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In this week's edition of Talking Point Pavla Horakova looks at the final results of the national census carried out in 2001. If you'd like to learn more about the Czech Republic in figures, now is your chance.
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Current AffairsFinal results of 2001 census - Czechs are ageing
This week the Czech Statistics Office released the final results of last year's census, which was concluded on the 1st of March 2001. On that day the Czech Republic had 10,230,000 inhabitants, 4,980,000 men and 5,250,000 women. The overall figure decreased by more than 72,000 since the last census in 1991 despite the fact that more than 100,000 foreigners living permanently in the country were registered in the 2001 census. The average Czech is 39 years old and almost 20 percent of people over the age of 20 are single. 32 percent of the population say they are religious and 9 percent have a university degree.
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Current AffairsSpidla to offer cash incentives to boost baby production
It is a well-known fact that the Czech population is ageing. Within 30 years, about one third of the population is expected to be over 60. More and more young couples are having their first child after 30 and families with more than two children are less and less common. One reason is that unlike the generation of their parents living under Communism, young people now are free to enjoy a wider range of opportunities - travelling, studying, pursuing a career - and as a result they're putting off starting a family. And having children in the Czech Republic is also a costly business. The ruling Social Democratic Party think they know how to bring more Czech babies into the world. More from Pavla Horakova.
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