MigrantoMigration trends in the Czech Republic
Europe
995.8K people from around the world have made Czech Republic their home. That's 9.1% of the country population, arriving from 46 different countries
10.9M
Population
995.8K
Immigrants
583.2K
Emigrants
+412.6K
Inflow
1 in every 11 people in the Czech Republic was born abroad
The #62 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Czech Republic
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 citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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