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Summary for: One in ten babies in Czechia now born to foreign parentsAlmost 10 percent of children born in the Czech Republic last year were foreign nationals, marking a significant increase from a decade ago.
Data released by the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) at a press conference on Tuesday reveals that the proportion of children with foreign citizenship has more than doubled since 2016, when they accounted for less than 4 percent of births.
Last year, 7,200 children were born in the country with non-Czech citizenship. However, the influence of the international community on local demographics is even broader; approximately 13,100 newborns, or 17 percent of all births, had at least one foreign parent.
“The share of children with foreign citizenship in all births will still increase slightly to 9.3 percent in 2025,” said Terezie Štyglerová, head of the ČSÚ’s Demographic Statistics Department. She noted that the rising numbers are directly linked to the growing foreign population within the Czech Republic.
Mothers from abroad on the rise
While the total number of foreign births saw a slight year-on-year decrease from a peak of 7,700 two years ago, the long-term trend remains upward. In 2016, mothers from abroad accounted for 6 percent of births; by last year, that figure had risen to 13 percent.
The largest groups of foreign parents in the country are from Ukraine, Slovakia, and Vietnam.
Last year, Ukrainian women accounted for 4,500 births, followed by Slovak women with 2,000 and Vietnamese women with fewer than 1,000. Despite these figures, Štyglerová pointed out that foreign women generally have a lower fertility rate than Czech women.
“The predominant character of migration is labor migration. They work here rather than have families,” she explained, noting that many foreigners arrive specifically for employment.
Experts suggest this demographic contribution is vital. With birth rates among Czech citizens remaining low, the country faces a shrinking workforce and increasing pressure on the pension and healthcare systems.
Half of all children born out of wedlock
In addition to citizenship trends, the ČSÚ reported that nearly half of all children in Czechia are born out of wedlock. This figure remains highest in the Ústí nad Labem region, where nearly two-thirds of newborns have unmarried parents.
In Prague, that figure is significantly lower at 37 percent. The current coalition government, led by ANO, the SPD, and the Motorists, has stated it intends to prioritize marriage within its birth-rate support policies.
Czechia births by the numbers (2025)
- 9.3 percent of births involved a child with foreign citizenship, up from under 4 percent in 2016
- 13 percent of births had a mother from abroad, up from 6 percent in 2016
- 17 percent of births had at least one foreign parent, up from 9 percent a decade ago
- 7,200 children with foreign citizenship were born in 2025
- Largest groups by mother's nationality: Ukrainian (4,500), Slovak (2,000), Vietnamese (under 1,000)
