Demographics of Slovenia
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Demographics
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 features of the population
Population
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 of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, including population density
Population density
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, ethnicity
Ethnic group
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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Vital statistics

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1920 1 296 35 246 26 678 8 568 27.2 20.6 6.6
1921 1 304 39 681 27 711 11 970 30.4 21.3 9.2
1922 1 310 39 346 25 088 14 258 30.0 19.2 10.9
1923 1 319 40 710 25 003 15 707 30.9 19.0 11.9
1924 1 328 40 215 23 297 16 918 30.3 17.5 12.7
1925 1 338 39 476 23 405 16 071 29.5 17.5 12.0
1926 1 347 38 267 23 307 14 960 28.4 17.3 11.1
1927 1 355 37 794 23 324 14 470 27.9 17.2 10.7
1928 1 364 37 359 22 355 15 004 27.4 16.4 11.0
1929 1 370 35 201 23 189 12 012 25.7 16.9 8.8
1930 1 379 38 346 20 846 17 500 27.8 15.1 12.7
1931 1 389 36 851 22 925 13 926 26.5 16.5 10.0
1932 1 398 36 832 23 849 12 983 26.3 17.1 9.3
1933 1 407 34 587 22 035 12 552 24.6 15.7 8.9
1934 1 418 33 373 19 585 13 788 23.5 13.8 9.7
1935 1 428 32 433 20 590 11 843 22.7 14.4 8.3
1936 1 436 32 630 20 479 12 151 22.7 14.3 8.5
1937 1 442 31 520 21 221 10 299 21.9 14.7 7.1
1938 1 444 31 199 20 392 10 807 21.6 14.1 7.5
1939 1 447 31 251 19 910 11 341 21.6 13.8 7.8
1940 1 450 31 536 21 001 10 535 21.7 14.5 7.3
1941 1 452 32 456 19 812 12 644 22.4 13.6 8.7
1942 1 449 30 681 22 061 8 620 21.2 15.2 5.9
1943 1 441 31 434 25 149 6 285 21.8 17.5 4.4
1944 1 430 27 379 26 609 770 19.1 18.6 0.5
1945 1 416 20 239 28 572 -8 333 14.3 20.2 -5.9
1946 1 415 28 599 18 145 10 454 20.2 12.8 7.4
1947 1 429 31 312 18 708 12 604 21.9 13.1 8.8
1948 1 443 31 538 17 884 13 654 21.9 12.4 9.5
1949 1 454 33 284 18 838 14 446 22.9 13.0 9.9
1950 1 467 35 992 17 335 18 657 24.5 11.8 12.7
1951 1 480 34 819 18 497 16 322 23.5 12.5 11.0
1952 1 494 34 165 15 617 18 548 22.9 10.5 12.4
1953 1 508 33 754 14 948 18 806 22.4 9.9 12.5
1954 1 521 31 828 14 897 16 931 20.9 9.8 11.1
1955 1 534 32 096 15 109 16 987 20.9 9.8 11.1
1956 1 546 31 466 16 351 15 115 20.4 10.6 9.8
1957 1 556 30 086 14 545 15 541 19.3 9.3 10.0
1958 1 567 28 284 14 082 14 202 18.0 9.0 9.1
1959 1 576 28 429 15 357 13 072 18.0 9.7 8.3
1960 1 580 27 825 15 145 12 680 17.6 9.6 8.0
1961 1 595 28 955 14 013 14 942 18.2 8.8 9.4
1962 1 605 29 035 15 866 13 169 18.1 9.9 8.2
1963 1 614 29 174 15 102 14 072 18.1 9.4 8.7
1964 1 631 29 184 16 729 12 455 17.9 10.3 7.6
1965 1 650 30 587 15 987 14 600 18.5 9.7 8.8
1966 1 670 30 941 15 248 15 693 18.5 9.1 9.4
1967 1 690 29 824 16 353 13 471 17.6 9.7 8.0
1968 1 704 28 580 17 446 11 134 16.8 10.2 6.5
1969 1 714 27 883 18 564 9 319 16.3 10.8 5.4
1970 1 727 27 432 17 353 10 078 15.9 10.0 5.8
1971 1 738 28 278 17 425 10 853 16.3 10.0 6.2
1972 1 752 28 713 18 153 10 560 16.4 10.4 6.0
1973 1 766 29 548 17 614 11 934 16.7 10.0 6.8
1974 1 782 28 625 17 206 11 419 16.1 9.7 6.4
1975 1 800 29 786 18 180 11 606 16.5 10.1 6.4
1976 1 819 30 339 18 157 12 182 16.7 10.0 6.7
1977 1 839 29 904 17 633 12 271 16.3 9.6 6.7
1978 1 863 30 354 18 357 11 997 16.3 9.9 6.4
1979 1 882 30 604 18 148 12 456 16.3 9.6 6.6
1980 1 901 29 902 18 820 11 082 15.7 9.9 5.8
1981 1 917 29 220 18 733 10 487 15.2 9.8 5.5
1982 1 925 28 894 19 647 9 247 15.0 10.2 4.8
1983 1 933 27 200 20 703 6 497 14.1 10.7 3.4
1984 1 943 26 274 20 214 6 060 13.5 10.4 3.1
1985 1 973 25 933 19 854 6 079 13.1 10.1 3.1
1986 1 981 25 570 19 499 6 071 12.9 9.8 3.1
1987 1 989 25 592 19 837 5 755 12.9 10.0 2.9
1988 2 000 25 209 19 126 6 083 12.6 9.6 3.0
1989 1 999 23 447 18 669 4 778 11.7 9.3 2.4
1990 1 998 22 368 18 555 3 813 11.2 9.3 1.9
1991 2 002 21 583 19 324 2 259 10.8 9.7 1.1
1992 1 996 19 982 19 333 649 10.0 9.7 0.3
1993 1 991 19 793 20 012 - 219 9.9 10.1 -0.1
1994 1 989 19 463 19 359 104 9.8 9.7 0.1
1995 1 988 18 980 18 968 12 9.5 9.5 0.0
1996 1 991 18 788 18 620 168 9.4 9.4 0.1
1997 1 987 18 165 18 928 - 763 9.1 9.5 -0.4
1998 1 983 17 856 19 039 -1 183 9.0 9.6 -0.6
1999 1 986 17 533 18 885 -1 352 8.8 9.5 -0.7
2000 1 990 18 180 18 588 - 408 9.1 9.3 -0.2
2001 1 992 17 477 18 508 -1 031 8.8 9.3 -0.5
2002 1 996 17 501 18 701 -1 200 8.8 9.4 -0.6
2003 1 996 17 321 19 451 -2 130 8.7 9.7 -1.1
2004 1 997 17 961 18 523 - 562 9.0 9.3 -0.3
2005 2 001 18 157 18 825 - 668 9.1 9.4 -0.3
2006 2 007 18 932 18 180 752 9.4 9.1 0.4
2007 2 018 19 823 18 584 1 239 9.8 9.2 0.6
2008 2 029 21 817 18 308 3 509 10.8 9.0 1.7
2009 2 040 21 601 18 727 2 874 10.6 9.2 1.4
2010 2 052 22 443 18 509 3 976 10.9 8.9 1.9

