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  • Population.......................................................................10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................-0.05% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................9.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................10.54 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..........Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
Member of the European Union since May 2004.

The Czech Republic: From Liberal Policy to EU Membership
After its independence in 1993, the Czech Republic became home to tens of thousands of economic migrants. But as Dušan Drbohlav of Charles University reports, tighter restrictions and new laws in accordance with EU standards have not resolved the problems of illegal and transit migration.
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Other Resources

Czech Statistical Office
http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/home

Office of the Czech Government
http://wtd.vlada.cz/eng/aktuality.htm

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czechembassy.org/wwwo/mzv/default.asp?idj=2&amb=1

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
http://archiv.mpsv.cz/scripts/default.asp?lg=2

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
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