The latest officially reported population of Slovenia was 2,127,400 in 2024 vs 48,848,840 people in Spain in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovenia's population is 2,123,263 people compared to 48,787,930 in Spain.
Population statistics:
- Spain's population is 23 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Slovenia is ranked the 147th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
- The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.03% for Slovenia vs 0.59% for Spain.
- For the last 10 years, Slovenia has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.43% in Spain.
- Since 2006, the population of Slovenia has increased from 2.01M people to 2.12M (5.8% growth), 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 17.3% of the population in Slovenia and 21.8% in Spain.
Slovenia vs Spain: live population counter
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| Current population |
2123263
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48787930
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| Population rank | 147/197 | 32/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.59% |
| One net population change |
1.26 hours
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1.06 minutes
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| One birth every |
31 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One death every |
24.3 minutes
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1.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.64 hours
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4.71 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,319 | +111,674 |
| Daily growth/decline | +19 | +1,360 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,939 | +496,312 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.33% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 148/197 | 101/197 |
Slovenia and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,584,720 | 30,455,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,594,131 | 30,739,250 | 0.59% | 0.93% |
| 1962 | 1,603,649 | 31,023,366 | 0.6% | 0.92% |
| 1963 | 1,616,971 | 31,296,651 | 0.83% | 0.88% |
| 1964 | 1,632,114 | 31,609,195 | 0.94% | 1% |
| 1965 | 1,649,160 | 31,954,292 | 1.04% | 1.09% |
| 1966 | 1,669,905 | 32,283,194 | 1.26% | 1.03% |
| 1967 | 1,689,528 | 32,682,947 | 1.18% | 1.24% |
| 1968 | 1,704,546 | 33,113,134 | 0.89% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 1,713,874 | 33,441,054 | 0.55% | 0.99% |
| 1970 | 1,724,891 | 33,814,531 | 0.64% | 1.12% |
| 1971 | 1,738,335 | 34,224,490 | 0.78% | 1.21% |
| 1972 | 1,752,233 | 34,604,469 | 0.8% | 1.11% |
| 1973 | 1,766,697 | 34,988,947 | 0.83% | 1.11% |
| 1974 | 1,776,132 | 35,373,335 | 0.53% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 1,793,581 | 35,757,900 | 0.98% | 1.09% |
| 1976 | 1,820,249 | 36,137,812 | 1.49% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 1,842,377 | 36,511,638 | 1.22% | 1.03% |
| 1978 | 1,862,548 | 36,864,898 | 1.09% | 0.97% |
| 1979 | 1,882,599 | 37,191,330 | 1.08% | 0.89% |
| 1980 | 1,901,315 | 37,491,165 | 0.99% | 0.81% |
| 1981 | 1,906,531 | 37,758,631 | 0.27% | 0.71% |
| 1982 | 1,910,334 | 37,986,012 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 1983 | 1,922,321 | 38,171,525 | 0.63% | 0.49% |
| 1984 | 1,932,154 | 38,330,364 | 0.51% | 0.42% |
| 1985 | 1,941,641 | 38,469,512 | 0.49% | 0.36% |
| 1986 | 1,965,964 | 38,584,624 | 1.25% | 0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,989,776 | 38,684,815 | 1.21% | 0.26% |
| 1988 | 1,995,196 | 38,766,939 | 0.27% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 1,996,351 | 38,827,764 | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| 1990 | 1,998,161 | 38,867,322 | 0.09% | 0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,999,429 | 38,966,376 | 0.06% | 0.25% |
| 1992 | 1,996,498 | 39,157,685 | -0.15% | 0.49% |
| 1993 | 1,991,746 | 39,361,262 | -0.24% | 0.52% |
| 1994 | 1,989,443 | 39,549,108 | -0.12% | 0.48% |
| 1995 | 1,989,872 | 39,724,050 | 0.02% | 0.44% |
| 1996 | 1,988,628 | 39,889,852 | -0.06% | 0.42% |
| 1997 | 1,985,956 | 40,057,389 | -0.13% | 0.42% |
