ABSTRACT
POPULATION: (98e) 10,481,000: 8,498,000 Czechs in the Czech Republic. MAJOR NATIONAL GROUPS: (98e) Czech (including Moravians and Silesians) 94.5%, Slovak 3.6%, Pole, German, Rom (Gypsy), Magyar (Hungarian), Ukrainian and Ruthenian, Russian. MAJOR LANGUAGES: Czech, Slovak, German, Polish. MAJOR RELIGIONS: Protestant 43.6%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%. MAJOR CITIES: (98e) Prague (Praha) 1,213,000 (1,303,000), Brno 388,000, Ostrava 331,000 (805,000), Plzen 181,000, Liberec 111,000 (161,000), Olomouc 108,000, Hradec Králové 106,000, Ceské Budejovice 105,000, Pardubice 98,000, Usti nad Labem 94,000 (110,000), Havirov 92,000, Banská Bystrica 90,000, Zlín (Gottwaldov) 89,000, Kladno 72,000 (94,000), Most 67,000, Opava 62,000, Chomutov 60,000, Karlovy Vary 58,000, Decin 54,000, Jihlava 53,000, Prostejov 52,000, Prerov 50,000.
