Czechs

Czechs
Czech: Češi
Total population
c. 10–12 million
(including Moravians and Czech Silesians)
Regions with significant populations
 Czech Republic  
6,732,104[1][nb 1]–9,246,784[2]
Significant diasporic populations in:
 United States1,462,000[3]
 Germany603,000[4]
 Canada104,580[5]
 Slovakia45,711–89,000[6][7][4]
 Austria65,000[4]
 United Kingdom45,000[8]
 Argentina40,000[9]
 Australia23,000[10]
  Switzerland16,000[10]
 France15,000[11]
 Russia11,000[4]
 Italy11,000[4]
 Israel8,000[4]
 Brazil5,000[12]
 Romania2,477[13]
 Portugal736[14]
 South Korea518[15]
 Ukraine5,917-11,000
Languages
Czech
Religion
Traditionally Christian
(Majority Roman Catholic,[16] minority Protestant)
Predominantly irreligious
(particularly Atheist and Agnostic)[17]
Related ethnic groups
Other West Slavs
(Moravians, Chodové, Slovaks, Silesians and Sorbs)

The Czechs (Czech: Češi, pronounced [ˈtʃɛʃɪ]; singular Czech, masculine: Čech [ˈtʃɛx] ⓘ, singular feminine: Češka [ˈtʃɛʃka]), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic[18] in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.

Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until the early 20th century,[19] referring to the former name of their country, Bohemia, which in turn was adapted from the late Iron Age tribe of Celtic Boii. During the Migration Period, West Slavic tribes settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations",[citation needed] and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was initially part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic.

The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Russia, Argentina, Romania and Brazil, among others.

  1. ^ "Tab. 6.2 Obyvatelstvo podle národnosti podle krajů: výsledky podle trvalého bydliště" [Tab. 6.2 Population by nationality by regions: results for permanent residence] (PDF). Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) (in Czech). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013.
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  3. ^ "2004 survey". United States Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2019). "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". Migration Policy Institute. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Data tables, 2016 Census: Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data". Statistics Canada. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ "SODB2021 - Obyvatelia - Základné výsledky". www.scitanie.sk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ "SODB2021 - Obyvatelia - Základné výsledky". www.scitanie.sk. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2013 to December 2013". Office for National Statistics. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95 per cent confidence intervals.
  9. ^ "Čeští krajané v Argentině - historie a současnost" (in Czech). Velvyslanectví České republiky v Buenos Aires. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  10. ^ a b Joshua Project. "Czech people". Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Présentation de la République tchèque". Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  12. ^ Czech in Brazil
  13. ^ "Evolutia comunitatilor etnice in Romania. Judetul unde sunt cei mai putini romani, 12,6% din populatia totala. Cine se afla la polul opus". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Sefstat" (PDF).
  15. ^ "2024년 9월 출입국외국인정책 통계월보".
  16. ^ Official census data from the Czech Statistical Office:
  17. ^ "Náboženská víra". Census 2021 (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  18. ^ Gawdiak, Ihor. "Czech Republic: Early History: First Political Units". Country Studies. U.S. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  19. ^ Agnew, Hugh (2013). The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Hoover Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-8179-4493-3. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2020.


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