Total population | |
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c. 10–12 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Czech Republic 6,732,104[1][nb 1]–9 246 784[2] | |
Significant diasporic populations in: | |
United States | 1,462,000[3] |
Canada | 94,805[4] |
Germany | 60,000 |
Israel | 50,000 |
Argentina | 45,000 |
United Kingdom | 45,000[5] |
Austria | 40,324[6] |
Italy | 40,000 |
France | 38,000 |
Slovakia | 30,367[7] |
Australia | 21,196[8] |
Switzerland | 20,000 |
Croatia | 9,641 (2011) |
Chile | 8,600 |
Ukraine | 11,000 |
Sweden | 7,175 (2001) |
Ireland | 5,451[9] |
Spain | 5,622 (2006) |
Russia | 5,000–6,000 |
Netherlands | 3,500 |
Romania | 3,339 (2002) |
Poland | 3,000 |
South Africa | 2,300 |
Mexico | 2,000 |
Venezuela | 2,000 |
Serbia | 1,824 (2011)[10] |
Colombia | 1,200 |
New Zealand | 1,083 |
Kazakhstan | 1,000[11] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 600–1,000[12] |
Languages | |
Czech | |
Religion | |
Mostly irreligious[13] Historically Christian Roman Catholic, Hussite, Lutheran and other |
Czechs (Czech: Češi, Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛʃɪ], archaic Czech: Čechové [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe. Most live in the Czech Republic. Small amounts of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.[14]