In the first part of this chapter, we compared the biggest towns of the Czech republic - Praha, Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň. The basic criterion for the selection was population. Another criterion was position among self-governing units (regional towns) and also inclusion of towns in the CZ-NUTS category. Tables 15-1 to 15-5 contains selected demographic data.

In table 15-6, the comparison of all fourteen regional cities can be found. Cities are arranged according to population. Contrary to previous tables, data are presented in 3 basic areas: basic characteristics, population and dwellings.

Analytical indicators that are not used in previous chapters:

• Index of dependency I - number of children aged 0 - 14 per 100 persons aged 15 - 64
• Index of dependency II - number of persons aged 65+ per 100 persons aged 15 - 64
• Economic burden index - number of children aged 0 - 14 and number of persons aged 65+ per 100 persons aged 15 – 64
• Index of ageing – number of persons at age of 65+ per 100 persons at aged 0 - 14
• Divorce index – number of divorces per 100 marriages in given period

You can find detailed information here:

w-4018-09 Demographic Yearbook of Towns of the Czech Republic (1999 - 2008)
1301-09 Population of Municipalities of the Czech Republic, 1 January 2009