page_title: Olomouc Region
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Olomouc Region / Population
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Skanzen Rymice - Domkařská usedlost Symerských English: Folk Museum Rymice - Small homestead Symerskych
context_page_description: Olomouc Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia and in a small part of the historical region of Czech Silesia. It is named for its capital Olomouc.
  Olomouc region borders with the Moravian-Silesian Region, Zlín Region, South Moravian Region and Pardubice Region. Furthermore, the region shares a 104 km long border with Poland.
context_section_description: In January 2019 the population of the Olomouc Region totalled 632,492 inhabitants. As of 2019, 50.3% of region’s population lived in municipalities with more than 4,000. Out of 402 municipalities located in the region (including one military area), 30 had a status of town. Region’s capital Olomouc is with approximately 100 thousand inhabitants the largest city. With 120.1 inhabitants per km² the region was close to the national average of 135 inhabitants per km². There were, of course, differences within the region: the lowest population density was in the Jeseník District.
  In the long term, the population of the region has been aging. The average age of population in 2019 is 42.8, which is the 4th highest among regions in the Czech Republic.
caption: Example of vernacular architecture of Hanakia
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