Czech Republic population prospects in the mirror of replacement migration concept'

Abstract

The Czech Republic population development regardless of recently improving natural development balance and its present moderate surplus does not look optimistic in perspectives posterior to the year 2010. It is only international migration which can ensure population replacement in the medium and long term perspectives. Relying on "political" terms we are investigating to what extent is migration a solution for expected changes - population decline and ageing inducing labor force decrease, worsening relation between economically active and inactive population, etc