Czechia: Population and Key Statistics

EuropeCapital: Prague#43 by population

Czechia is an industry-oriented Central European country of 10.7 million people. The automotive sector, symbolized by Škoda, and machinery manufacturing form the backbone of its exports, and the economy is tightly integrated with German supply chains.

With an unemployment rate of 2.6 percent, Czechia has long been among the EU countries with the lowest unemployment, and its capital, Prague, is one of the regions whose income per capita exceeds the EU average.

Population (2025)
10.9 million
10,886,878 people
GDP (2025)
$391bn
nominal, current US dollars
GDP per capita
$35,917
Life expectancy
80.0
years
Area
78,871
km²
Population density
138
people/km²
Median age
43.7
Internet usage
87.7%

Military Strength

Military expenditure (2024)
$6.5bn
6,525 million dollars
Share of GDP
1.92%
NATO guideline: 2%
Share of government spending
4.32%
Spending per capita
$599
per year, per person
Armed forces (2020)
27 thousand
27,000 active personnel
Armed forces per 1,000 people
2.5
0.51% of the labor force

Expenditure figures come from SIPRI and personnel counts from the IISS, both distributed through the World Bank. Source years differ by indicator, so each figure is shown with its own year.

How Czechia compares

Czechia and Germany — core indicators
020 b40 b60 b80 bGDP per capita ($)Life expectancy (years)Internet usage (%)GDP per capita ($) — Czechia: 35.917Life expectancy (years) — Czechia: 80Internet usage (%) — Czechia: 87,7GDP per capita ($) — Germany: 60.496Life expectancy (years) — Germany: 80,8Internet usage (%) — Germany: 93,5
CzechiaGermany

The indicators use different scales, so the chart is a rough visual comparison only. For exact figures see the full side-by-side comparison.

Data sourcesPopulation and social indicators: UN World Population Prospects, World BankEconomy: IMF World Economic Outlook, World BankMilitary: SIPRI and IISS, distributed through the World BankLast refreshed: 2026-08-26