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title: "Czechia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Czechia: capital Prague, area 78,867 km², population 10,886,878 (2025), currency Czech koruna. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/czechia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Czechia

**Czechia: Capital Prague**

78,867 km² · 10,886,878 people (2025) · Czech koruna

Landlocked and ringed by low mountains, so almost every river flows outward — the Elbe to the North Sea, the Oder to the Baltic, the Morava to the Black Sea. Czechia drinks more beer per head than any other country, and Pilsner Urquell in 1842 was the first pale lager.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Prague
- **Area:** 78,867 km² — 30,451 sq mi
- **Population:** 10,886,878 (2025)
- **Density:** 138.0 people per km²
- **Currency:** Czech koruna (CZK, Kč)
- **Official language:** Czech
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +420
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CZ · CZE
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 115 of 200
- **By population:** 89 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 83,871 | 9,208,163 |
| United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 11,513,149 |
| Czechia ← | 78,867 | 10,886,878 |
| Serbia | 77,474 | 6,549,143 |
| Panama | 75,420 | 4,571,189 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Czechia?

Prague

### What currency does Czechia use?

The Czech koruna (CZK).

### How big is Czechia?

78,867 km², or 30,451 square miles — 115 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Czechia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Austria](https://atoneplace.net/country/austria/)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-arab-emirates/)
- [Serbia](https://atoneplace.net/country/serbia/)
- [Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]