Ethnic groups

The majority of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

's population is Slovene (83.06%). Hungarians
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 and Italians
Italy
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 have the status of indigenous minorities under the Constitution of Slovenia
Constitution of Slovenia
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, which guarantees them seats in the National Assembly. Most other minority groups, particularly those from other parts of the former Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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 (except for one part of autochtonous community of Serbs and Croats), relocated after World War II
World War II
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 for economic reasons.

Population of Slovenia according to ethnic group 1948-20021
Ethnic
group
census 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Slovenes 1,350,149 97.0 1,415,448 96.5 1,522,248 95.6 1,578,963 94.0 1,668,623 90.8 1,689,657 88.3 1,631,363 83.1
Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

7,048 0.5 11,225 0.8 13,609 0.9 20,209 1.2 41,695 2.3 47,401 2.5 38,964 2.0
Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

16,069 1.2 17,978 1.2 31,429 2.0 41,556 2.5 53,882 2.9 52,876 2.8 35,642 1.8
Muslims 179 0.0 1,617 0.1 465 0.0 3,197 0.2 13,339 0.7 26,577 1.4 10,467 0.5
Bosniacs 21,542 1.1
Hungarians 10,579 0.8 11,019 0.8 10,498 0.7 8,943 0.5 8,777 0.5 8,000 0.4 6,243 0.3
Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

