The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,905,028 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,693,675 people compared to 5,367,504 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 1.99 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- The Czech Republic is ranked the 91st most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.13% for the Czech Republic vs 0.06% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, the Czech Republic has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2006, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.7M (4.44% growth), while Slovakia has declined from 5.37M to 5.37M (0.1% 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 25.6% in Slovakia.
Czech Republic vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10693675
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5367504
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| Population rank | 91/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
12.8 minutes
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
5.76 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
4.65 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.1 minutes
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -86,169 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +112 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +40,986 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.38% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 142/197 | 173/197 |
the Czech Republic and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,602,006 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,586,651 | 4,191,667 | -0.16% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 9,624,660 | 4,238,188 | 0.4% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 9,670,685 | 4,282,017 | 0.48% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 9,727,804 | 4,327,341 | 0.59% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 9,779,358 | 4,370,983 | 0.53% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 9,821,040 | 4,411,666 | 0.43% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 9,852,899 | 4,449,367 | 0.32% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 9,876,346 | 4,483,915 | 0.24% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 9,896,580 | 4,518,607 | 0.2% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 9,858,071 | 4,538,223 | -0.39% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 9,826,815 | 4,557,449 | -0.32% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 9,867,632 | 4,596,622 | 0.42% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 9,922,266 | 4,641,445 | 0.55% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 9,988,459 | 4,689,623 | 0.67% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 10,058,620 | 4,739,105 | 0.7% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 10,125,939 | 4,789,507 | 0.67% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 10,186,755 | 4,840,501 | 0.6% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 10,242,098 | 4,890,125 | 0.54% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 10,292,341 | 4,938,973 | 0.49% | 1% |
| 1980 | 10,304,193 | 4,979,815 | 0.12% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 10,300,591 | 5,016,105 | -0.03% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 10,314,826 | 5,055,099 | 0.14% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 10,323,856 | 5,091,971 | 0.09% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 10,330,213 | 5,127,097 | 0.06% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 10,337,118 | 5,161,768 | 0.07% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 10,342,227 | 5,193,838 | 0.05% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 10,347,318 | 5,222,840 | 0.05% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 10,355,276 | 5,250,596 | 0.08% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 10,361,068 | 5,275,942 | 0.06% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 10,333,355 | 5,299,187 | -0.27% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 10,308,578 | 5,303,294 | -0.24% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 10,319,123 | 5,305,016 | 0.1% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 10,329,855 | 5,325,305 | 0.1% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 10,333,587 | 5,346,331 | 0.04% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 10,327,253 | 5,361,999 | -0.06% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 10,315,241 | 5,373,361 | -0.12% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 10,304,131 | 5,383,291 | -0.11% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 10,294,373 | 5,390,516 | -0.09% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 10,283,860 | 5,396,020 | -0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 10,255,063 | 5,388,720 | -0.28% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 10,216,605 | 5,378,867 | -0.38% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 10,196,916 | 5,376,912 | -0.19% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 10,193,998 | 5,373,374 | -0.03% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 10,197,101 | 5,372,280 | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 10,211,216 | 5,372,807 | 0.14% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 10,238,905 | 5,373,054 | 0.27% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 10,298,828 | 5,374,622 | 0.59% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 10,384,603 | 5,379,233 | 0.83% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 10,443,936 | 5,386,406 | 0.57% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 10,474,410 | 5,391,428 | 0.29% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 10,496,088 | 5,398,384 | 0.21% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 10,510,785 | 5,407,579 | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 10,514,272 | 5,413,393 | 0.03% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 10,525,347 | 5,418,649 | 0.11% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 10,546,059 | 5,423,801 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 10,566,332 | 5,430,798 | 0.19% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 10,594,438 | 5,439,232 | 0.27% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 10,629,928 | 5,446,771 | 0.33% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 10,671,870 | 5,454,147 | 0.39% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 10,697,858 | 5,458,827 | 0.24% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 10,505,772 | 5,447,247 | -1.8% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 10,672,118 | 5,431,752 | 1.58% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 10,864,042 | 5,426,740 | 1.8% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 10,905,028 | 5,422,069 | 0.38% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 10,776,416 | 5,390,674 | -1.18% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 10,693,675 | 5,367,504 | -0.77% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 10,671,253 | 5,357,756 | -0.21% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 10,646,226 | 5,346,292 | -0.23% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 10,618,626 | 5,333,135 | -0.26% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 10,589,369 | 5,318,323 | -0.28% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 10,558,740 | 5,302,079 | -0.29% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 10,526,900 | 5,284,585 | -0.3% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 10,494,205 | 5,265,970 | -0.31% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 10,461,074 | 5,246,341 | -0.32% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 10,427,719 | 5,225,725 | -0.32% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 10,394,629 | 5,204,191 | -0.32% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 10,361,705 | 5,181,996 | -0.32% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 10,329,234 | 5,159,193 | -0.31% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 10,297,472 | 5,135,906 | -0.31% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 10,266,491 | 5,112,164 | -0.3% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 10,236,267 | 5,088,002 | -0.29% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 10,206,686 | 5,063,600 | -0.29% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 10,177,983 | 5,038,933 | -0.28% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 10,149,892 | 5,014,014 | -0.28% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 10,122,112 | 4,988,989 | -0.27% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 10,094,194 | 4,963,847 | -0.28% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 10,066,226 | 4,938,476 | -0.28% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 10,038,170 | 4,912,885 | -0.28% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 10,009,782 | 4,886,923 | -0.28% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 9,980,370 | 4,860,572 | -0.29% | -0.54% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 327,427 people (a 3.2% growth), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Czech Republic gained 127,343 (a 1.21% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).
The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2006 and is 91st in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.
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 Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 80.3 years | 78.8 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 44.1 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.45 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 366 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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