Czechs

Czechs


Total population:	over 11 million
Population:	Czech Republic 9,249,777 (2001) United States 1,703,930 (2000) Canada 79,915 (2001) Germany 50,000 Canada 46,000 Slovakia 44,620 (2001) Australia 20,000 Austria 20,000 Switzerland 20,000 Ukraine 11,000 France 10,731 (1990) Croatia 10,510 (2001) Israel 8,000 Sweden 7,175 (2001) Bulgaria 8,000 United Kingdom 6,000 Netherlands 3,500 Romania 3,339 (2002) Poland 3,000 Brazil 3,000 Argentina 3,000 South Africa 2,300 Serbia 2,211 (2002) Russia 5,000~6,000 in the Czech Republic include Moravians 380,474 (2001) Silesians 10,878 (2001)
Language	Czech
Religion	Predominantly Atheist including Roman Catholic and Protestant minorities.
Related ethnic groups	Indo-Europeans Slavs West Slavs

Czechs (Czech: Češi) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs live also in Slovakia, Austria, USA, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak language.

The Czechs are descendants of ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the region of Bohemia from the 6th century onwards. They used to be called Bohemians in English at least until the beginning of the 20th century when the term was gradually replaced by the present one.

A small number of inhabitants of former province of Moravia on the east of the country consider themselves as members of a distinct Moravian nation. They speak Moravian dialects of the Czech language.

Czechs

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