Ostrava · Population

Question: What is the population of Ostrava? Answer: Ostrava, Czech Republic (Administrative unit: Moravskoslezský) - last known population is ≈ 294 200 (year 2015). This was 2.79% of total Czech Republic population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2015 (-0.65%/year), Ostrava population in 2024 would be: 277 499*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1950-1961] +1.5 %/year
[1961-1970] +1.75 %/year
[1970-1980] +0.81 %/year
[1980-1991] +0.15 %/year
[1991-2001] -0.33 %/year
[2001-2011] -0.48 %/year
[2011-2015] -0.65 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 49.835, 18.282

Local time in Ostrava: 03:59 Friday GMT+2.

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Ostrava on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Ostrava

• Havířov 13 km,

118°
• Karviná 19 km,

83°
• Opava 30 km,

293°
• Frýdek-Místek 18 km,

163°
• Třinec 33 km,

122°
• Orlová 11 km,

83°
• Nový Jičín 33 km,

216°
• Český Těšín 27 km,

111°
• Kopřivnice 28 km,

200°
• Bohumín 9 km,

35°

Sources, Notices

1950c, 1961c, 1970c, 1980c, 1991c, 2001c, 2011e, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• Český statistický úřad | ČSÚ (Čeština) Czech Statistical Office
• Počet obyvatel v obcích České republiky k 1.1.2015 D: 2015-11-15
• Veřejná databáze
• Huizinga. Internationaal aardrijkskundig woordenboek 1958
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).