Demographics of Slovakia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	10 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of Slovakia is projected at 5.51 million, compared to 5.52 million in 2023. It ranks 120th in the world by population and 25th in Europe. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at -0.47 percent, the 203th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 2.69 million males and 2.82 million females in Slovakia. The percentage of the male population is 48.82%, compared to 51.18% of the female population. Slovakia has 130k more females than males. The sex ratio in Slovakia in 2024 will be 95.389 males per 100 females. Slovakia is in the 64th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Slovakia population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	1,681,983	1,783,764	3,465,747	1.58	94.294
1955	1,862,249	1,935,104	3,797,353	1.86	96.235
1960	2,037,361	2,087,081	4,124,442	1.49	97.618
1965	2,159,344	2,205,704	4,365,047	0.89	97.898
1970	2,234,055	2,291,816	4,525,871	0.72	97.480
1975	2,334,472	2,404,694	4,739,166	1.02	97.080
1980	2,446,729	2,529,927	4,976,655	0.78	96.711
1985	2,524,302	2,626,864	5,151,166	0.60	96.096
1990	2,571,432	2,694,646	5,266,078	0.28	95.427
1995	2,607,215	2,747,068	5,354,282	0.15	94.909
2000	2,613,761	2,766,238	5,379,999	0.01	94.488
2005	2,613,084	2,763,611	5,376,695	0.00	94.553
2010	2,624,115	2,767,736	5,391,851	0.11	94.811
2015	2,642,755	2,777,523	5,420,278	0.09	95.148
2020	2,664,405	2,790,618	5,455,024	0.02	95.477
2021	2,658,236	2,784,523	5,442,759	-0.47	95.465
2022	2,672,668	2,800,528	5,473,197	1.58	95.434
2023	2,694,215	2,823,840	5,518,055	0.06	95.410
2024	2,688,407	2,818,353	5,506,760	-0.47	95.389
2025	2,672,436	2,802,445	5,474,881	-0.70	95.361

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	60.776	26.048	3.608
1955	67.846	26.359	3.444
1960	70.336	26.691	3.024
1965	70.284	26.917	2.782
1970	69.723	27.252	2.415
1975	70.303	27.207	2.544
1980	70.380	27.890	2.323
1985	70.721	29.066	2.251
1990	70.819	30.340	2.076
1995	72.254	31.452	1.523
2000	73.139	32.958	1.293
2005	74.156	34.493	1.262
2010	75.496	36.140	1.430
2015	76.650	38.195	1.403
2020	76.864	40.196	1.591
2021	74.590	40.545	1.631
2022	77.036	40.904	1.560
2023	78.341	41.302	1.560
2024	78.492	41.759	1.563
2025	78.654	42.278	1.568

Total
Crude

Slovakia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	40,027	100,288	11.549	28.937
1955	33,025	99,491	8.697	26.200
1960	31,716	88,657	7.690	21.496
1965	36,076	83,613	8.265	19.155
1970	42,549	80,287	9.401	17.740
1975	45,523	98,537	9.606	20.792
1980	50,931	95,369	10.234	19.163
1985	53,049	90,059	10.298	17.483
1990	55,259	79,350	10.493	15.068
1995	53,195	61,205	9.935	11.431
2000	53,142	54,799	9.878	10.186
2005	53,614	54,374	9.971	10.113
2010	53,025	60,529	9.834	11.226
2015	53,234	55,555	9.821	10.250
2020	59,735	56,663	10.950	10.387
2021	74,409	56,781	13.671	10.432
2022	58,391	52,754	10.669	9.639
2023	54,167	52,271	9.816	9.473
2024	55,732	51,117	10.121	9.283
2025	56,369	49,631	10.296	9.065

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Slovakia

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	1,031,378	2,405,195	30.012
1955	1,209,955	2,605,447	31.712
1960	1,385,442	2,754,687	33.464
1965	1,623,750	2,759,702	37.043
1970	1,863,518	2,675,323	41.057
1975	2,198,370	2,554,170	46.257
1980	2,580,230	2,416,501	51.638
1985	2,799,149	2,367,649	54.176
1990	2,987,505	2,300,949	56.491
1995	3,039,144	2,336,326	56.537
2000	3,036,152	2,363,059	56.233
2005	2,999,801	2,399,162	55.563
2010	2,955,336	2,448,958	54.685
2015	2,931,170	2,508,148	53.889
2020	2,930,688	2,520,712	53.760
2021	2,933,773	2,517,260	53.820
2022	2,937,881	2,511,794	53.909
2023	2,942,912	2,504,240	54.027
2024	2,948,749	2,494,515	54.172

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Slovakia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	140,518	133,523	274,041	4.98	105.239
05-09	152,775	145,059	297,834	5.41	105.319
10-14	151,452	144,604	296,056	5.38	104.736
15-19	143,954	136,093	280,046	5.09	105.776
20-24	136,165	129,322	265,487	4.82	105.291
25-29	153,405	146,208	299,613	5.44	104.922
30-34	192,850	185,145	377,995	6.86	104.162
35-39	214,076	205,930	420,006	7.63	103.956
40-44	227,878	215,387	443,265	8.05	105.799
45-49	233,362	222,517	455,878	8.28	104.874
50-54	195,418	192,892	388,310	7.05	101.310
55-59	168,739	174,879	343,618	6.24	96.489
60-64	164,261	179,537	343,798	6.24	91.491
65-69	153,913	185,045	338,958	6.16	83.176
70-74	123,623	167,346	290,969	5.28	73.873
75-79	72,751	116,371	189,123	3.43	62.516
80-84	38,938	76,703	115,641	2.10	50.765
85-89	16,857	40,954	57,810	1.05	41.161
90-94	6,095	16,797	22,892	0.42	36.286
95-99	1,270	3,696	4,966	0.09	34.361
100+	105	345	451	0.01	30.435
Total	2,688,405	2,818,353	5,506,757		95.389