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Population in Slovakia compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Slovakia was 5,422,069 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovakia's population is 5,390,674 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 9.05 times bigger than Slovakia's.
  • Slovakia is ranked the 125th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.07% for Slovakia vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Slovakia has had an average growth rate of +0.01% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Slovakia has increased from 5.37M people to 5.39M (0.33% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 25.3% of the population in Slovakia and 21.4% in Spain.

Slovakia vs Spain: live population counter

Slovakia Spain
Current population
5390674
48786181
Population rank 125/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.59%
One net population change
1.88 hours
1.14 minutes
One birth every
10.8 minutes
1.62 minutes
One death every
9.69 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
25 minutes
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change -21,027 +111,674
Daily growth/decline -13 +1,258
Annual growth/decline -4,671 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate -0.09% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 171/197 108/197

Slovakia and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Slovakia
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Slovakia Spain Slovakia Spain
1960 4,068,095 30,455,000 - -
1961 4,191,667 30,739,250 3.04% 0.93%
1962 4,238,188 31,023,366 1.11% 0.92%
1963 4,282,017 31,296,651 1.03% 0.88%
1964 4,327,341 31,609,195 1.06% 1%
1965 4,370,983 31,954,292 1.01% 1.09%
1966 4,411,666 32,283,194 0.93% 1.03%
1967 4,449,367 32,682,947 0.85% 1.24%
1968 4,483,915 33,113,134 0.78% 1.32%
1969 4,518,607 33,441,054 0.77% 0.99%
1970 4,538,223 33,814,531 0.43% 1.12%
1971 4,557,449 34,224,490 0.42% 1.21%
1972 4,596,622 34,604,469 0.86% 1.11%
1973 4,641,445 34,988,947 0.98% 1.11%
1974 4,689,623 35,373,335 1.04% 1.1%
1975 4,739,105 35,757,900 1.06% 1.09%
1976 4,789,507 36,137,812 1.06% 1.06%
1977 4,840,501 36,511,638 1.06% 1.03%
1978 4,890,125 36,864,898 1.03% 0.97%
1979 4,938,973 37,191,330 1% 0.89%
1980 4,979,815 37,491,165 0.83% 0.81%
1981 5,016,105 37,758,631 0.73% 0.71%
1982 5,055,099 37,986,012 0.78% 0.6%
1983 5,091,971 38,171,525 0.73% 0.49%
1984 5,127,097 38,330,364 0.69% 0.42%
1985 5,161,768 38,469,512 0.68% 0.36%
1986 5,193,838 38,584,624 0.62% 0.3%
1987 5,222,840 38,684,815 0.56% 0.26%
1988 5,250,596 38,766,939 0.53% 0.21%
1989 5,275,942 38,827,764 0.48% 0.16%
1990 5,299,187 38,867,322 0.44% 0.1%
1991 5,303,294 38,966,376 0.08% 0.25%
1992 5,305,016 39,157,685 0.03% 0.49%
1993 5,325,305 39,361,262 0.38% 0.52%
1994 5,346,331 39,549,108 0.39% 0.48%
1995 5,361,999 39,724,050 0.29% 0.44%
1996 5,373,361 39,889,852 0.21% 0.42%
1997 5,383,291 40,057,389 0.18% 0.42%
1998 5,390,516 40,223,509 0.13% 0.41%
1999 5,396,020 40,386,875 0.1% 0.41%
2000 5,388,720 40,567,864 -0.14% 0.45%
2001 5,378,867 40,850,412 -0.18% 0.7%
2002 5,376,912 41,431,558 -0.04% 1.42%
2003 5,373,374 42,187,645 -0.07% 1.82%
2004 5,372,280 42,921,895 -0.02% 1.74%
2005 5,372,807 43,653,155 0.01% 1.7%
2006 5,373,054 44,397,319 0.005% 1.7%
2007 5,374,622 45,226,803 0.03% 1.87%
2008 5,379,233 45,954,106 0.09% 1.61%
2009 5,386,406 46,362,946 0.13% 0.89%
2010 5,391,428 46,576,897 0.09% 0.46%
2011 5,398,384 46,742,697 0.13% 0.36%
2012 5,407,579 46,773,055 0.17% 0.06%
2013 5,413,393 46,604,197 0.11% -0.36%
2014 5,418,649 46,460,733 0.1% -0.31%
2015 5,423,801 46,422,303 0.1% -0.08%
2016 5,430,798 46,458,139 0.13% 0.08%
2017 5,439,232 46,571,232 0.16% 0.24%
2018 5,446,771 46,782,011 0.14% 0.45%
2019 5,454,147 47,118,501 0.14% 0.72%
2020 5,458,827 47,359,424 0.09% 0.51%
2021 5,447,247 47,443,821 -0.21% 0.18%
2022 5,431,752 47,786,102 -0.28% 0.72%
2023 5,426,740 48,347,910 -0.09% 1.18%
2024 5,422,069 48,807,137 -0.09% 0.95%
2025 5,390,674 48,786,181 -0.58% -0.04%
2026 5,367,504 48,746,279 -0.43% -0.08%
2027 5,357,756 48,696,847 -0.18% -0.1%
2028 5,346,292 48,642,132 -0.21% -0.11%
2029 5,333,135 48,578,166 -0.25% -0.13%
2030 5,318,323 48,501,513 -0.28% -0.16%
2031 5,302,079 48,412,854 -0.31% -0.18%
2032 5,284,585 48,321,195 -0.33% -0.19%
2033 5,265,970 48,230,054 -0.35% -0.19%
2034 5,246,341 48,136,421 -0.37% -0.19%
2035 5,225,725 48,036,650 -0.39% -0.21%
2036 5,204,191 47,929,957 -0.41% -0.22%
2037 5,181,996 47,819,257 -0.43% -0.23%
2038 5,159,193 47,706,580 -0.44% -0.24%
2039 5,135,906 47,588,878 -0.45% -0.25%
2040 5,112,164 47,463,597 -0.46% -0.26%
2041 5,088,002 47,332,618 -0.47% -0.28%
2042 5,063,600 47,194,588 -0.48% -0.29%
2043 5,038,933 47,052,293 -0.49% -0.3%
2044 5,014,014 46,902,636 -0.49% -0.32%
2045 4,988,989 46,738,565 -0.5% -0.35%
2046 4,963,847 46,564,383 -0.5% -0.37%
2047 4,938,476 46,381,681 -0.51% -0.39%
2048 4,912,885 46,190,642 -0.52% -0.41%
2049 4,886,923 45,985,428 -0.53% -0.44%
2050 4,860,572 45,769,362 -0.54% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovakia increased by 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovakia lost -33,127 (a 0.61% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Slovakia was ranked 109th most populous country in 2005 and is 125th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Slovakia's population will shrink by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people with a rank change from 125th to 129th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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