Czechia (Czech Republic)

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PROFILE
  • Area: 78,867 sq. km (30,451 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 10,644,842 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.14% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 78.6 years (2016)
  • Languages: Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5%
  • Formal name: Czech Republic
  • Alternate names: Česká Republika, Česká Socialistická Republika, České Kraje, České Územi, České Země, Česko, Czech Lands, Czech Socialist Republic
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Milos ZEMAN; head of government: Prime Minister Bohuslav SOBOTKA
  • Capital: Prague
  • Administrative divisions: 13 regions and 1 capital city
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $31,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: machinery and transport equipment, raw materials, fuel, chemicals
  • Imports: machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuels, chemicals
  • Currency: koruna (CZK)