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How many (registered) Irish are resident in the Czech Republic?

Writer's picture: James PorterJames Porter



Based on recent data from the Ministry of the Interior, the number of foreigners with a long-term residence permit in the Czech Republic has risen by approximately 150 percent in the past decade, reaching just over 1 million today [ precisely 1,094,090]. Of this figure, Irish citizens count for just 862 [i.e. 0.08%, not even one tenth of one percent] with merely 367 Irish citizens having permanent residence in the Czech Republic, 222 of these being in Prague.


We suspect that the real number of Irish here is signifcantly higher, as EU citizens are not always required to register their residence.


The full coutry ranking is listed below, with Ireland in 57th place.

1

Ukraine

589,456

2

Slovakia

121,472

3

Vietnam

69,015

4

Russia

38,970

5

Romania

21,049

6

Bulgaria

17,733

7

Poland

17,733

8

Mongolia

14,072

9

Germany

11,768

10

Hungary

11,650

11

United States

10,475

12

India

10,431

13

Philippines

10,418

14

Kazakhstan

10,243

15

China

9,927

16

Moldova

8,114

17

United Kingdom

7,817

18

Belarus

7,494

19

Italy

6,312

20

Serbia

6,010

21

Turkey

5,857

22

France

4,114

23

Uzbekistan

3,748

24

Croatia

3,241

25

Republic of Korea

3,032

26

North Macedonia

2,846

27

Armenia

2,635

28

Azerbaijan

2,364

29

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2,317

30

Netherlands

2,310

31

Spain

2,223

32

Austria

2,209

33

Japan

2,166

34

Greece

2,004

35

Georgia

1,915

36

Egypt

1,859

37

Thailand

1,798

38

Israel

1,727

39

Syria

1,678

40

Kosovo

1,671

41

Tunisia

1,558

42

Kyrgyzstan

1,546

43

Nepal

1,512

44

Mexico

1,501

45

Iran

1,480

46

Bangladesh

1,445

47

Brazil

1,427

48

Nigeria

1,375

49

Canada

1,373

50

Sweden

1,232

51

Pakistan

1,214

52

Portugal

1,064

53

Colombia

1,017

54

Algeria

977

55

Indonesia

974

56

Taiwan

889

57

Ireland

862

58

Lithuania

859

59

Ghana

853

60

Latvia

837

61

Australia

836

62

Belgium

797

63

Albania

739

64

Cuba

655

65

Morocco

643

66

Iraq

622

67

South Africa

612

68

Switzerland

598

69

Slovenia

580

70

Afghanistan

576

71

Denmark

454

72

Lebanon

453

73

Myanmar

450

74

Stateless person

436

75

Chile

431

76

Jordan

422

77

Peru

381

78

Argentina

369

79

Finland

367

80

Venezuela

319

81

Estonia

309

82

New Zealand

293

83

Ecuador

283

84

Montenegro

276

85

Tajikistan

274

86

Ethiopia

269

87

Libya

255

88

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

248

89

Norway

246

90

Cyprus

235

91

Sri Lanka

232

92

Malaysia

220

93

Palestine

216

94

Yemen

214

95

Zimbabwe

211

96

Kenya

208

97

Cameroon

202

98

Costa Rica

168

99

Angola

142

100

Dominican Republic

142

101

Zambia

141

102

Cambodia

118

103

Democratic Republic of the Congo

105

104

Uganda

96

105

Senegal

95

106

Sudan

95

107

Ivory Coast

91

108

Guinea

88

109

Bolivia

83

110

Malta

79

111

Serbia and Montenegro

76

112

Singapore

74

113

Saudi Arabia

73

114

XXX - unlisted or unknown country

73

115

Mauritius

72

116

Turkmenistan

72

117

Honduras

64

118

Tanzania

63

119

Guatemala

59

120

Rwanda

59

121

Panama

52

122

El Salvador

52

123

Iceland

50

124

Namibia

45

125

Congo Republic

44

126

Hong Kong

43

127

Benin

37

128

Laos

33

129

Luxembourg

33

130

Gambia

31

131

Uruguay

31

132

Cape Verde

30

133

Maldives

29

134

Mali

29

135

Botswana

28

136

Madagascar

27

137

Nicaragua

27

138

Paraguay

26

139

Suriname

25

140

Bahrain

22

141

Dominica

22

142

Jamaica

21

143

Oman

21

144

Kuwait

20

145

Seychelles

20

146

Somalia

20

147

Burkina Faso

19

148

Guinea-Bissau

19

149

Saint Kitts and Nevis

19

150

Togo

19

151

Mozambique

18

152

Sierra Leone

18

153

Papua New Guinea

14

154

Convention refugee

14

155

Grenada

13

156

Trinidad and Tobago

13

157

Eritrea

12

158

Gabon

12

159

Haiti

12

160

Burundi

11

161

United Arab Emirates

11

162

Vanuatu

11

163

Liberia

9

164

Belize

8

165

Chad

7

166

Fiji

7

167

Tonga

7

168

Malawi

5

169

Niger

5

170

Other refugee

5

171

Barbados

4

172

British Overseas Nationals

4

173

Guyana

4

174

South Sudan

4

175

Qatar

4

176

Saint Lucia

4

177

Bhutan

3

178

Mauritania

3

179

Samoa

3

180

Djibouti

2

181

Eswatini

2

182

Comoros

2

183

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic

2

184

Lesotho

2

185

Liechtenstein

2

186

Commonwealth of Independent States

2

187

São Tomé and Príncipe

2

188

British Indian Ocean Territory

1

189

Brunei

1

190

Macau

1

191

Nauru

1

192

Equatorial Guinea

1

193

Central African Republic

1

194

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1

195

East Timor

1


 
 

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