Almost One in Eleven Newborns in the Czech Republic Has Foreign Citizenship
In Prague, almost one in four newborns has foreign citizenship – with the proportion of Ukrainian children rising particularly sharply
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The proportion of newborns with foreign citizenship in the Czech Republic has almost tripled over the past ten years. This trend is particularly evident in Prague, where almost a quarter of all newborns now have foreign citizenship.
In the Czech Republic, around one in eleven newborns had foreign citizenship last year. Ten years ago, the figure was just one in thirty. A total of 7,249 children with foreign citizenship were born in 2025, according to the latest data from the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ).
At the same time, the number of births has been declining for several years. In 2025, only around 77,600 children were born nationwide – the lowest number since records began in 1785. Demographers expect a further decline. One of the main reasons is the smaller generations now reaching the typical age for starting a family.
Proportion of Newborns with Foreign Citizenship Almost Triples
While 3,709 children with foreign citizenship were born in the Czech Republic in 2016, the figure had risen to 7,249 by 2025. Their number has therefore almost doubled within ten years.
As the total number of births declined over the same period, their proportion increased even more significantly: from 3.3 per cent in 2016 to 9.3 per cent last year.
The trend is particularly evident in Prague. In 2025, around 23 per cent of all newborns in the capital had foreign citizenship. Ten years earlier, the figure was just eleven per cent. This means that almost one in four children born in Prague last year had foreign citizenship, compared with approximately one in nine in 2016.
Ukrainian Children Form the Largest Group
Children with Ukrainian citizenship formed the largest group among newborns with foreign citizenship in 2025. A total of 4,211 Ukrainian children were born in the Czech Republic, accounting for around three-fifths of all newborns with foreign citizenship. They were followed by 804 children with Slovak citizenship and 636 with Vietnamese citizenship.
The number of Ukrainian newborns increased particularly sharply following the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Until 2021, Ukrainian children accounted for around a quarter of newborns with foreign citizenship. Since 2022, their share has risen significantly and has remained at around 58 per cent for the past three years.
Statisticians recorded the largest increases between 2022 and 2023, as well as in 2024. This development is largely linked to the arrival of Ukrainian war refugees in the Czech Republic.
Almost 13 Per Cent of All Newborns Have Family Roots Abroad
The number of children with family ties abroad is even higher than citizenship figures alone suggest. According to the Czech Statistical Office, almost 13 per cent of all children born in the Czech Republic in 2025 had at least one parent from abroad. This proportion has roughly doubled over the past ten years.
