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Life in Czechia: Every Number That Shapes It (1800–2100)

Updated July 2026 · methodology

A child born in Czechia in the 2020s can expect to live 78.3 years on an average income of 40,700 international dollars. (UN WPP / World Bank, compiled by MYRIAD)

To look at the data of a nation is to trace the quiet transformations of daily existence. In Czechia, these shifts are written in the changing arithmetic of the household and the street. We see a landscape where the fragility of the 1950s, marked by 54.82 child deaths per 1,000 births, has given way to a world where 100 % of homes possess electricity and 88 % hold access to the internet. Behind these percentages are the actual lives of people who move through a society that has become safer, wealthier, and more connected.

The historical trajectory from 1950 to the 2020s reveals a sharp departure from the past. Life expectancy has climbed from 63.65 to 78.3 years, while the average male height has increased from 174 to 180 cm. The structural reality of work and education has also shifted; citizens now spend 12.9 years in school compared to 6.27, and annual working hours have dropped from 2,365 to 1,740. Simultaneously, the movement into urban spaces has grown from 51.62 % to 74.1 %, reflecting a modern Czechia fundamentally reshaped by decades of industrial and social evolution.

For a child born in the 2020s, the statistics suggest a vastly different foundation than that of their grandparents. With extreme poverty sitting at 0.1 % and the homicide rate falling to 0.5 per 100,000, the baseline for security has reached a new peak. The typical resident can now expect to live 78.3 years on an average income of 40,700 international dollars, even as the fertility rate has moved from 2.82 to 1.71 children per woman. You can use our tool to see your parallel life in Czechia.

🇨🇿 Every dimension below links to the full three-century series for Czechia — and to the same series for every other country, so you can see exactly where the birth lottery placed its people.

The numbers today vs 1950

Dimension1950s2020s
Life Expectancy at Birth63.6578.3 yearshistory →
Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP)7,30340,700 intl-$history →
Child Mortality (under 5)54.822.9 per 1,000 birthshistory →
Years of Schooling6.2712.9 yearshistory →
Children per Woman2.821.71 birthshistory →
Living in Cities51.6274.1 %history →
Internet Access088 %history →
Electricity at Home85100 %history →
Homicide Rate0.970.5 per 100,000history →
Annual Working Hours2,3651,740 hours/yearhistory →
Average Male Height174180 cmhistory →
Extreme Poverty6.140.1 %history →

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Questions people ask

What is life expectancy in Czechia?

78.3 years in the 2020s (UN WPP / World Bank data compiled by MYRIAD).

Is Czechia a good place to be born, statistically?

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