The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

       Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85,

       Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,

       Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most

       significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional

       military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in

       central Europe

      People Czech Republic

      Population:

       10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 14.7% (male 773,028/female 731,833)

       15–64 years: 71.1% (male 3,651,018/female 3,627,006)

       65 years and over: 14.2% (male 565,374/female 892,879) (2005 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 38.97 years

       male: 37.2 years

       female: 40.82 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.05% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Death rate:

       10.54 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births

       male: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 76.02 years

       male: 72.74 years

       female: 79.49 years (2005 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.2 children born/woman (2005 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       2,500 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 10 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Czech(s)

       adjective: Czech

      Ethnic groups:

       Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified

       8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)

      Languages:

       Czech

      Literacy:

       definition: NA

       total population: 99.9% (1999 est.)

       male: NA%

       female: NA%

      Government Czech Republic

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Czech Republic

       conventional short form: Czech Republic

       local long form: Ceska Republika

       local short form: Ceska Republika

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

       Prague

      Administrative divisions:

       13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni

       mesto); Jihocesky Kraj, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Karlovarsky Kraj,

       Kralovehradecky Kraj, Liberecky Kraj, Moravskoslezsky Kraj,

       Olomoucky Kraj, Pardubicky Kraj, Plzensky Kraj, Praha (Prague)*,

       Stredocesky Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj

      Independence:

       1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and

       Slovakia)

      National holiday:

       Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)

      Constitution:

       ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993

      Legal system:

       civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line

       with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

       obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Vaclav KLAUS (since 7 March 2003)

       note: the Czech Republic's first president Vaclav HAVEL stepped down

       from office on 2 February 2003 having served exactly 10 years;

       parliament finally elected a successor on 28 February 2003 after two

       inconclusive elections in January 2003

       head of government: Prime Minister Jiri PAROUBEK (since 25 April

       2005), Deputy Prime Ministers Zdenek SKROMACH (since 4 August 2004),

       Martin JAHN (since 4 August 2004), Pavel NEMEC (since 4 August

       2004), Milan SIMONOVSKY (since 4 August 2004)

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of

       the prime minister

       elections: president elected by Parliament for a five-year term;

       last successful election held 28 February 2003 (after earlier

       elections held 15 and 24 January 2003 were inconclusive; next

       election to be held January 2008); prime minister appointed by the

       president

       election results: Vaclav KLAUS elected president on 28 February

       2003; Vaclav KLAUS 142 votes, Jan SOKOL 124 votes (third round;

       combined votes of both chambers of parliament)

      Legislative branch: