Birth seasonality in Czechia
Czechia: Birth seasonality was 26.39 births per million people in 2021. ▼ Falling
Birth seasonality in Czechia, 1919–2021
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per million people.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 26.39 births per million people for birth seasonality in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth seasonality in Czechia peaked at 76.4 births per million people in 1921 and was at its lowest, 21.09 births per million people, in 1997.
That places Czechia 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 96 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72.76 births per million people | 72.76 births per million people | 72.76 births per million people | 1 |
| 1920s | 64.06 births per million people | 56.38 births per million people | 76.4 births per million people | 10 |
| 1930s | 50.13 births per million people | 42.85 births per million people | 58.71 births per million people | 8 |
| 1940s | 54.03 births per million people | 47.17 births per million people | 58.94 births per million people | 5 |
| 1950s | 44.62 births per million people | 31.91 births per million people | 56.4 births per million people | 10 |
| 1960s | 35.18 births per million people | 32.53 births per million people | 38.53 births per million people | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.16 births per million people | 37.22 births per million people | 47.62 births per million people | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.56 births per million people | 29.96 births per million people | 35.81 births per million people | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.96 births per million people | 21.09 births per million people | 32.3 births per million people | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.19 births per million people | 21.49 births per million people | 29.49 births per million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.89 births per million people | 25.49 births per million people | 29.26 births per million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.02 births per million people | 25.64 births per million people | 26.39 births per million people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More population data for Czechia
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.3% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 351,331 people (2100)
- Population density 106.6 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.3% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.36 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 391,133 people (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.36 births per woman (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.36 births per woman (2024)
- Natural population growth rate -0.2% (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth seasonality in Czechia?
- Birth seasonality in Czechia was 26.39 births per million people in 2021, according to Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest birth seasonality recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.4 births per million people in 1921.
- What is the lowest birth seasonality recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.09 births per million people in 1997.
- How does Czechia rank for birth seasonality?
- Czechia ranks 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2021.
- Is birth seasonality rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth seasonality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.