General overview
- Area: 78.867 km²
- Population: 10.652.812 (31.3.2019)
- Capital: Praha (1.286.554 inhabitants)
- Largest cities and number of inhabitants: Brno (379.871), Ostrava (331.825), Olomouc (231.445), České Budějovice (186.415), Plzeň (184.849), Liberec (170.057), Ústí nad Labem (120.762) (01.01.2011)
- Official languages: Czech. Slovak holds an equal position on the whole territory of Czech Republic. In the small territory where the Polish minority stays (Eastern Silesia), Polish has an equal position too.
- Historical Lands: Čechy (Bohemia), Morava (Moravia), Slezsko (Czech part of Silesia).
- Contemporary Administrative Division - 14 regions (kraj): Capital Praha, Stredoceský, Jihoceský, Plzenský, Karlovarský, Ústecký, Liberecký, Královéhradecký, Pardubický, Vysocina, Jihomoravský, Olomoucký, Zlínský, Moravskoslezský.
For further information: Czech Statistical Office.
2 September 2019