Editing South Bohemian Region (section)

==Population and area==
The total area of the region is 10,057&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which is 12.8% of the total area of the [[Czech Republic]]. As of 2024, South Bohemian Region's population is 654,505 and with only 65 people per square kilometer, the region has the lowest population density in the whole country.

64.2% of the region's population lives in towns or cities. One-third of the inhabitants live in the five largest municipalities. Only 4% of region's population lives in municipalities with less than 200 inhabitants.

As of 2024, the average age in the region is 43.3 years. Approximately 11% of inhabitants who were 15 years or older had a university degree (in 2001 this was 8%). According to the 2011 census, 20.6% of inhabitants in the region believe in God (however, almost half of the people did not answer this question). The table below gives an overview of the 10 most populated towns and cities in the region (as of 1 January 2024).<ref>{{cite web |title=Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic, 1 January 2024 |url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/218418152/1300722403.pdf/c743e22f-17db-485a-b56b-932e6339b533?version=1.0 |access-date=2024-05-17 |publisher=Czech Statistical Office}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Population
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! [[Regions of the Czech Republic|District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Ceske Budejovice.svg|25px]] [[České Budějovice]] || 97,377 || 56 || [[České Budějovice District]]
|-
| [[File:Vlajka města Tábor.gif|25px]] [[Tábor]] || 34,370 || 62 || [[Tábor District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Pisek.svg|25px]] [[Písek]] || 30,986 || 63 || [[Písek District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Strakonice.svg|25px]] [[Strakonice]] || 22,522 || 35 || [[Strakonice District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Jindřichův Hradec.svg|25px]] [[Jindřichův Hradec]] || 20,747 || 74 || [[Jindřichův Hradec District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Český Krumlov.svg|border|25px]] [[Český Krumlov]] || 12,944 || 22 || [[Český Krumlov District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Prachatice.svg|border|25px]] [[Prachatice]] || 11,250 || 39 || [[Prachatice District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Milevsko.svg|25px]] [[Milevsko]] || 8,040 || 42 || [[Písek District]]
|-
| [[File:Flag of Třeboň.svg|border|25px]] [[Třeboň]] || 8,262 || 98 || [[Jindřichův Hradec District]]
|-
| [[File:Týn nad Vltavou vlajka 2011.png|border|25px]] [[Týn nad Vltavou]] || 7,850 || 43 || [[České Budějovice District]]
|-
|}

Other significant towns are: [[Vimperk]], [[Dačice]], [[Kaplice]], [[Soběslav]], [[Sezimovo Ústí]], [[Vodňany]], [[Blatná]], [[Veselí nad Lužnicí]], [[Bechyně]] and [[Protivín]]. The following table provides more details on the districts of the South Bohemian Region:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#ddd;"|District
! style="background:#ddd;"|Population
! style="background:#ddd;"|Area
! style="background:#ddd;"|Pop. Dens.
! style="background:#ddd;"|No.of Settlements
|-
|[[Okres České Budějovice|České Budějovice]] (CB)
| style="text-align:right;"|201,926
| style="text-align:right;"|1,638.30
| style="text-align:right;"|123
| style="text-align:right;"|109
|-
|[[Okres Český Krumlov|Český Krumlov]] (CK)
| style="text-align:right;"|62,072
| style="text-align:right;"|1,615.03
| style="text-align:right;"|38
| style="text-align:right;"|47
|-
|[[Okres Jindřichův Hradec|Jindřichův Hradec]] (JH)
| style="text-align:right;"|90,246
| style="text-align:right;"|1,943.69
| style="text-align:right;"|46
| style="text-align:right;"|106
|-
|[[Okres Písek|Písek]] (PI)
| style="text-align:right;"|72,851
| style="text-align:right;"|1,126.84
| style="text-align:right;"|64
| style="text-align:right;"|75
|-
|[[Okres Prachatice|Prachatice]] (PT)
| style="text-align:right;"|51,474
| style="text-align:right;"|1,375.03
| style="text-align:right;"|37
| style="text-align:right;"|65
|-
|[[Okres Strakonice|Strakonice]] (ST)
| style="text-align:right;"|71,764
| style="text-align:right;"|1,032.10
| style="text-align:right;"|69
| style="text-align:right;"|112
|-
|[[Okres Tábor|Tábor]] (TA)
| style="text-align:right;"|104,172
| style="text-align:right;"|1,326.01
| style="text-align:right;"|78
| style="text-align:right;"|110
|}

{{historical population
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|689119
|1880|722344
|1890|716055
|1900|735548
|1910|753069
|1921|737328
|1930|718874
|1950|550911
|1961|573713
|1970|577543
|1980|613171
|1991|622889
|2001|625267
|2011|628336
|2021|631803
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20537734/13008415okr.pdf/fdf98232-04d4-433e-b3b5-30dd411573c4?version=1.1|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt&pvo=SLD21001-KR&z=T&f=TABULKA&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-KR|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}