Demographics of Slovakia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Slovakia is projected at 5.461 million, up by 0.02% compared with 5.460 million in 2020. Slovakia is ranked 119th in terms of population and 198th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 54.9 thousand births in Slovakia in 2021. That is 150 per day, which is ranked 134th. The crude birth rate is 10.06 per 1000 people. There are 55.55 thousand deaths in Slovakia in 2021. That is 152 per day, which is ranked 102nd. The crude death rate is 10.18 per 1000 people.

2.93 million people are living in urban areas, which is 53.82% of Slovakia population. Slovakia is ranked 147th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Slovakia in 2021 is 94.93 males per 100 females. There are 2.66 million males and 2.80 million females in Slovakia. The percentage of female population is 51.30% compare to 48.70% male population. Slovakia has 0.14 million more females than males. Slovakia is at 41st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Slovakia population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,436,576-
19553,815,3961.98
19604,140,1281.44
19654,383,4460.92
19704,538,8430.73
19754,752,5371.01
19804,996,7300.91
19855,166,7870.57
19905,288,4550.41
19955,375,4700.23
20005,399,2070.03
20055,398,962-0.01
20105,404,2930.06
20155,435,6140.13
20165,442,0010.12
20175,447,9030.11
20185,453,0170.09
20195,457,0120.07
20205,459,6430.05
20215,460,7260.02
  • Total
  • Crude

Slovakia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195038,56899,44211.0428.59
195534,71697,4029.1225.54
196032,87591,3247.9522.10
196535,36982,8738.0918.97
197041,08184,1099.0318.46
197545,85495,0839.6419.97
198049,75596,7449.9819.42
198552,80289,13410.2317.26
199053,75780,05810.1715.14
199553,23365,6839.9212.24
200052,52053,6679.739.94
200552,98853,7169.819.95
201052,99956,6979.8010.48
201552,94157,1829.7410.52
202054,97855,64310.0810.20
202155,55054,89510.1810.06
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Slovakia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,031,3782,405,195-30.012
19551,209,9552,605,4473.1031.712
19601,385,4422,754,6872.5333.464
19651,623,7502,759,7023.1037.043
19701,863,5182,675,3232.7641.057
19752,198,3702,554,1703.4046.257
19802,580,2302,416,5013.0651.638
19852,799,1492,367,6491.4454.176
19902,987,5052,300,9491.2456.491
19953,039,1442,336,3260.1356.537
20003,036,1522,363,059-0.0856.233
20052,999,8012,399,162-0.2855.563
20102,955,3362,448,958-0.4354.685
20152,931,1702,508,148-0.0953.889
20202,930,6882,520,7120.0753.760
20212,933,7732,517,2600.1153.820
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Slovakia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 145,453 138,622 284,075 5.20 104.928
05-09 144,450 138,073 282,523 5.17 104.619
10-14 145,652 138,997 284,649 5.21 104.788
15-19 135,505 128,994 264,499 4.84 105.048
20-24 143,721 136,657 280,378 5.13 105.169
25-29 179,792 171,252 351,044 6.43 104.987
30-34 205,791 197,429 403,220 7.38 104.235
35-39 221,082 210,109 431,191 7.90 105.223
40-44 235,390 222,862 458,252 8.39 105.621
45-49 211,499 204,268 415,767 7.61 103.540
50-54 174,469 176,264 350,733 6.42 98.982
55-59 172,293 182,901 355,194 6.50 94.200
60-64 168,365 190,311 358,676 6.57 88.468
65-69 151,388 186,832 338,220 6.19 81.029
70-74 104,300 144,626 248,926 4.56 72.117
75-79 62,519 104,922 167,441 3.07 59.586
80-84 33,735 69,245 102,980 1.89 48.718
85-89 16,913 40,693 57,606 1.05 41.562
90-94 5,765 15,471 21,236 0.39 37.263
95-99 1,146 2,784 3,930 0.07 41.164
100+ 69 117 186 0.00 58.974
Total 2,659,297 2,801,429 5,460,726 94.926