Slovenia People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

2,102,106 (July 2021 est.)

Nationality

noun: Slovene(s)

adjective: Slovenian

Ethnic groups

Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 est.)

Languages

Slovene (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside) (2002 est.)

printed major-language sample:
Svetovni informativni zvezek - neobhoden vir osnovnih informacij. (Slovene)

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Religions

Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.84% (male 160,134/female 151,960)

15-24 years: 9.01% (male 98,205/female 91,318)

25-54 years: 40.73% (male 449,930/female 406,395)

55-64 years: 14.19% (male 148,785/female 149,635)

65 years and over: 21.23% (male 192,420/female 253,896) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 55.9

youth dependency ratio: 23.6

elderly dependency ratio: 32.3

potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 44.9 years

male: 43.4 years

female: 46.6 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.03% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

8.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

10.34 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations; pockets in the mountainous northwest exhibit less density than elsewhere

Urbanization

urban population: 55.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

28.9 years (2019 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 1.53 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 1.64 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 1.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.61 years

male: 78.73 years

female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.59 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

8.3% (2018)

Physicians density

3.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Hospital bed density

4.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

<.1 est.>

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

note: estimate does not include children

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

20.2% (2016)

Education expenditures

4.8% of GDP (2017)

Literacy

definition: NA

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.7%

female: 99.7% (2015)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2018)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 8.1%

male: 7.4%

female: 9.2% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Slovenia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovenia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovenia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.