| 1998 | 1,981,629 | 40,223,509 | -0.22% | 0.41% |
| 1999 | 1,983,045 | 40,386,875 | 0.07% | 0.41% |
| 2000 | 1,988,925 | 40,567,864 | 0.3% | 0.45% |
| 2001 | 1,992,060 | 40,850,412 | 0.16% | 0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,994,530 | 41,431,558 | 0.12% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 1,995,733 | 42,187,645 | 0.06% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 1,997,012 | 42,921,895 | 0.06% | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 2,000,474 | 43,653,155 | 0.17% | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,006,868 | 44,397,319 | 0.32% | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,018,122 | 45,226,803 | 0.56% | 1.87% |
| 2008 | 2,021,316 | 45,954,106 | 0.16% | 1.61% |
| 2009 | 2,039,669 | 46,362,946 | 0.91% | 0.89% |
| 2010 | 2,048,583 | 46,576,897 | 0.44% | 0.46% |
| 2011 | 2,052,843 | 46,742,697 | 0.21% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 2,057,159 | 46,773,055 | 0.21% | 0.06% |
| 2013 | 2,059,953 | 46,604,197 | 0.14% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 2,061,980 | 46,460,733 | 0.1% | -0.31% |
| 2015 | 2,063,531 | 46,422,303 | 0.08% | -0.08% |
| 2016 | 2,065,042 | 46,458,139 | 0.07% | 0.08% |
| 2017 | 2,066,388 | 46,571,232 | 0.07% | 0.24% |
| 2018 | 2,073,894 | 46,782,011 | 0.36% | 0.45% |
| 2019 | 2,088,385 | 47,118,501 | 0.7% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 2,102,419 | 47,359,424 | 0.67% | 0.51% |
| 2021 | 2,108,079 | 47,443,821 | 0.27% | 0.18% |
| 2022 | 2,112,076 | 47,786,102 | 0.19% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 2,120,461 | 48,352,528 | 0.4% | 1.19% |
| 2024 | 2,127,400 | 48,848,840 | 0.33% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 2,125,771 | 48,827,866 | -0.08% | -0.04% |
| 2026 | 2,123,263 | 48,787,930 | -0.12% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 2,120,217 | 48,738,456 | -0.14% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 2,116,494 | 48,683,694 | -0.18% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 2,112,173 | 48,619,674 | -0.2% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 2,107,590 | 48,542,955 | -0.22% | -0.16% |
| 2031 | 2,102,682 | 48,454,221 | -0.23% | -0.18% |
| 2032 | 2,097,639 | 48,362,482 | -0.24% | -0.19% |
| 2033 | 2,092,539 | 48,271,264 | -0.24% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 2,087,474 | 48,177,551 | -0.24% | -0.19% |
| 2035 | 2,082,359 | 48,077,695 | -0.25% | -0.21% |
| 2036 | 2,076,980 | 47,970,911 | -0.26% | -0.22% |
| 2037 | 2,071,332 | 47,860,116 | -0.27% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 2,065,836 | 47,747,343 | -0.27% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 2,060,512 | 47,629,540 | -0.26% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 2,055,171 | 47,504,152 | -0.26% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 2,049,707 | 47,373,061 | -0.27% | -0.28% |
| 2042 | 2,043,776 | 47,234,914 | -0.29% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 2,037,534 | 47,092,497 | -0.31% | -0.3% |
| 2044 | 2,031,130 | 46,942,712 | -0.31% | -0.32% |
| 2045 | 2,024,576 | 46,778,501 | -0.32% | -0.35% |
| 2046 | 2,017,955 | 46,604,170 | -0.33% | -0.37% |
| 2047 | 2,011,220 | 46,421,312 | -0.33% | -0.39% |
| 2048 | 2,004,390 | 46,230,109 | -0.34% | -0.41% |
| 2049 | 1,997,296 | 46,024,720 | -0.35% | -0.44% |
| 2050 | 1,989,697 | 45,808,469 | -0.38% | -0.47% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Slovenia increased by 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Slovenia gained 58,221 (a 2.82% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).
Slovenia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2006 and is 147th 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) Slovenia's population will shrink by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Slovenia and Spain
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| Life expectancy | 82.1 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 44.7 years |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 46.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 273.7 ppl/mi² | 253.2 ppl/mi² |
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