Demographics & population — Slovenia
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Slovenia: 2,102,678
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Population overview
- Population
2,102,678
- Population Growth Rate
-0.21%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
LJUBLJANA (capital) 273,000
Age & family
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
.38
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Slovene 92%, Croat 1%, Serb 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Bosniak 0.3%, other 5.8% (1991)
- Language Note
The official language is Slovene, a Slavic language. The language has a special language construct that indicates two people or things, separate to singular and plural. Slovene uses Roman characters, but excludes q,w,and x. The oldest documents preserved date back to 1000 AD. Slovene resisted the pressure to "Germanize" the language. The next most used language is English.
- Nationality Noun
Slovene(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
99.7%
- Literacy - male
99.7%
- Literacy - female
99.6%
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.7%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
12
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
2.54
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
4.6
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
9%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
28.6%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved