Czechs

Czechs
Comenius • Jan Hus • František Palacký • Jan Evangelista Purkyně Charles IV • Alfons Mucha • Vratislaus II • Bedřich Smetana
Total population
over 12 million
Regions with significant populations
Czech Republic: 9,246,784 (July 2007 est.) United States: 1,462,413 Canada: 98,090 (2006) United Kingdom: 30,000 - 90,000 Germany: 20,000-50,000 Slovakia: 46,000 Argentina: 38,000 Australia: 21,196 Austria: 20,000 Switzerland: 20,000 Ukraine: 11,000 France: 10,731 (1990) Croatia: 10,510 (2001) : 8,000 Sweden: 7,175 (2001) Ireland: 5,278 Spain: 5,622 (2006) Russia: 5,000~6,000 Brazil: 5,000 Netherlands: 3,500 Romania: 3,339 (2002) Poland: 3,000 South Africa: 2,300 Serbia: 2,211 (2002) Mexico: 2,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 600~1,000 Bulgaria: 436 in the Czech Republic include Moravians: 380,474 (2001) Silesians: 10,878 (2001)
Languages
Czech
Religions
Non-religious 59%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%
Related ethnic groups
other West Slavs

Czechs (Czech: Češi, Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛʃɪ], archaic Czech: Čechové [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe. Most live in the Czech Republic. Small amounts of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.