Czechia
Česko
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 21.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 2.3M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 29.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 22.5 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 31.8%
- women 39.5%, men 21.5%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 3%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 2011 census
Languages
11 languages, 4 of them endangered
- BavarianVulnerable
- Czech Sign LanguageVulnerable
- Silesian GermanVulnerable
- SlovakVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Carpathian Romani
- Czech
- German
- Polish
- Serbisk
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Amateur theatre acting in Czechia2025
- Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production2023
- Strategy for safeguarding traditional crafts: The Bearers of Folk Craft Tradition programme2022
- Timber rafting2022
- Falconry, a living human heritage2021
- Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads2020
- Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe2018
- Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia2016
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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