0.05% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 10,355,276 | 23,057,662 | 0.08% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 10,361,068 | 23,161,458 | 0.06% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 10,333,355 | 23,201,835 | -0.27% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 10,308,578 | 23,001,155 | -0.24% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 10,319,123 | 22,794,284 | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 10,329,855 | 22,763,280 | 0.1% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 10,333,587 | 22,730,211 | 0.04% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 10,327,253 | 22,684,270 | -0.06% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 10,315,241 | 22,619,004 | -0.12% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 10,304,131 | 22,553,978 | -0.11% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 10,294,373 | 22,507,344 | -0.09% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 10,283,860 | 22,472,040 | -0.1% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 10,255,063 | 22,442,971 | -0.28% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 10,216,605 | 22,131,970 | -0.38% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 10,196,916 | 21,730,496 | -0.19% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 10,193,998 | 21,574,326 | -0.03% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 10,197,101 | 21,451,748 | 0.03% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 10,211,216 | 21,319,685 | 0.14% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 10,238,905 | 21,193,760 | 0.27% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 10,298,828 | 20,882,982 | 0.59% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 10,384,603 | 20,537,875 | 0.83% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 10,443,936 | 20,367,487 | 0.57% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 10,474,410 | 20,246,871 | 0.29% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 10,496,088 | 20,147,528 | 0.21% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 10,510,785 | 20,058,035 | 0.14% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 10,514,272 | 19,983,693 | 0.03% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 10,525,347 | 19,908,979 | 0.11% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 10,546,059 | 19,815,616 | 0.2% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 10,566,332 | 19,702,267 | 0.19% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 10,594,438 | 19,588,715 | 0.27% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 10,629,928 | 19,473,970 | 0.33% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 10,671,870 | 19,371,648 | 0.39% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 10,697,858 | 19,265,250 | 0.24% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 10,505,772 | 19,122,059 | -1.8% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 10,672,118 | 19,048,502 | 1.58% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 10,864,042 | 19,061,062 | 1.8% | 0.07% |
| 2024 | 10,905,028 | 19,051,804 | 0.38% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 10,776,416 | 18,945,157 | -1.18% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 10,693,675 | 18,836,893 | -0.77% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 10,671,253 | 18,727,645 | -0.21% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 10,646,226 | 18,617,757 | -0.23% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 10,618,626 | 18,506,702 | -0.26% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 10,589,369 | 18,394,947 | -0.28% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 10,558,740 | 18,282,991 | -0.29% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 10,526,900 | 18,170,681 | -0.3% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 10,494,205 | 18,057,661 | -0.31% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 10,461,074 | 17,943,814 | -0.32% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 10,427,719 | 17,828,772 | -0.32% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 10,394,629 | 17,712,177 | -0.32% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 10,361,705 | 17,595,189 | -0.32% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 10,329,234 | 17,477,597 | -0.31% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 10,297,472 | 17,360,012 | -0.31% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 10,266,491 | 17,242,939 | -0.3% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 10,236,267 | 17,124,773 | -0.29% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 10,206,686 | 17,006,515 | -0.29% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 10,177,983 | 16,888,882 | -0.28% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 10,149,892 | 16,770,593 | -0.28% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 10,122,112 | 16,652,406 | -0.27% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 10,094,194 | 16,534,847 | -0.28% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 10,066,226 | 16,416,456 | -0.28% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 10,038,170 | 16,297,099 | -0.28% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 10,009,782 | 16,177,534 | -0.28% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 9,980,370 | 16,058,209 | -0.29% | -0.74% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 327,427 people (a 3.2% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Czech Republic gained 127,343 (a 1.21% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).
The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2006 and is 91st in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Czech Republic's population will shrink by 6.67% to 9,980,370 people with a rank change from 91st to 98th. The population of Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.
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 Romania
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| Life expectancy | 80.3 years | 76.4 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 44.1 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.45 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 366 ppl/mi² | 214.5 ppl/mi² |
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