Czechia
Prague ยท Central Europe
Czechia is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Prague, the official currency is the Czech Koruna, and the main language is Czech.
With a population of roughly 10.5 million people spread over 78,867 kmยฒ, Czechia is the 88th most populous country in the world and the 115th largest by area. That works out at about 133 people per square kilometre.
Czechia shares land borders with Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria โ 4 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The highest point in the country is Snฤลพka, at 1,603 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Panama, while its population is closest to that of Azerbaijan.
- Capital
- Prague
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 10,500,000
- Area
- 78,867 kmยฒ
- Currency
- Czech Koruna
- Main language
- Czech
- Highest point
- Snฤลพka
1,603 m - Land borders
- 4
Czechia: things worth knowing
- Czechia has the highest beer consumption per person of any country in the world.
- Charles University in Prague, founded in 1348, is the oldest university in Central Europe.
- The country split peacefully from Slovakia on 1 January 1993 in what is usually called the Velvet Divorce.
Czechia in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Czechia ranks 13th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.