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Eastern Europe

Czechia is home to 6 documented ethnic groups in Eastern Europe — led by Czech (~84%), Czechia Other (~8%), Moravian (~5%), Slovak Czechia (~2%). This page blends their phenotype and demographic data into one weighted reference: skin tone, facial features, hair texture and build, drawn from published census and ancestry sources.

Demographic Composition

Composition weights are derived from self-identification in published census and demographic surveys. Each row links to the source ethnic-group atlas page.

Ethnic groupWeightSource
CzechCzech83.6%Czech Statistical Office 2021 Census; Czechs (~83.6%, ~8.8M+ of ~10.5M total). West Slavic ethnic group, predominantly secular / Roman Catholic
Czechia OtherCzechia Other7.6%Czechia 2021 Census residual; includes Roma (substantially undercounted at ~22,000+ self-identified, with broader Roma-descended population estimated at ~250,000+), Polish, German (the historic Sudeten-German community was expelled 1945-1946 affecting approximately 3M+), Russian, plus other smaller groups
MoravianMoravian5.2%Czechia 2021 Census; Moravians (~5.2%, ~550,000+); the regional self-identification of inhabitants of Moravia (the eastern half of Czechia). Closely related to Czechs linguistically (Moravian dialects of Czech) and culturally
Slovak CzechiaSlovak Czechia1.9%Czechia 2021 Census, Slovaks (~1.9%, ~199,000+); legacy of post-1993 Velvet Divorce demographic continuity
Ukrainian CzechiaUkrainian Czechia1.1%Czechia 2021 Census plus post-2022 Ukrainian refugee population; pre-2022 Ukrainian-Czech labor-migration population (~120,000+) plus post-2022 substantial Ukrainian refugee population (~340,000+ as of 2024)
Vietnamese CzechiaVietnamese Czechia0.6%Czechia 2021 Census; Vietnamese-Czech (~0.6%, ~60,000+); the post-1956 Czechoslovak-Vietnamese socialist labor-cooperation community plus post-1989 continuing immigration. The largest single Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic

Czechia Phenotype Profile

Czechia has a Czech-majority demographic structure (~84%) plus the regional Moravian (~5.2%), Slovak (~1.9%), Ukrainian (~1.1%), Vietnamese (~0.6%), and other communities. Skin tone Fitzpatrick I-III. Hair colors span blonde to dark brown. Eye color includes substantial light variants. Adult Czech male mean stature approximately 180-182 cm.

A descriptive view, not a claim about individuals

This page shows a weighted aggregate of phenotype observations across the Czechia population, based on demographic composition from published census and ancestry sources. Phenotypes within any country are far more varied than the aggregate suggests; this is a descriptive reference, not a deterministic claim about any individual. For source-level detail on individual ethnic groups, see the constituent atlas pages linked below.

Methodology Notes

Composition weights derived from the Czech Statistical Office 2021 Census. Caveats: (1) the Roma population is substantially undercounted; (2) the post-2022 Ukrainian refugee influx has substantially shifted demographics.

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Primary Sources

  1. 1.Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ). Population and Housing Census 2021. Prague: CSU; 2022.
  2. 2.Sayer D. The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History. Princeton University Press; 1998.
  3. 3.Naimark NM. Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe. Harvard University Press; 2001 (with Sudeten German expulsion context).
  4. 4.Müller A, Cooper EW. Vietnamese in the Czech Republic. Czech Sociological Review. 2018;54(3):385-410.
  5. 5.Brouček S. Imigranti v české společnosti. Etnologický ústav AV ČR; 2003.

Other countries in Eastern Europe

Aggregate phenotype references for neighbouring Eastern Europe nations, weighted by demographic composition.

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