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Czechia: cities by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · UN World Population Prospects

Czechia has a population of 10,527,781 (UN estimate, 2026), with Prague as its capital. The 50 largest of its 2,697 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+3%

since 2000 (10,236,804)

-7%

projected by 2050 (9,825,543)

136

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	8,916,711
1975	10,030,774
2000	10,236,804
2005	10,280,153
2010	10,464,035
2015	10,524,416
2020	10,550,129
2025	10,609,239
2026	10,527,781
2030 projected	10,425,089
2050 projected	9,825,543

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Czechia

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Prague	Prague	1,165,581
2	Brno	South Moravian	379,466
3	Ostrava	Moravian-Silesian Region	279,791
4	Pilsen	Plzeň Region	168,733
5	Liberec	Liberec Region	102,951
6	Olomouc	Olomouc Region	99,496
7	České Budějovice	South Bohemian Region	93,426
8	Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové Region	90,596
9	Ústí nad Labem	Ústí nad Labem Region	90,378
10	Pardubice	Pardubice Region	88,520
11	Brno střed	South Moravian	86,685
12	Havířov	Moravian-Silesian Region	82,768
13	Zlín	Zlín	72,973
14	Kladno	Central Bohemia	69,664
15	Most	Ústí nad Labem Region	63,474
16	Stodůlky	Prague	60,758
17	Opava	Moravian-Silesian Region	60,252
18	Frýdek-Místek	Moravian-Silesian Region	53,590
19	Teplice	Ústí nad Labem Region	50,912
20	Jihlava	Vysocina	50,108
21	Karviná	Moravian-Silesian Region	48,637
22	Chomutov	Ústí nad Labem Region	46,771
23	Děčín	Ústí nad Labem Region	46,376
24	Jablonec nad Nisou	Liberec Region	46,209
25	Karlovy Vary	Carlsbad Region	45,500
26	Mladá Boleslav	Central Bohemia	43,684
27	Prostějov	Olomouc Region	43,408
28	Přerov	Olomouc Region	40,906
29	Třinec	Moravian-Silesian Region	38,415
30	Česká Lípa	Liberec Region	36,815
31	Tábor	South Bohemian Region	36,264
32	Znojmo	South Moravian	35,280
33	Třebíč	Vysocina	34,530
34	Kolín	Central Bohemia	33,444
35	Cheb	Carlsbad Region	32,808
36	Příbram	Central Bohemia	32,773
37	Trutnov	Hradec Králové Region	31,398
38	Písek	South Bohemian Region	29,774
39	Šumperk	Olomouc Region	28,768
40	Kroměříž	Zlín	27,917
41	Orlová	Moravian-Silesian Region	27,540
42	Valašské Meziříčí	Zlín	27,481
43	Nový Jičín	Moravian-Silesian Region	26,547
44	Břeclav	South Moravian	25,789
45	Český Těšín	Moravian-Silesian Region	25,750
46	Vsetín	Zlín	25,185
47	Uherské Hradiště	Zlín	24,887
48	Líšeň	South Moravian	24,563
49	Litoměřice	Ústí nad Labem Region	24,489
50	Havlíčkův Brod	Vysocina	24,356

Twenty years earlier: Czechia in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 10,230,271.

Common questions

What is the population of Czechia?

Czechia has a population of 10,527,781, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 9,825,543 — a forecast, not a measurement.

What is the capital of Czechia?

Prague.

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Prague

The largest place we record in Czechia: 1,165,581 people

Czechia in 2005

The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 10,230,271 then

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