c.10–12 million (including Moravians and Czech Silesians)
Regions with significant populations
Czech Republic 6,732,104[1][nb 1]–9,246,784[2]
Significant diasporic populations in:
United States
1,462,000[3]
Germany
603,000[4]
Canada
104,580[5]
Slovakia
45,711–89,000[6][7][4]
Austria
65,000[4]
United Kingdom
45,000[8]
Argentina
40,000[9]
Australia
23,000[10]
Switzerland
16,000[10]
France
15,000[11]
Russia
11,000[4]
Italy
11,000[4]
Israel
8,000[4]
Brazil
5,000[12]
Romania
2,477[13]
Portugal
736[14]
Languages
Czech
Religion
Traditionally Christian (Majority Roman Catholic,[15] minority Protestant) Largely irreligious[16]
Related ethnic groups
Other West Slavs (Moravians, Chodové, Slovaks, Silesians and Sorbs)
The Czechs (Czech: Češi, pronounced[ˈtʃɛʃɪ]; singular Czech, masculine: Čech[ˈtʃɛx]ⓘ, singular feminine: Češka[ˈtʃɛʃka]), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic[17] in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.
Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until the early 20th century,[18] referring to the former name of their country, Bohemia, which in turn was adapted from the late Iron Age tribe of Celtic Boii. During the Migration Period, West Slavic tribes settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations", and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was initially part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic.
The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Russia, Argentina, Romania and Brazil, among others.
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