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

production growth rate:

       4.7% (2004 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       71.75 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 76.1% hydro: 2.9% nuclear: 20% other: 1% (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       55.33 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - exports:

       20.9 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:

       9.5 billion kWh (2002)

      Oil - production:

       7,419 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       175,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       26,670 bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       192,300 bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       17.25 million bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:

       160 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       9.892 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       1 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       9.521 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       3.057 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-5.73 billion (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $66.51 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment 52%, chemicals 5%, raw materials

       and fuel 9% (2003)

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 36.1%, Slovakia 8.4%, Austria 6%, Poland 5.3%, UK 4.7%,

       France 4.7%, Italy 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3% (2004)

      Imports:

       $68.19 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials and fuels 15%,

       chemicals 10% (2003)

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 31.7%, Slovakia 5.4%, Italy 5.3%, China 5.2%, Poland 4.8%,

       France 4.8%, Russia 4.1% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $32.78 billion (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $36.28 billion (2004 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $2.4 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion

       funds (2004–06)

      Currency (code):

       Czech koruna (CZK)

      Currency code:

       CZK

      Exchange rates:

       koruny per US dollar - 25.7 (2004), 28.209 (2003), 32.739 (2002),

       38.035 (2001), 38.598 (2000)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Czech Republic

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       3.626 million (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       9,708,700 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech

       telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily;

       growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly

       vigorous

       domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber

       systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

       (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals;

       trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay

       international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1

       Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)

      Radios:

       3,159,134 (December 2000)

      Television broadcast stations:

       150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)

      Televisions:

       3,405,834 (December 2000)

      Internet country code:

       .cz

      Internet hosts:

       295,677 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       more than 300 (2000)

      Internet users:

       2.7 million (2003)

      Transportation Czech Republic

      Railways:

       total: 9,543 km

       standard gauge: 9,421 km 1.435-m gauge (2,893 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 122 km 0.760-m gauge (23 km electrified) (2004)

      Highways:

       total: 127,204 km

       paved: 127,204 km (including 518 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 0 km (2002)

      Waterways:

       664 km (on Elbe, Vltava, and Oder rivers) (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 7,020 km; oil 547 km; refined products 94 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem

      Merchant marine:

       registered in other countries: 3

      Airports:

       120 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 44 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 17 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 76 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 27 under 914 m: 48 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 2 (2004 est.)

      Military Czech Republic

      Military branches:

       Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces Command, Support and

       Training Forces Command (2005)

      Military service age and obligation: 18–50 years of age for voluntary military service; military service transformed into a fully professional, all-volunteer force no longer dependent on conscription beginning in January 2004 (2005)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 18–49: 2,414,728 (2005 est.)

      Manpower