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Czechia 🇨🇿

Czechia is a country in Europe with a population of 10,493,986. Its capital is Prague. The official currency is CZK, and the main languages are Czech.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Prague
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 10,493,986
  • Area: 78,867 km²
  • Density: 133 people per km²
  • Currency: CZK
  • Languages: Czech
  • ISO code: CZ

Where Czechia sits

Czechia 🇨🇿 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Prague. It covers 78,867 square kilometres — 115th in the world — and is home to about 10,493,986 people, 88th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Czechia compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Czechia sits closest to Sweden and Honduras. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Panama and United Arab Emirates.

At 133 people per square kilometre it is about 2.2 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

Czech is listed as official in Czechia alone. The CZK is used by Czechia and no one else.

To see Czechia next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Czechia

Prague lies on the Vltava River and is the historical capital of Bohemia. For the flag, picture Poland's white-and-red flag with a blue arrowhead pushed in from the left.

The flag of Czechia: white, red and blue

🇨🇿 The flag is two horizontal stripes, white above red, with a blue triangle pointing in from the side by the flagpole. White over red comes from the flag of Bohemia. Because that was almost the same as Poland's flag, a blue triangle was added by the flagpole; the flag was adopted in 1920.

Region and neighbours

Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, made up of the historic lands of Bohemia in the west, Moravia in the east and Czech Silesia. It shares land borders with 4 countries: Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. Czechia is landlocked, with no coast on the open ocean.

Three facts about Czechia

  1. On 31 December 1992 Czechoslovakia was peacefully dissolved, and Czechia and Slovakia became independent states.
  2. Prague, with about 1.4 million people, is the twelfth-largest city in the European Union.
  3. Sněžka, 1,603 m high in the Giant Mountains, is the highest point in Czechia.

Sources: Wikipedia: Czech Republic, Wikipedia: Flag of the Czech Republic, Wikipedia: Prague, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Czechia

Quizzes that include Czechia

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Czechia those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Czechia flag?

The flag of Czechia is two horizontal stripes, white above red, with a blue triangle pointing in from the side by the flagpole. White over red comes from the flag of Bohemia. Because that was almost the same as Poland's flag, a blue triangle was added by the flagpole; the flag was adopted in 1920.

Which countries border Czechia?

Czechia shares land borders with Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.

How can I remember the capital of Czechia?

Prague lies on the Vltava River and is the historical capital of Bohemia. For the flag, picture Poland's white-and-red flag with a blue arrowhead pushed in from the left.