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Demographics of Slovakia

Demographics of Slovakia

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Demographic features of the population of Slovakia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The demographic statistics are from the Statistical Office of the SR, unless otherwise indicated.

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Population density in Slovakia, by district.
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Population

Total population: 5,795,199 as of 2023.

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2021.[2]

  • One birth every 10 minutes
  • One death every 9 minutes
  • One net migrant every 480 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 1440 minutes

Population over time

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Population growth rate

-0.08% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 202nd

Fertility

Slovakia total fertility rate by region (2014)
  1.5 - 1.7
  1.4 - 1.5
  1.3 - 1.4
  < 1.3

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.[3]

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1.45 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 211th

Mother's mean age at first birth

27.2 years (2019 est.)

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Slovakia
total population: 78.07 years
male: 74.56 years
female: 81.82 years (2021 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.13% (male 423,180 /female 400,128)
15-24 years: 10.06% (male 280,284 /female 266,838)
25-54 years: 44.61% (male 1,228,462 /female 1,198,747)
55-64 years: 13.15% (male 342,142 /female 373,452)
65 years and over: 17.05% (male 366,267 /female 561,120) (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 41.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 41st
male: 40.1 years
female: 43.6 years (2020 est.)

Vital statistics

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Current vital statistics

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Structure of the population

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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021): [10]

Languages

Slovak (official) 81.77%, Hungarian 8.48%, Roma 1.84%, Rusyn 0.71%, other or unspecified 7.2% (2021 census)

Employment and income

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24

Total: 19.4%. Country comparison to the world: 81st
Male: 18.3%
Female: 21.2% (2020 est.)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition within the territory of modern Slovakia in 1910
Ethnic structure of Slovakia according to Census 2011
Linguistic structure of Slovakia in 2021

The majority of the 5.4 million inhabitants of Slovakia are Slovak (83.82%). Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority (7.75%) and are concentrated in the southern and eastern regions of Slovakia. Other ethnic groups include Roma (1.23%), Czechs, Croats, Rusyns, Ukrainians, Germans, Poles, Gorals, Serbs[11] and Jews (about 2,300 remain of the estimated pre-WWII population of 120,000).

While both international organizations (the United Nations and the World Bank) and the official Slovak statistics office offer population figures for ethnic groups, these figures seldom come close to agreement. Figures for the Roma population (for a variety of reasons) vary between 1% and 10% of the population. In the most recent survey carried out by the Slovak Government's Roma Plenipotentiary, the figure for the percentage of Roma was arrived at through interview with municipality representatives and mayors, according to how many Roma they think live in their jurisdictions. The figure arrived at by this means was in the region of 300,000 (about 5.6%). Note that in the case of the 5.6%, however, the above percentages of Hungarians and Slovaks are lower accordingly.[citation needed]

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The official state language is Slovak, and Hungarian is widely spoken in the southern regions.

Despite its modern European economy and society, Slovakia has a significant rural element. About 45% of Slovaks live in villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants, and 14% in villages with fewer than 1,000.

Immigration

Foreign residents:[15]

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Religion

Religious structure of Slovakia in 2011

The Slovak constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The majority of Slovak citizens (55,76%) practice Roman Catholicism; the second-largest group consider themselves atheists (23.79%). About 5.27% are Protestants, 4% are Greek Catholics, and 0.93% are Orthodox and Reformed Christian Church 1.56% (2021 census).

See also


References

  1. "Population on 1 January". data.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. "Slovakia Population 2021", World Population Review
  3. "Štatistický úrad SR". Portal.statistics.sk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. "Main demographic data". Infostat.sk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. "Štatistický úrad SR". Portal.statistics.sk.
  6. ČTK. "Na Slovensku pokračuje úbytek obyvatelstva. Bilanci tlumí migrace". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  7. "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  8. "Serbs in Slovakia granted minority status". Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  9. "Development of prices in production area in July 2017" (PDF). Portal.statistics.sk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

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