Every seventh Prague inhabitant is foreigner

Every seventh Prague inhabitant is a foreigner and a half of them have permanent residence in the Czech Republic, an analysis by the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR) shows. The analysis also states that foreigners are becoming a stable part of Prague's future population and are a perspective source of workforce for the local labour market. The most numerous group of foreigners living in Prague are 51,000 Ukrainians, followed by 31,500 Slovaks and 24,000 Russians. Taken together, these three countries form more than a half of the total number of foreigners in Prague.