Fertility

Among the 4.4 million women aged 15 years and over with a known number of children born alive, 1.9 million women had two children and accounted for 43.2% of the total. The number of women without children was almost 1.0 million and accounted for 22.5%.The third highest number of women with one child born alive was over 0.8 million and accounted for 18.6%. The average number of children born alive per woman aged 15 years and over with a known number of children was 1.57.
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Women aged 15 and over by number of children born alive in 1991 - 2021 1)

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Women aged 15 and over by number of children born alive in 1991 - 2021

in 1991 and 2001 by permanent residence, in 2011 and 2021 by usual residence
Czech Republic

Year of the Census

Women
aged
15 and over

by number of children born alive
0 1 2 3 4 5 and more not identified

1991

 4 245 295 855 338 814 966 1 679 762 588 865 152 292 89 456 64 616

2001

 4 440 630 819 407 797 805 1 762 831 577 350 138 879 70 725 273 633

2011

 4 586 090 995 900 831 827 1 876 181 547 155 114 700 48 597 171 730

2021

 4 512 181 993 155 822 489 1 906 429 543 154 108 271 41 858 96 825

 

Women aged 15 and over by number of children born alive and region

Women with two children accounted for the largest proportion of women aged 15 and over with a known number of children in all regions, with the lowest proportion of 35.4% in the Capital City of Prague, far behind the second Karlovarský region with 41.5%, and the highest proportion of 46.4% in the Královéhradecký region. The group with the second highest representation among women aged 15 and older was formed by women without children in all regions except Karlovarský and Ústecký, where it was women with one child, and in Vysočina region, where it was women with three or more children. The highest proportion of childless women among all regions was in the Capital City of Prague (33.1%) and the lowest was in the Karlovarský region (19.8%). The average number of children born alive per woman aged 15 and over with a known number of children was 1.74 in the Vysočina region and 1.21 in the Capital City of Prague.

by usual residence
Census 2021

Region

Women
aged
15 and over

by number of children born alive
0 1 2 3 4 5 and more not identified

Czech Republic

 4 512 181 993 155 822 489 1 906 429 543 154 108 271 41 858 96 825

Prague, the capital of

 570 938 182 759 127 912 195 387 37 675 6 117 1 869 19 219

Středočeský kraj

 589 186 119 914 113 102 262 255 66 009 11 550 4 042 12 314

Jihočeský kraj

 270 245 54 391 45 494 120 714 35 118 6 890 2 481 5 157

Plzeňský kraj

 248 039 51 178 47 199 109 479 27 048 5 090 1 928 6 117

Karlovarský kraj

 120 179 23 204 24 784 48 608 15 080 3 646 1 725 3 132

Ústecký kraj

 338 116 65 702 68 070 139 876 41 628 10 218 5 354 7 268

Liberecký kraj

 184 947 36 871 34 355 79 483 23 193 4 921 1 944 4 180

Královéhradecký kraj

 231 074 45 656 38 720 105 188 29 684 5 379 2 012 4 435

Pardubický kraj

 216 763 43 270 33 846 96 878 30 227 5 983 2 229 4 330

Kraj Vysočina

 211 619 41 840 28 140 94 009 34 623 7 021 2 474 3 512

Jihomoravský kraj

 513 507 119 853 91 245 212 076 63 634 12 666 4 417 9 616

Olomoucký kraj

 267 847 55 479 43 632 117 004 36 941 7 400 2 801 4 590

Zlínský kraj

 244 729 50 387 36 790 108 170 35 811 7 111 2 321 4 139

Moravskoslezský kraj

 504 992 102 651 89 200 217 302 66 483 14 279 6 261 8 816

 

Population by fertility and territory

State, Cohesion Region, Region, District, Administrative district of municipality with extended powers, Administrative district of the capital city of Praha, Municipality, City part

 

Comparison of regions

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