The latest officially reported population of Slovakia was 5,422,069 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovakia's population is 5,390,674 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 13 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Slovakia is ranked the 125th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 0.91% of the world: 0.07% for Slovakia vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Slovakia has had an average growth rate of +0.01% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2005, the population of Slovakia has increased from 5.37M people to 5.39M (0.33% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
- The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Slovakia vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
5390674
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69945462
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| Population rank | 125/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.8 minutes
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
9.69 minutes
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
25 minutes
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1.26 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -21,027 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | -13 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | -4,671 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.09% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | 99/197 |
Slovakia and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,068,095 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,191,667 | 52,800,000 | 3.04% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 4,238,188 | 53,250,000 | 1.11% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 4,282,017 | 53,650,000 | 1.03% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 4,327,341 | 54,000,000 | 1.06% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 4,370,983 | 54,348,050 | 1.01% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 4,411,666 | 54,648,500 | 0.93% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 4,449,367 | 54,943,600 | 0.85% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 4,483,915 | 55,211,700 | 0.78% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 4,518,607 | 55,441,750 | 0.77% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 4,538,223 | 55,663,250 | 0.43% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 4,557,449 | 55,896,223 | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 4,596,622 | 56,086,065 | 0.86% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 4,641,445 | 56,194,527 | 0.98% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 4,689,623 | 56,229,974 | 1.04% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 4,739,105 | 56,225,800 | 1.06% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 4,789,507 | 56,211,968 | 1.06% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 4,840,501 | 56,193,492 | 1.06% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 4,890,125 | 56,196,504 | 1.03% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 4,938,973 | 56,246,951 | 1% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 4,979,815 | 56,314,216 | 0.83% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 5,016,105 | 56,333,829 | 0.73% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 5,055,099 | 56,313,641 | 0.78% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 5,091,971 | 56,332,848 | 0.73% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 5,127,097 | 56,422,072 | 0.69% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 5,161,768 | 56,550,268 | 0.68% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 5,193,838 | 56,681,396 | 0.62% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 5,222,840 | 56,802,050 | 0.56% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 5,250,596 | 56,928,327 | 0.53% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 5,275,942 | 57,076,711 | 0.48% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 5,299,187 | 57,247,586 | 0.44% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 5,303,294 | 57,424,897 | 0.08% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 5,305,016 | 57,580,402 | 0.03% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 5,325,305 | 57,718,614 | 0.38% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 5,346,331 | 57,865,745 | 0.39% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 5,361,999 | 58,019,030 | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 5,373,361 | 58,166,950 | 0.21% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 5,383,291 | 58,316,954 | 0.18% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 5,390,516 | 58,487,141 | 0.13% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 5,396,020 | 58,682,466 | 0.1% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 5,388,720 | 58,892,514 | -0.14% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 5,378,867 | 59,119,673 | -0.18% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 5,376,912 | 59,370,479 | -0.04% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 5,373,374 | 59,647,577 | -0.07% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 5,372,280 | 59,987,905 | -0.02% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 5,372,807 | 60,401,206 | 0.01% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 5,373,054 | 60,846,820 | 0.005% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 5,374,622 | 61,322,463 | 0.03% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 5,379,233 | 61,806,995 | 0.09% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 5,386,406 | 62,276,270 | 0.13% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 5,391,428 | 62,766,365 | 0.09% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 5,398,384 | 63,258,810 | 0.13% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 5,407,579 | 63,711,000 | 0.17% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 5,413,393 | 64,139,000 | 0.11% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 5,418,649 | 64,620,000 | 0.1% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 5,423,801 | 65,088,000 | 0.1% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 5,430,798 | 65,607,000 | 0.13% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 5,439,232 | 65,966,000 | 0.16% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 5,446,771 | 66,289,000 | 0.14% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 5,454,147 | 66,631,000 | 0.14% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 5,458,827 | 66,744,000 | 0.09% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 5,447,247 | 66,984,000 | -0.21% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 5,431,752 | 67,604,000 | -0.28% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 5,426,740 | 68,492,000 | -0.09% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 5,422,069 | 69,226,000 | -0.09% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 5,390,674 | 69,639,673 | -0.58% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 5,367,504 | 70,020,350 | -0.43% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 5,357,756 | 70,382,853 | -0.18% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 5,346,292 | 70,732,699 | -0.21% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 5,333,135 | 71,061,482 | -0.25% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 5,318,323 | 71,377,535 | -0.28% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 5,302,079 | 71,678,351 | -0.31% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 5,284,585 | 71,959,934 | -0.33% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 5,265,970 | 72,234,509 | -0.35% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 5,246,341 | 72,497,650 | -0.37% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 5,225,725 | 72,749,096 | -0.39% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 5,204,191 | 72,990,847 | -0.41% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 5,181,996 | 73,218,850 | -0.43% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 5,159,193 | 73,441,349 | -0.44% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 5,135,906 | 73,658,392 | -0.45% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 5,112,164 | 73,868,334 | -0.46% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 5,088,002 | 74,074,316 | -0.47% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 5,063,600 | 74,275,779 | -0.48% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 5,038,933 | 74,475,035 | -0.49% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 5,014,014 | 74,667,284 | -0.49% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 4,988,989 | 74,848,605 | -0.5% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 4,963,847 | 75,020,949 | -0.5% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 4,938,476 | 75,184,478 | -0.51% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 4,912,885 | 75,337,543 | -0.52% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 4,886,923 | 75,476,141 | -0.53% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 4,860,572 | 75,600,588 | -0.54% | 0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovakia increased by 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovakia lost -33,127 (a 0.61% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).
Slovakia was ranked 109th most populous country in 2005 and is 125th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bratislava | 479K |
| Kosice | 224K |
| Petrzalka | 112K |
| Presov | 81.7K |
| Zilina | 80.3K |
| Nitra | 75.9K |
| Banska Bystrica | 73.5K |
| Trnava | 63.2K |
| Trencin | 54.1K |
| Martin | 50.3K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Slovakia and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 78.7 years | 81.6 years |
| Average age | 42 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 292.1 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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