Geography - note:
landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most
significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional
military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in
central Europe
People Czech Republic
Population:
10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.7% (male 773,028/female 731,833)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 3,651,018/female 3,627,006)
65 years and over: 14.2% (male 565,374/female 892,879) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 38.97 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 40.82 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.05% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
10.54 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)