The figures showing the size and structure of the population are derived from decennial population censuses and from additional information on population balances and changes. The latter is obtained by processing statistical reports on marriages, divorces, births, deaths and migration. The reports are provided by registries, district courts, stay registration offices, and aliens’ registration office. Differences in the mid-year population figures for the years 1980-1981, 1990-1991 and 2000-2001 are due to differences between population and housing censuses and current balances. The figures on abortions are provided to the Czech Statistical Office by the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the CR.
Notes on tables
The data on the population and vital statistics concern:
- citizens of the CR with permanent residence on the territory of the CR,
- foreigners with permanent residence on the territory of the CR (under Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Stay of Foreigners), since 2001 following up the Population and Housing Census 2001:
- foreigners with granted asylum (under Act No. 325/1999 Coll., on Asylum),
- foreigners with visas over 90 days who stay in the CR for more than 1 year (under Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Stay of Foreigners), since 1 May 2004 (following up the so-called Euro-amendment to Act No. 326/1999 Coll., on the Stay of Foreigners) also:
- citizens of the EU member states with temporary stay in the CR,
- citizens of third countries with long-term stay in the CR.
The data also include events that happened abroad to the citizens with permanent residence on the territory of the CR (marriage, birth and death).
Table 4-1. Population and vital statistics Mid-year population: the number of inhabitants (males and females) as balanced as at 1 July of the reference year. Infant mortality: the number of children who died within 1 year of age per 1 000 live births.
Neonatal mortality: the number of children who died within 28 days of age (i.e. at the age of 0 to 27 completed days of life) per 1 000 live births.
Tables 4-10 and 4-12. Births
The definition of a live birth is stipulated in Decree 11/1988 of the Ministry of Health of the CR: a live-born child is a child who gives a sign of life (respiration, heartbeat, umbilicus pulsation, active movement of muscles) and whose birth weight is 500 g or more, or whose birth is below 500 g if it survives 24 hours after delivery. A stillborn child is a child not showing any signs of life, whose birth weight is 1 000 g or more.
Table 4-11. Reproduction rates: by age of female Fertility rate by age is the number of live-born children per 1 000 females of a given age. Total fertility rate is the number of live-born children per 1 female throughout her whole childbearing period provided that the fertility rate remains the same as in a given year. Gross reproduction rate is the number of girls that would be live-delivered to 1 female throughout her childbearing period (from 15 to completed 49 years of age) provided that the fertility rate level remains the same in individual (normally single-year, in the table five-year) age groups as in a given year. Net reproduction rate is the number of girls that would be live-delivered to 1 female throughout her childbearing period (like in the gross reproduction rate above) and would live to see their mother's age in the years they were born. In order to maintain a stationary population into the future, the net population rate must be kept at 1.000. Abortion rate by age is the number of total abortions (i.e., of induced plus spontaneous abortions) per 1 000 females of a given age. Total abortion rate is the number of abortions per 1 female throughout her childbearing period provided that the abortion rate remains the same as in a given year. Pregnancies by age is the number of all pregnancies - i.e. the sum of live births and stillbirths and all abortions (induced and spontaneous) per 1 000 females of a given age.
Total pregnancy rate is the number of pregnancies per 1 female provided that her total fertility rate and her total abortion rate remain the same throughout her entire childbearing period as in a given year.
Table 4-13. Abortions Decree No. 11/1988 Coll. of the Ministry of Health of the CR defines an abortion as the termination of a pregnancy in which:
- the foetus does not show any sign of life and its birth weight is below 1 000 g or cannot be measured, if the pregnancy takes less than 28 weeks,
- the foetus shows at least one of the signs of life and its birth weight is below 500 g, but it does not live longer than 24 hours after delivery,
- the foetal egg without a foetus or gestational deciduas is removed out of the female's uterus.
Considered as abortions are also all cases of termination of pregnancy carried out as stipulated under Act No. 66/1986 Coll. (or under Act No. 68/1957 Coll. before 1987).
The tables on abortions have been derived from source materials provided by the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the CR.
Table 4-15. Deaths: analysed by cause
On 1 January 1994 the 10th decennial revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) was put into use in the CR under Article 24(4) of Act No. 278/1992 Coll. of the Czech National Council. The Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the CR is the organization responsible for its use in practice.
Table 4-17. Life expectancy
Life expectancy (ex) gives the number of years probably lived by an x-year-old person providing that the survivorship function established by the life table remains unchanged throughout the x-year-old person's remaining life.
Table 4-18. Internal migration: by type
A change in a municipality of residence (or a district of residence in the case of Prague) within the territory of the Czech Republic is considered to be internal migration.
Table 4-19. External migration: by country
External migration refers to a change in the country of residence (or the long-term stay of foreigners), irrespective of citizenship.
The figures in the time series are comparable with those released in the statistical yearbooks of previous years.
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More detailed data on the number, structure and demographic migration of the population, including territorial breakdown by region and district, are shown in the following CZSO publications brought out according to the CZSO Catalogue of Publications 2005 (group 4 – POPULATION, ELECTIONS; subgroups 40 – Demography and 41 – Population and Housing Census):
- “Population of the CR” (Czech-English) – quarterly in June, September, December 2005, March 2006
- “Life Tables for the CR and Regions” (Czech-English) – May 2005
- “Age Distribution of Population of the CR 2004” (Czech-English) – June 2005
- „Vývoj obyvatelstva ČR v roce 2004” – July 2005
- “Demographic Yearbook of the CR 2004” (Czech-English) – November 2005
- „Přirozená měna obyvatelstva v zemích Koruny české v letech 1. světové války 1914 až 1918“ – May 2005
- „Zemřelí podle podrobného seznamu příčin smrti, pohlaví a věku v ČR (1919 až 2004)“ – December 2005
- „Vývoj základních demografických ukazatelů ve vybraných městech ČR (1919 až 2004)“ – November 2005
- „Vývoj základních demografických ukazatelů za územně správní celky ČR (1919 až 2004)“ – September 2005
- „Vnitřní stěhování v ČR 1991 až 2004“ – September 2005
- “Demographic Yearbook of Administrative Districts of Municipalities with Extended Powers 1995-2004“ (Czech-English) – December 2005
- “Basic Demographic Indicators on the CR and Selected Member States of the EU“ (Czech-English) – August 2005
- “Selected Housing Standard Indicators“ (Czech–English) – April 2005
- „Sčítání lidu, domů a bytů 2001 – Pramenné dílo“ – December 2005
- „Domácnosti jednotlivců v ČR v letech 1970 až 2001“ – July 2005.
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