216 0.0 169 0.0 282 0.0 1,266 0.1 1,933 0.1 3,534 0.2 6,186 0.3
Macedonians
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

366 0.0 640 0.0 1,009 0.1 1,572 0.1 3,227 0.2 4,371 0.2 3,972 0.2
Romani 46 0.0 1,663 0.1 158 0.0 951 0.1 1,393 0.1 2,259 0.1 3,246 0.2
Montenegrins 521 0.0 1,356 0.1 1,384 0.1 1,950 0.1 3,175 0.2 4,339 0.2 2,667 0.1
Italians 1,458 0.1 854 0.1 3,072 0.2 2,987 0.2 2,138 0.1 2,959 0.2 2,258 0.1
Others/undeclared 5.242 0.4 4,456 0.3 7,369 0.5 19,212 1.1 40,199 2.2 79,374 4.1 201,486 10.3
Total 1,391,873 1,466,425 1,591,523 1,679,051 1,838,381 1,913,355 1,964,036
1 Source: http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7.

Religion

Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 57.8%, atheist
Atheism
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 10.1%, Muslim
Islam
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 2.4%, Orthodox Christian
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

 2.3%, Protestant
Protestantism
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 0.9%, other and unknown 26.5% (2002
The majority of Slovenians (57%) are Roman Catholic, though the country also has a small number of Protestants, Orthodox Christians
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

, Muslim
Muslim
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s, and Jews.

Language

About 30 languages are spoken in Slovenia, yet there is only one official language (Slovene) and two recognized minority languages: Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...

 Hungarian and Istrian Italian in designated municipalities
Municipalities of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 211 municipalities , of which 11 have urban status.Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of 3 municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik , Hodoš and Lendava...

.
Slovene is a Slavic language, written in the Roman script. The second largest language is Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

 spoken mainly in the larger cities and industrial centres.

Slovene 87.7%, Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian language
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

 8%, Hungarian
Hungarian language
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 0.4%, Albanian
Albanian language
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 0.4%, Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

 0.2%, Romani
Romani language
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 0.2%, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 0.2%, German
German language
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 0.1%, other 0.1% (Russian
Russian language
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, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

, Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
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, English
English language
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, Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...

, Polish
Polish language
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, Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

, Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

, French
French language
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, Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...

, Arabic
Arabic language
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, Spanish
Spanish language
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, Dutch
Dutch language
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, Vlach, Rusyn
Rusyn language
Rusyn , also known in English as Ruthenian, is an East Slavic language variety spoken by the Rusyns of Central Europe. Some linguists treat it as a distinct language and it has its own ISO 639-3 code; others treat it as a dialect of Ukrainian...

, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

, Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

, Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 or Armenian
Armenian language
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), unknown 2.7% (2002)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure


0–14 years:
14% (male 145,016/female 137,012)

15–64 years:
70.6% (male 715,629/female 704,079)

65 years and over:
15.4% (male 118,298/female 191,036) (2005 est.)

0-14 years: 13.5% (male 139,880/female 131,826)

15-64 years: 69.9% (male 707,219/female 695,470)

65 years and over: 16.5% (male 129,662/female 201,635) (2010 est.)

Sex ratio


at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female

15–64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female

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

total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth


total population:
74.86 years

male:
70.97 years

female:
78.97 years (2000 est.)

Literacy


definition:
NA

total population:
99%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%

See also

  • Gottschee County
    Gottschee County
    Gottschee County refers to the former German speaking region in the Duchy of Carniola , a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, located in modern day Slovenia...

  • Croats of Slovenia
    Croats of Slovenia
    The Croats are an ethnic group in Slovenia. In the 2002 census 35,642 citizens of Slovenia identified themselves as being ethnically Croats.- History :...

  • History of the Jews in Slovenia
    History of the Jews in Slovenia
    The small Jewish community of Slovenia is estimated at 400 to 600 members , with most living in the capital, Ljubljana. The Jewish community was devastated by the Shoah, and has never fully recovered...

  • Izbrisani
    Izbrisani
    The Izbrisani is the name used in the media, for a group of people in Slovenia that remained without a legal status after the declaration of the country's independence in 1991....


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