Census 2021

Fertility

Among the 4.4 million women aged 15 years and over with a known number of children born alive, 1.9 million women had two children and accounted for 43.2% of the total. The number of women without children was almost 1.0 million and accounted for 22.5%.The third highest number of women with one child born alive was over 0.8 million and accounted for 18.6%. The average number of children born alive per woman aged 15 years and over with a known number of children was 1.57.

1) shares are calculated only from identified values

in 1991 and 2001 by permanent residence, in 2011 and 2021 by usual residence

Czech Republic

Year of the Census

Women
aged
15 and over

by number of children born alive

0 1 2 3 4 5 and more not identified

1991

4 245 295 855 338 814 966 1 679 762 588 865 152 292 89 456 64 616

2001

4 440 630 819 407 797 805 1 762 831 577 350 138 879 70 725 273 633

2011

4 586 090 995 900 831 827 1 876 181 547 155 114 700 48 597 171 730

2021

4 512 181 993 155 822 489 1 906 429 543 154 108 271 41 858 96 825

Women with two children accounted for the largest proportion of women aged 15 and over with a known number of children in all regions, with the lowest proportion of 35.4% in the Capital City of Prague, far behind the second Karlovarský region with 41.5%, and the highest proportion of 46.4% in the Královéhradecký region. The group with the second highest representation among women aged 15 and older was formed by women without children in all regions except Karlovarský and Ústecký, where it was women with one child, and in Vysočina region, where it was women with three or more children. The highest proportion of childless women among all regions was in the Capital City of Prague (33.1%) and the lowest was in the Karlovarský region (19.8%). The average number of children born alive per woman aged 15 and over with a known number of children was 1.74 in the Vysočina region and 1.21 in the Capital City of Prague.

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ULK ZLK VYS STČ PHA PLK PAK OLK MSK LBK HKK KVK JHM JHČ Počet mužů na 100 žen (index maskulinity) 94,0 97,7 99,0
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