Czechs

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Czechs
Comenius, Jan Hus, Frantisek Palacky, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, Charles IV, Alfons Mucha, Vratislav II, Bedřich Smetana
Total population

over 12 million

Regions with significant populations
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg: 9,246,784 (July 2007 est.)[1]

Flag of United States: 1,462,413[2]

Flag of Canada.svg: 98,090 (2006)[3]

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg: 30,000 - 90,000

Flag of Germany.svg: 20,000-50,000

Flag of Slovakia (bordered).svg: 46,000

Flag of Argentina: 38,000

Flag of Australia: 21,196[4]

Flag of Austria: 20,000

Flag of Switzerland: 20,000

Flag of Ukraine.svg: 11,000

Flag of France.svg: 10,731 (1990)

Template:HRV: 10,510 (2001)

Flag of Israel.svg: 8,000

Flag of Sweden.svg: 7,175 (2001)

Flag of Ireland.svg: 5,278[5]

Flag of Spain.svg: 5,622 (2006)

Flag of Russia (bordered).svg: 5,000~6,000

Flag of Brazil.svg: 5,000[6]

Flag of the Netherlands.svg: 3,500

Flag of Romania.svg: 3,339 (2002)

Flag of Poland (bordered).svg: 3,000

Flag of South Africa.svg: 2,300

Flag of Serbia (bordered).svg: 2,211 (2002)

Flag of Mexico.svg: 2,000

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg: 600~1,000[7]

Flag of Bulgaria.svg: 436

in the Czech Republic include

Languages
Czech
Religions
Non-religious 59%, Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%[8]
Related ethnic groups
other West Slavs[9]

Czechs (Czech: Češi, Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛʃɪ], archaic Czech: Čechové [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small amounts of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.[10]

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