Slovakia
Population 2026
5,451,343
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.43%
- Density
- 113 per km²
- Land area
- 48,080 km²
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Official languages
- SK, HU
- Urban population
- 53.2%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 47,9252026
- Deaths
- 56,9972026
- Birth rate
- 8.5per 1,000
- Death rate
- 9.9per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.46
- Life expectancy
- 78.4At birth, years
- Median age
- 42.8
- Net migration
- -31,377
Age distribution
- 0–1415.6%
- 15–6465.4%
- 65+19.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $155B
- GDP per capita
- $28.5K
- GDP growth
- +0.8%
- Inflation
- 4.0%
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
- Exports
- $131B
- Imports
- $132B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.6%
- Industry28.1%
- Manufacturing16.2%
- Services59.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture2.2%
- Industry34.5%
- Services63.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BratislavaBratislava Region | 423,7372026 |
| 2 | KošiceKošice Region | 225,0442026 |
| 3 | PetržalkaBratislava Region | 112,3802026 |
| 4 | NitraNitra Region | 86,3292026 |
| 5 | PrešovPrešov Region | 82,9272026 |
| 6 | ŽilinaŽilina Region | 81,2192026 |
| 7 | Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica Region | 74,5902026 |
| 8 | TrnavaTrnava Region | 62,8062026 |
| 9 | TrenčínTrenčín Region | 58,2782026 |
| 10 | MartinŽilina Region | 51,1392025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,451,343 | 47.9K | 57.0K |
| 2020 | 5,455,028 | 56.7K | 59.7K |
| 2010 | 5,391,857 | 60.5K | 53.0K |
| 2000 | 5,380,001 | 54.8K | 53.1K |
| 1990 | 5,266,077 | 79.4K | 55.3K |
| 1980 | 4,976,659 | 95.4K | 50.9K |
| 1970 | 4,525,876 | 80.3K | 42.5K |
| 1960 | 4,124,444 | 88.7K | 31.7K |
| 1950 | 3,465,750 | 100K | 40.0K |