Population growth in Czechia

The population of Czechia changed by -0.17% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Czechia, 2025 -0.17% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.54percentage points 2024: 0.38%
European Union, 2025 0.20% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.25% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 187th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Czechia over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period CzechiaEuropean Union
2025 -0.17% 0.20%
2024 0.38% 0.30%
2023 1.78% 0.38%
2022 1.57% 0.22%
2021 -1.81% -0.14%
2020 0.24% -0.01%
2019 0.39% 0.19%
2018 0.33% 0.17%
2017 0.27% 0.14%
2016 0.19% 0.20%
2015 0.20% 0.20%
2014 0.11% 0.11%
2013 0.03% 0.08%
2012 0.14% 0.15%
2011 0.21% -0.15%
2010 0.29% 0.16%
2009 0.57% 0.25%
2008 0.83% 0.34%
2007 0.58% 0.35%
2006 0.27% 0.34%
2005 0.14% 0.37%
2004 0.03% 0.39%
2003 -0.03% 0.37%
2002 -0.19% 0.24%
2001 -0.38% 0.13%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.54 percentage points from 0.38% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.20%, the figure has changed by −0.36 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 187th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.20%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Czechia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects