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201) Slovakia

Community

Area 49,035 square kilometres (land area 48,105 square kilometres)

Population,

3,450,000 (1950)

4,068,000 (1960)

4,538,000 (1970)

4,980,000 (1980)

5,299,000 (1990)

5,389,000 (2000)

5,391,000 (2010)

5,424,000 (2015)

5,447,000 (2018)

Ethnicity, %

	Czech	Hungarian	Roma	Slovak
2001	0.8	9.7	1.6	85.8
2011	0.6	8.5	2.0	80.7

Religion, %

	Christian Gk C	Christian J W	Christian Protestant	Christian Orthodox	Christian R C	No religion
2001	4.1		10.7		69.8	13.1
2011	3.8	0.3	8.9	0.9	62.0	13.4

Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1

	Fertility Rate	Birth Rate	Infant Mortality	Death Rate	% Aged Under 15	% Aged Over 65	% Urban
1960	3.0	21.7 (+13.9)		7.8	31.5	6.8	33.5
1970	2.4	17.8 (+8.5)		9.3	27.5	9.2	41.1
1980	2.3	19.0 (+8.8)	20.0	10.2	26.2	10.5	51.6
1990	2.1	14.9 (+4.6)	12.6	10.3	25.4	12.2	56.5
2000	1.3	10.2 (+0.5)	8.2	9.8	19.7	11.3	56.2
2010	1.4	11.2 (+1.3)	5.8	9.9	15.3	12.5	54.7
2015	1.4	10.3 (+0.4)	5.0	9.9	15.3	14.1	53.9
2017	1.5	10.7 (+0.8)	4.8	9.9
2018			4.6		15.4	15.6	53.7

Life expectancy,

66.0 (1950); 64.0 (M), 68.0 (F)

69.9 (1960); 67.8 (M), 72.2 (F)

70.1 (1970); 67.1 (M), 73.4 (F)

70.4 (1980); 66.8 (M), 74.3 (F)

70.9 (1990); 66.6 (M), 75.4 (F)

73.1 (2000); 69.1 (M), 77.2 (F)

75.1 (2010); 71.6 (M), 78.8 (F)

77.6 (2020); 74.1 (M), 81.0 (F)

Population of principal cities, MA = Metropolitan Area

	BRATISLAVA	Kosice
1920	93,189	52,898
1930	156,476	70,117
1940	138,966
1950	192,896	62,821
1960	255,000	90,000
1970	300,000	140,000
1980	375,000	201,000
1990	440,000	236,000
2000	450,000	242,000
2009	610,850 MA
2013		555,800 MA
2016	659,578 MA

Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)

	GDP, US$ million	Total GDP, % of USA	GDP per capita, US$	GDP per capita % of USA
1990	12,700	0.22	2,400	10.02
1995	25,700	0.35	4,800	15.96
2000	29,100	0.29	5,400	14.81
2005	62,700	0.48	10,650	24.04
2010	89,500	0.60	16,600	34.32
2015	87,300	0.48	16,100	28.64
2016	89,500	0.48	16,500	28.71

GDP by primary sector

	Agriculture % GDP	Agriculture % employed	Industry % GDP	Industry % employed	Services % GDP	Services % employed
1993	6.7	9.0	37.3	35.0	49.4	44.0
2000	5.0		34.0		61.0
2007	3.7	4.0	41.1	39.0	55.1	57.0
2010	3.5	3.5	35.6	27.0	61.8	69.4
2016	3.8	3.9	34.8	22.7	61.4	73.4

Communications

Language, Slovak is the only official language, by law 1995.� Czech and Hungarian (Magyar) are also spoken.

	Czech	Hungarian	Roma	Slovak	Ukrainian
1990	1.0	12.0		87.0
2001		10.7	1.8	83.9	1.0

Literacy

99.0% (1990)

99.6% (2003); 99.7% (M), 99.6% (F)

Physical communications � roads

	Roads (km)	Motor vehicles	Cars	Commercial Vehicles	Railways (km)	% electrified
1990			880,000
1991			906,129	105,900	3,426	40.2
1995			1,016,000
2000	42,717		1,274,244	149,902	3,665
2002	42,970		1,326,891	164,484
2009	43,761	1,888,000	1,468,600	244,800	3,626
2010			1,669,000
2012	54,869	2,141,000
2015			2,035,000
2016					3,626	43.8

Electronic communications

	Telephones (landlines)	Mobile Telephones	Radios	Televisions	PCs	Internet Users
1975	383,000
1980	470,000
1990	710,810		2,550,000
1991		119
1994				1,600,000	150,000
1995		12,300	3,040,000		220,000
1997						190,000
2000	1,698,000	1,244,000	5,200,000	2,000,000	740,000
2002						862,800
2005		4,540,000			1,929,000
2006				2,240,000	2,320,000
2010	1,069,000	5,925,000				4,200,000
2016	823,594	6,990,000				4,380,000
2017						4,630,000

Tourism: Visitors to Slovakia,

822,000 (1990)

903,000 (1995)

1,053,000 (2000)

1,514,980 (2005)

1,327,000 (2010)

1,721,000 (2015)