Infant mortality rate: 6.67 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.35 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 77.88 years (1999 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman (1999 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Czech(s)
adjective: Czech
note: 300,000 Slovaks declared themselves Czech citizens in 1994

Ethnic groups: Czech 94.4%, Slovak 3%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.5%,
Gypsy 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, other 1%

Religions: atheist 39.8%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%,
Orthodox 3%, other 13.4%

Languages: Czech, Slovak

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: 99% (est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

Government

Country name:
conventional long form: Czech Republic
conventional short form: Czech Republic
local long form: Ceska Republika
local short form: Ceska Republika

Data code: EZ

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Prague

Administrative divisions: 73 districts (okresi, singular--okres)
and 4 municipalities* (mesta, singular--mesto); Benesov, Beroun,
Blansko, Breclav, Brno*, Brno-Venkov, Bruntal, Ceske Budejovice,
Ceska Lipa, Cesky Krumlov, Cheb, Chomutov, Chrudim, Decin,
Domazlice, Frydek-Mistek, Havlickuv Brod, Hodonin, Hradec Kralove,
Jablonec nad Nisou, Jesenik, Jicin, Jihlava, Jindrichuv Hradec,
Karlovy Vary, Karvina, Kladno, Klatovy, Kolin, Kromeriz, Kutna Hora,
Liberec, Litomerice, Louny, Melnik, Mlada Boleslav, Most, Nachod,
Novy Jicin, Nymburk, Olomouc, Opava, Ostrava*, Pardubice, Pelhrimov,
Pisek, Plzen*, Plzen-Jih, Plzen-Sever, Prachatice, Praha*,
Praha-Vychod, Praha Zapad, Prerov, Pribram, Prostejov, Rakovnik,
Rokycany, Rychnov nad Kneznou, Semily, Sokolov, Strakonice, Sumperk,
Svitavy, Tabor, Tachov, Teplice, Trebic, Trutnov, Uherske Hradiste,
Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Orlici, Vsetin, Vyskov, Zdar nad Sazavou,
Zlin, Znojmo

Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)

National holiday: National Liberation Day, 8 May; Founding of the
Republic, 28 October

Constitution: ratified 16 December 1992; effective 1 January 1993

Legal system: civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to
bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal
theory

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive bra