One in 10 people in the Czech Republic is now a foreigner owing to the foreign-born population doubling in the last decade.
The number of foreigners is now over 1.1 million, according to data from the Czech Ministry of the Interior. Foreign nationals now account for 10% of the population, up from just over 4% in 2014, showing that the country is becoming an increasingly popular destination for migrants.
Since 1993, the foreign population of the Czech Republic, which has population of a 10.8 million, has swelled by 1,300%, with the sharpest increase in 2022 following the arrival of nearly half a million Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia.
Ukrainians now make up the largest group of foreigners but the latest figures from the Czech Statistical Office show that people from 185 countries now live in the Czech Republic.
Slovaks, Vietnamese, Russians, Turks, Britons, and Romanians are also among the rising number of long-term residents. Prague is at the heart of this shift, where one in four residents is now a foreigner. But regions like Pilsen, Hradec Králové, and Central Bohemia are also seeing significant growth in their foreign populations.
The makeup of this community is diverse: a third of foreigners are in Czechia under temporary protection, granted in 2022 to accommodate the influx of Ukrainian refugees. Another third have permanent residence after five years, while the remaining 333,000 are EU nationals or third-country citizens on long-term visas.
This news coincides with the ongoing official visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính to Prague, focused on strengthening their economic and cultural ties.
The Czech Republic has a large population of Vietnamese descent. During the communist era many Vietnamese people came to study in the country, and some stayed.
Since 1993, the foreign population of the Czech Republic, which has population of a 10.8 million, has swelled by 1,300%, with the sharpest increase in 2022 following the arrival of nearly half a million Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia.
Ukrainians now make up the largest group of foreigners but the latest figures from the Czech Statistical Office show that people from 185 countries now live in the Czech Republic.
Slovaks, Vietnamese, Russians, Turks, Britons, and Romanians are also among the rising number of long-term residents. Prague is at the heart of this shift, where one in four residents is now a foreigner. But regions like Pilsen, Hradec Králové, and Central Bohemia are also seeing significant growth in their foreign populations.
The makeup of this community is diverse: a third of foreigners are in Czechia under temporary protection, granted in 2022 to accommodate the influx of Ukrainian refugees. Another third have permanent residence after five years, while the remaining 333,000 are EU nationals or third-country citizens on long-term visas.
This news coincides with the ongoing official visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính to Prague, focused on strengthening their economic and cultural ties.
The Czech Republic has a large population of Vietnamese descent. During the communist era many Vietnamese people came to study in the country, and some stayed.
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