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Czechia: map and facts
Czechia is in Eastern Europe. It has about 10.9 million people (2025), the 88th largest population. It covers 78,871 km², the 114th largest by area. That is about 138 people per km². Its highest point is Snežka, at 1,603 m. The longest river on its map is the Elbe, 1,094 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 10,886,878 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 78,871 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Prague
- Highest point: Snežka, 1,603 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 38.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Czechia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Elbe: 1,094 km
- Oder: 854 km
- Vltava: 430 km
- Morava: 388 km
- Ohre: 316 km
- Lusatian Neisse: 254 km
- Thaya: 235 km
- Sazava: 226 km
- Svratka: 174 km
- Uhlava: 104 km
Also on the map: Svitava.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Snežka: 1,603 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Bohemian Forest, Ore Mountains and Sudetes Mountains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 43.1%, mixed forest 16.9%, savanna 8.3%, evergreen conifer forest 8.2%, deciduous broadleaf forest 6.5%, wooded savanna 5.9%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 70.5%, plains 12.9%, mountains 8.6%, plateaus 8%.
Forests covered 38.4% of its land in 2024, up from 36.9% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Czechia shares land borders with Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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