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Central Europe, southeast of Germany. Landlocked.
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Factbook: "he Czech Republic is one of the most stable and prosperous of the post-Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. As a member of the European Union, with an advantageous location in the center of Europe, a relatively low cost structure, and a well-qualified labor force, the Czech Republic is an attractive destination for foreign investment."
2009: $25,100
2008: $26,200
2007: $25,500
2009: -4.2%
2008: 2.6%
2007: 6.1%
2009: 9.3%
2008: 5.4%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
1996: top ten percent of population, 22.4%; bottom ten percent, 4.3%
2009: 32.8% of GDP
2008: 26.8% of GDP
2007: 1.46%
Living in an urban area: 73% (2008)
July 2009: 10.21 million. Growth rate: -0.094% (ranks 215th)
July 2008: 10.22 million
Native home to Petra Nemcova, tsunami survivor and the greatest of supermodels -- at least formerly. When she is not rail thin she has the more beauty that the late and great Ingrid Bergman, and Bergman's charm and diction -- different from the impression one gathers from her pouting and narrowness of face in swimsuit photos.
2009: More arriving than leaving, a net gain of 0.97 persons per 1,000 population.
2009: 3.79
2008: 3.83,
2005: 3.93
2009: 76.81 years
2008: 76.62
2005: 76.02
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: less than 0.1 percent (2001).
Atheist 39.8 percent, Roman Catholic 39.2 percent, Protestant 4.6 percent, Other 13.4 percent.
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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