The latest officially reported population of Slovakia was 5,422,069 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovakia's population is 5,390,674 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 7.31 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Slovakia is ranked the 125th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
- The countries together account for 0.54% of the world: 0.07% for Slovakia vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
- For the last 10 years, Slovakia has had an average growth rate of +0.01% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
- Since 2005, the population of Slovakia has increased from 5.37M people to 5.39M (0.33% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 25.3% of the population in Slovakia and 42.2% in Ukraine.
Slovakia vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
5390674
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39426577
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| Population rank | 125/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.8 minutes
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
9.69 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
25 minutes
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -21,027 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | -13 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | -4,671 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.09% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | 146/197 |
Slovakia and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,068,095 | 42,824,093 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,191,667 | 43,399,766 | 3.04% | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 4,238,188 | 43,943,674 | 1.11% | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 4,282,017 | 44,462,372 | 1.03% | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 4,327,341 | 44,951,156 | 1.06% | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 4,370,983 | 45,386,892 | 1.01% | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 4,411,666 | 45,802,519 | 0.93% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 4,449,367 | 46,215,988 | 0.85% | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 4,483,915 | 46,614,325 | 0.78% | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 4,518,607 | 46,976,256 | 0.77% | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 4,538,223 | 47,261,306 | 0.43% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 4,557,449 | 47,573,287 | 0.42% | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 4,596,622 | 47,946,893 | 0.86% | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 4,641,445 | 48,277,121 | 0.98% | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 4,689,623 | 48,576,570 | 1.04% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 4,739,105 | 48,865,229 | 1.06% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 4,789,507 | 49,120,842 | 1.06% | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 4,840,501 | 49,336,481 | 1.06% | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 4,890,125 | 49,521,243 | 1.03% | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 4,938,973 | 49,721,381 | 1% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 4,979,815 | 49,955,152 | 0.83% | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 5,016,105 | 50,189,281 | 0.73% | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 5,055,099 | 50,402,724 | 0.78% | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 5,091,971 | 50,637,029 | 0.73% | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 5,127,097 | 50,887,599 | 0.69% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 5,161,768 | 51,108,770 | 0.68% | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 5,193,838 | 51,318,745 | 0.62% | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 5,222,840 | 51,515,732 | 0.56% | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 5,250,596 | 51,724,853 | 0.53% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 5,275,942 | 51,917,817 | 0.48% | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 5,299,187 | 52,054,092 | 0.44% | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 5,303,294 | 52,170,961 | 0.08% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 5,305,016 | 52,323,671 | 0.03% | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 5,325,305 | 52,350,126 | 0.38% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 5,346,331 | 52,075,998 | 0.39% | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 5,361,999 | 51,665,539 | 0.29% | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 5,373,361 | 51,226,109 | 0.21% | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 5,383,291 | 50,786,885 | 0.18% | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 5,390,516 | 50,379,731 | 0.13% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,396,020 | 49,976,446 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 5,388,720 | 49,556,660 | -0.14% | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 5,378,867 | 49,106,855 | -0.18% | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 5,376,912 | 48,677,281 | -0.04% | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 5,373,374 | 48,315,136 | -0.07% | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 5,372,280 | 47,979,507 | -0.02% | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 5,372,807 | 47,585,556 | 0.01% | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 5,373,054 | 47,278,694 | 0.005% | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 5,374,622 | 47,062,798 | 0.03% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 5,379,233 | 46,819,175 | 0.09% | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 5,386,406 | 46,623,731 | 0.13% | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 5,391,428 | 46,456,003 | 0.09% | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 5,398,384 | 46,307,853 | 0.13% | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 5,407,579 | 46,210,056 | 0.17% | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 5,413,393 | 46,126,770 | 0.11% | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 5,418,649 | 45,972,380 | 0.1% | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 5,423,801 | 45,784,896 | 0.1% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 5,430,798 | 45,616,832 | 0.13% | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 5,439,232 | 45,436,041 | 0.16% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 5,446,771 | 45,208,907 | 0.14% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 5,454,147 | 44,957,458 | 0.14% | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 5,458,827 | 44,680,014 | 0.09% | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 5,447,247 | 44,298,640 | -0.21% | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 5,431,752 | 41,048,766 | -0.28% | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 5,426,740 | 37,732,836 | -0.09% | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 5,422,069 | 37,860,221 | -0.09% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 5,390,674 | 38,980,379 | -0.58% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 5,367,504 | 39,535,850 | -0.43% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 5,357,756 | 39,245,208 | -0.18% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 5,346,292 | 38,952,086 | -0.21% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 5,333,135 | 38,654,416 | -0.25% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 5,318,323 | 38,353,848 | -0.28% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 5,302,079 | 38,050,624 | -0.31% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 5,284,585 | 37,746,688 | -0.33% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 5,265,970 | 37,442,088 | -0.35% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 5,246,341 | 37,135,839 | -0.37% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 5,225,725 | 36,828,149 | -0.39% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 5,204,191 | 36,519,767 | -0.41% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 5,181,996 | 36,209,679 | -0.43% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 5,159,193 | 35,897,705 | -0.44% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 5,135,906 | 35,584,263 | -0.45% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 5,112,164 | 35,270,911 | -0.46% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 5,088,002 | 34,957,580 | -0.47% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 5,063,600 | 34,641,778 | -0.48% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 5,038,933 | 34,324,132 | -0.49% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 5,014,014 | 34,004,074 | -0.49% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 4,988,989 | 33,680,448 | -0.5% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 4,963,847 | 33,351,499 | -0.5% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 4,938,476 | 33,017,828 | -0.51% | -1% |
| 2048 | 4,912,885 | 32,680,968 | -0.52% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 4,886,923 | 32,338,515 | -0.53% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 4,860,572 | 31,990,136 | -0.54% | -1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovakia increased by 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovakia lost -33,127 (a 0.61% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).
Slovakia was ranked 109th most populous country in 2005 and is 125th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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Population differences between Slovakia and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 78.7 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 292.1 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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