The latest officially reported population of Slovakia was 5,422,069 in 2024 vs 48,848,840 people in Spain in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovakia's population is 5,367,504 people compared to 48,787,930 in Spain.
Population statistics:
- Spain's population is 9.09 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Slovakia is ranked the 124th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.06% 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 +0.43% in Spain.
- Since 2006, the population of Slovakia has decreased from 5.37M people to 5.37M (0.1% decline), while Spain has grown from 44.4M to 48.8M (9.89% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 25.6% of the population in Slovakia and 21.8% in Spain.
Slovakia vs Spain: live population counter
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| Current population |
5367504
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48787930
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| Population rank | 124/197 | 32/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.59% |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
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1.06 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.8 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One death every |
9.69 minutes
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1.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
25 minutes
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4.71 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -21,027 | +111,674 |
| Daily growth/decline | -13 | +1,360 |
| Annual growth/decline | -4,671 | +496,312 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.09% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 101/197 |
Slovakia and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 48,352,528 | -0.09% | 1.19% |
| 2024 | 5,422,069 | 48,848,840 | -0.09% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 5,390,674 | 48,827,866 | -0.58% | -0.04% |
| 2026 | 5,367,504 | 48,787,930 | -0.43% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 5,357,756 | 48,738,456 | -0.18% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 5,346,292 | 48,683,694 | -0.21% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 5,333,135 | 48,619,674 | -0.25% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 5,318,323 | 48,542,955 | -0.28% | -0.16% |
| 2031 | 5,302,079 | 48,454,221 | -0.31% | -0.18% |
| 2032 | 5,284,585 | 48,362,482 | -0.33% | -0.19% |
| 2033 | 5,265,970 | 48,271,264 | -0.35% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 5,246,341 | 48,177,551 | -0.37% | -0.19% |
| 2035 | 5,225,725 | 48,077,695 | -0.39% | -0.21% |
| 2036 | 5,204,191 | 47,970,911 | -0.41% | -0.22% |
| 2037 | 5,181,996 | 47,860,116 | -0.43% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 5,159,193 | 47,747,343 | -0.44% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 5,135,906 | 47,629,540 | -0.45% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 5,112,164 | 47,504,152 | -0.46% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 5,088,002 | 47,373,061 | -0.47% | -0.28% |
| 2042 | 5,063,600 | 47,234,914 | -0.48% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 5,038,933 | 47,092,497 | -0.49% | -0.3% |
| 2044 | 5,014,014 | 46,942,712 | -0.49% | -0.32% |
| 2045 | 4,988,989 | 46,778,501 | -0.5% | -0.35% |
| 2046 | 4,963,847 | 46,604,170 | -0.5% | -0.37% |
| 2047 | 4,938,476 | 46,421,312 | -0.51% | -0.39% |
| 2048 | 4,912,885 | 46,230,109 | -0.52% | -0.41% |
| 2049 | 4,886,923 | 46,024,720 | -0.53% | -0.44% |
| 2050 | 4,860,572 | 45,808,469 | -0.54% | -0.47% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Slovakia increased by 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Slovakia lost -63,294 (a 1.17% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).
Slovakia was ranked 110th most populous country in 2006 and is 124th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Slovakia's population will shrink by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people with a rank change from 124th to 129th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.
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Population differences between Slovakia and Spain
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| Life expectancy | 78.8 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 44.7 years |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 46.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 292.1 ppl/mi² | 253.2 ppl/mi² |
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