Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2021.[3]
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
Census Date
Population
Population Density (per km2)
1848
2,442,000 (est.)
50
1869
2,481,811
51
1880
2,477,521
51
1890
2,595,180
53
1900
2,782,925
57
1910
2,916,657
60
February 15, 1921
2,993,859
61
December 1, 1930
3,324,111
68
October 4, 1946
3,327,803
68
March 1, 1950
3,442,317
70
March 1, 1961
4,174,046
85
December 1, 1970
4,537,290
93
November 1, 1980
4,991,168
102
March 3, 1991
5,274,335
108
May 26, 2001
5,379,455
110
May 21, 2011
5,397,036
110
June 13, 2021
5,449,270
111
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Population growth rate
-0.08% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 202nd
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021): [10]
Age Group
Male
Female
Total
%
Total
2 666 486
2 793 295
5 459 781
100
0–4
151 050
143 932
294 982
5.40
5–9
148 703
141 292
289 995
5.31
10–14
145 175
138 142
283 317
5.19
15–19
134 762
127 412
262 174
4.80
20–24
146 693
139 514
286 207
5.24
25–29
178 989
171 583
350 572
6.42
30–34
205 583
197 417
403 000
7.38
35–39
223 148
210 774
433 922
7.95
40–44
233 997
219 935
453 932
8.31
45–49
210 693
203 524
414 217
7.59
50–54
172 944
172 772
345 716
6.33
55–59
174 312
181 729
356 041
6.52
60–64
167 771
185 911
353 682
6.48
65-69
150 908
184 068
334 976
6.14
70-74
103 829
143 803
247 632
4.54
75-79
59 778
100 517
160 295
2.94
80-84
34 122
69 918
104 040
1.91
85-89
16 505
40 150
56 655
1.04
90-94
5 395
15 678
21 073
0.39
95-99
1 462
4 076
5 538
0.10
100+
667
1 148
1 815
0.03
Age group
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0–14
444 928
423 366
868 294
15.90
15–64
1 848 892
1 810 571
3 659 463
67.03
65+
372 666
559 358
932 024
17.07
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: 98.6%
Female: 21.2% (2020 est.)
Ethnic groups
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]
Population of Slovakia according to ethnic group 1950–2021[12][13]
1 Before 1991 the Romani were not recognized as a separate ethnic group
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.