They came to be known as the czech lands after the fall of the empire germanic towns are described on the map of ptolemaios in the 2nd century eg coridorgis for jihlava the large german population of the czech lands was expelled after fall of nazi germany and of its occupation of czechoslovakia the czechoslovaks were . The book historical population atlas of the czech lands edited by martin ourednicek jana jichova and lucie pospisilova is published by karolinum press charles university historical population atlas of the czech lands ouredncek jchov pospilov. History maps this section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present day czechia czech lands illustrated with maps including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present day czechia czech lands. Demographics of the czech republic jump to navigation jump to search population of the czech republic on december 31st 1960 to 2016 in millions eurostat and czech statistical office data historical population year pop 1820 5272791 1830 . The czech throne was taken by john of luxembourg in 1310 he ruled the country until 1346 and during his reign the czech lands expanded and prague continued to grow his son charles iv lead his people into the golden age of their history