First-time asylum applicants in Czechia
Czechia received 935 first-time asylum applications in 2025.
Czechia, 2025
935
Change from 2024
−9.7%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
25th of 32
First-time asylum applicants in Czechia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Czechia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 935 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 1,035 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 1,135 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 1,335 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 1,060 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 795 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 1,575 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 1,360 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | 1,140 applicants | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | 1,205 applicants | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | 1,240 applicants | 1,217,185 applicants |
| 2014 | 915 applicants | 530,970 applicants |
| 2013 | 500 applicants | – |
| 2012 | 515 applicants | – |
| 2011 | 485 applicants | – |
| 2010 | 390 applicants | – |
| 2009 | 630 applicants | – |
| 2008 | 1,050 applicants | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −9.7% from 1,035 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,240 applicants, the figure has changed by −24.6%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
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All statistics for Czechia
Immigration
123,910 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
88,379 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
5,819 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
3.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-1.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
-112,188 people
2025 · World Bank