MigrantoMigration trends in the Czech Republic
Europe
Czech Republic takes in more people than it loses: 995.8K immigrants against 583.2K emigrants. Net balance +412.6K — 4% of the country's population
10.9M
Population
995.8K
Immigrants
583.2K
Emigrants
+412.6K
Inflow
1 in 11 residents of the Czech Republic was born abroad — and 1 in 20 people born in the Czech Republic lives abroad
#62 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Czech Republic
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
342.1K immigrants · 532.9K emigrants
2010
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
2015
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
Today
- Ukraine overtook Slovakia as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 52%
- Surge of immigrants from Ukraine — 359.1K new arrivals
- Without migration, the population would have declined
- Since 1990: 653.8K more foreign-born residents and 50.3K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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