The current population of Slovakia is 5,390,674 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,422,069 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Slovakia has had an average growth rate of 0.02% per year.
- The UN estimates that Slovakia's population is going to decline by -9.83% to 4.86M people by 2050.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 5.37M people to 5.39M (0.33% growth in 20 years).
- Slovakia is ranked 125/197 by population and was ranked 109th in 2005.
- Slovakia accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Slovakia's population peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and has been in decline since.
Slovakia population clock
Slovakia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5390674
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 125/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
10.8 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
9.69 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -13 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -4,671 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.09% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
25 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -21,027 | N/A |
Slovakia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,068,095 | - |
| 1961 | 4,191,667 | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 4,238,188 | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 4,282,017 | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 4,327,341 | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 4,370,983 | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 4,411,666 | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 4,449,367 | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 4,483,915 | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 4,518,607 | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 4,538,223 | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 4,557,449 | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 4,596,622 | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 4,641,445 | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 4,689,623 | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 4,739,105 | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 4,789,507 | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 4,840,501 | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 4,890,125 | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 4,938,973 | 1% |
| 1980 | 4,979,815 | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 5,016,105 | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 5,055,099 | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 5,091,971 | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 5,127,097 | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 5,161,768 | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 5,193,838 | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 5,222,840 | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 5,250,596 | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 5,275,942 | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 5,299,187 | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 5,303,294 | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 5,305,016 | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 5,325,305 | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 5,346,331 | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 5,361,999 | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 5,373,361 | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 5,383,291 | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 5,390,516 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 5,396,020 | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,388,720 | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 5,378,867 | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 5,376,912 | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 5,373,374 | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 5,372,280 | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 5,372,807 | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 5,373,054 | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 5,374,622 | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 5,379,233 | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 5,386,406 | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 5,391,428 | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 5,398,384 | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 5,407,579 | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 5,413,393 | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 5,418,649 | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,423,801 | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,430,798 | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 5,439,232 | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 5,446,771 | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 5,454,147 | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 5,458,827 | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 5,447,247 | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 5,431,752 | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 5,426,740 | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 5,422,069 | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 5,390,674 | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 5,367,504 | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 5,357,756 | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 5,346,292 | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 5,333,135 | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 5,318,323 | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 5,302,079 | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 5,284,585 | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 5,265,970 | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 5,246,341 | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 5,225,725 | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 5,204,191 | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 5,181,996 | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 5,159,193 | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 5,135,906 | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 5,112,164 | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 5,088,002 | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 5,063,600 | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 5,038,933 | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 5,014,014 | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 4,988,989 | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 4,963,847 | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 4,938,476 | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 4,912,885 | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 4,886,923 | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 4,860,572 | -0.54% |
Slovakia has a population of 5.39M as of 2025, compared to 5.42M in 2015, 5.37M in 2005, and 5.36M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.06% per year. Slovakia is ranked 164th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Slovakia will have 4,988,989 people (-7.45% decline) with a rank change from 125th to 129th.
By the year 2100, Slovakia's population is projected to decline by 37.4% to 3.37M people.
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Slovakia population statistics
|
Slovakia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 292.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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