| Population |
5,423,567 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 17.5% (male 485,523; female 463,173)
15-64 years: 70.8% (male 1,908,425; female 1,929,861)
65 years and over: 11.7% (male 239,081; female 397,504) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 35.1 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 36.9 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.14% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
10.57 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.48 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 7.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 74.19 years
male: 70.21 years
female: 78.37 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.31 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
less than 100 (1999 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: slovak(s)
adjective: slovak |
| Ethnic groups |
Slovak 85.7%, Hungarian 10.6%, Roma 1.6% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community, which is about 500,000), Czech, Moravian, Silesian 1.1%, Ruthenian and Ukrainian 0.6%, German 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, other 0.2% (1996) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5% |
| Languages |
Slovak (official), Hungarian |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: slovak republic
conventional short form: slovakia
local short form: slovensko
local long form: slovenska republika |