| Country
(long form) |
Czech
Republic |
| Capital |
Prague |
| Total
Area |
30,450.33 sq
mi
78,866.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than South
Carolina) |
| Population |
10,272,179
(July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated
Population in 2050 |
8,015,315 |
| Languages |
Czech |
| Literacy |
99.9% total,
N/A% male, N/A% female (1999 est.) |
| Religions |
atheist 39.8%,
Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%,
other 13.4% |
| Life
Expectancy |
71.01 male,
78.22 female (2000 est.) |
| Government
Type |
parliamentary
democracy |
| Currency |
1 koruna (Kc)
= 100 haleru |
| GDP (per
capita) |
$11,700 (1999
est.) |
| Labor Force
(by occupation) |
industry 32%,
agriculture 5.6%, construction 8.7%, transport and
communications 6.9%, services 46.8% (1997
est.) |
| Industry |
fuels, ferrous
metallurgy, machinery and equipment, coal, motor
vehicles, glass, armaments |
| Agriculture |
grains,
potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle,
poultry; forest products |
| Arable
Land |
41% |
| Exports |
machinery and
transport equipment 41%, other manufactured goods 40%,
chemicals 8%, raw materials and fuel 7%
(1998) |
| Imports |
machinery and
transport equipment 39%, other manufactured goods 21%,
chemicals 12%, raw materials and fuels 10%, food 5%
(1998) |
| Natural
Resources |
hard coal,
soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
| Current
Environmental Issues |
air and water
pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern
Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain
damaging forests |
| Telephones
(main lines in use) |
3,741,492
(1998) |
| Telephones
(mobile cellular) |
965,476
(1998) |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
35
(1999) |
|
(U.S.
Government sources) | |
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