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      at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 3.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 76.62 years male: 73.34 years female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      2,500 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 10 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

      noun: Czech(s) adjective: Czech

      Ethnic groups:

      Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)

      Languages:

      Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)

      Education expenditures:

      4.4% of GDP (2004)

      Government

       Czech Republic

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Czech Republic conventional short form: Czech Republic local long form: Ceska Republika local short form: Cesko

      Government type:

      parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Prague geographic coordinates: 50 05 N, 14 28 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

      Administrative divisions:

      13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky

      Independence:

      1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

      National holiday:

      Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)

      Constitution:

      ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993

      Legal system:

      civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Vaclav KLAUS (since 7 March 2003) head of government: Prime Minister Mirek TOPOLANEK (since 9 January 2007); Deputy Prime Ministers Petr NECAS (since 9 January 2007), Martin BURSIK (since 9 January 2007), and Alexandr VONDRA (since 9 January 2007) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections: president elected by Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); last successful election held 15 February 2008 (after earlier elections held 8 and 9 February 2008 were inconclusive; next election to be held in February 2013); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Vaclav KLAUS reelected president on 15 February 2008; Vaclav KLAUS 141 votes, Jan SVEJNAR 111 votes (third round; combined votes of both chambers of parliament)

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held in two rounds 17–18 and 24–25 October 2008 (next to be held in October 2010); Chamber of Deputies - last held 2–3 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2010) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ODS 35, CSSD 29, KDU-CSL 7, others 8, independents 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ODS 35.4%, CSSD 32.3%, KSCM 12.8%, KDU-CSL 7.2%, Greens 6.3%, other 6%; seats by party - ODS 81, CSSD 74, KSCM 26, KDU-CSL 13, Greens 6; note - seats by party as of December 2007 - ODS 81, CSSD 72, KSCM 26, KDU-CSL 13, Greens 6, unaffiliated 2 (former CSSD members)

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term

      Political parties and leaders:

      Association of Independent Candidates-European Democrats or SNK-ED

       [Helmut DOHNALEK]; Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's

       Party or KDU-CSL [Jiri CUNEK]; Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Mirek

       TOPOLANEK]; Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Vojtech

       FILIP]; Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD [Jiri PAROUBEK]; Union

       of Freedom-Democratic Union or US-DEU [Jan CERNY]; Green Party

       [Martin BURSIK]; Independent Democrats (NEZDEM) [Vladimir ZELEZNY];

       Party of Open Society (SOS) [Pavel NOVACEK]; Path of Change [Jiri

       LOBKOWITZ]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions or CMKOS [Milan STECH]

      International organization participation:

      ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI,

       CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA (cooperating state), EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD,

       ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,

       MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF

       (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate),

       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Petr KOLAR chancery: 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 274–9100 FAX: [1] (202) 966–8540 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Richard W. GRABER embassy: Trziste 15, 118 01 Prague 1 mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [420] 257 022 000 FAX: [420] 257 022 809

      Flag description:

      two

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