Usually resident population on 1 January (demo_urespop)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: Czech Statistical Office


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Czech Statistical Office
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Demographic Statistics Unit
1.5. Contact mail address

magdalena.bastecka@czso.cz


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 08/09/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 08/09/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 08/09/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

Total usual residence population for the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council.
3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.
3.3. Coverage - sector

Total usual residence population at national level.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Persons who were usual residents on 31 December of the reference year in the territory of the Czech Republic. The persons, who were considered to be usual residents, were those who have lived in the Czech Republic for a continuous period of at least 12 months before the reference time or those who arrived in the Czech Republic during the 12 months before the reference time with the intention of staying there for at least one year. Births to parent(s), who met the criteria of usual residence, born in the reference year were at birth considered as usual residents as well. In 2022, the population includes persons granted temporary protection in the Czech Republic fleeing Ukraine who have applied for its prolongation after March 2023. Excluded were foreign military, naval and diplomatic personnel and their families located in the country.
3.5. Statistical unit

Person.
3.6. Statistical population

Not applicable.
3.7. Reference area

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.
3.8. Coverage - Time

December 31, 2022
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Person.


5. Reference Period Top

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Not applicable.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not applicable.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not applicable.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Annual


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Not applicable.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

See the information in the Annex file.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not applicable.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

The same validation principles as for the national definition of population are used.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
1. Nationals
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with national citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
       X
    Immigrants intended, emigrants actual.    

 

2. EEA Citizens
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with EEA citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
   X    
    

 

3. NON-EEA Citizens
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with non-EEA foreign citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
     X  
    


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Data requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness

Data transmitted as requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

Sources for calculation data on stocks and flows of the usually resident population, except for the estimate of unregistered EU citizens, are based on registration in the information systems.

The count of emigrants with the Czech citizenship in 2022 was estimated. The relative error of this calculation is +/- 0.03‰ (estimated error in counted emigrants with the Czech citizenship related to the total number of usually resident population).

The estimation error of unregistered EU citizens will be possible to evaluate after the next population census.
13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, in accordance with Article 2 ( c ), within eight months of the end of the reference year.
14.2. Punctuality

Not applicable.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time

Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The total usual residence population transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in National Accounts, Labour Force Survey or in the survey on Income and Living Conditions. The difference is given by the population coverage (see metadata specific to each domain).
15.4. Coherence - internal

The total usual residence population transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in the rest of the Demographic domain. The difference is given by the population definition (see metadata specific to each domain).


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not applicable.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

2021 Population and Housing Census - usually resident Czech nationals and foreigners

Registry Offices - live births and deaths

Information System of Foreigners administrated by Directorate of Foreign Police Service - immigration and emigration of foreign nationals, acquisition of Czech citizenship

Public Health Insurance Register administrated by the General Insurance Company of the Czech Republic (VZP ČR) -

immigration and emigration of Czech nationals.  

The Ministry of the Interior, the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy (DAMP) - asylum seekers staying in the country for 12+ months

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade – Rate of increase/decrease of employed EU citizens
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Population and Housing Census - about 10 years

Vital Statistics – monthly

Information System of Foreigners - annual export for the purposes of the Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and Regulation (EC) No 862/2007

Register of Public Health Insurance - export for the Czech Statistical Office for the purposes of the Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and Regulation (EC) No 862/2007) twice a year.

The Ministry of the Interior, the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy (DAMP) -  annual report for the purposes of the Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade – quarterly

 
18.3. Data collection

   
The 2021 Population and Housing Census data were collected under the Act No. 332/2020 Sb, on Population and Housing Census in 2021.

Vital Statistics is collected in compliance with the Act No. 89/1995 Sb, on State Statistical Service and the Decree on the Programme of Statistical Surveys, which is issued every year.

Under the Czech Government Resolution No. 1051 (14 December 2022) are obtained data from the Information System of Foreigners, the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy, The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Directorate of Alien Police manages the Information System of Foreigners in compliance with the Act No. 326/1999 Sb, on the residence of foreigners in the Czech Republic.

The provision of the data from the Register of Public Health Insurance is based on a gentlemen agreement between the Czech Statistical Office and VZP ČR.
18.4. Data validation

The same validation principles as for the national definition of population are used.
18.5. Data compilation

Compilation at the individual level for the purpose of counting usually resident population is not applicable. Data computation is performed at the aggregated level.
18.6. Adjustment

The source of data about immigration and emigration of Czech nationals differs from the source for the national definition of migrants of the Czech citizenship. Data from the Central Population Register of the Ministry of Interior, which is source for national migration statistics of Czech nationals, are based on the permanent residence.

Asylum seekers staying in the country for 12+ months and unregistered EU citizens are not included in population figures for national demographic statistics.


19. Comment Top

Optional


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
DEMOMIGR_UREESMS_2022