🇸🇰Slovak Republic

Bratislava

Europe

High income

SVK

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Population

5.4M

0.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.46

births/woman

Life Expectancy

78.4y

GDP / capita

$28.5K

Pop. Growth

-0.15%

Net Migration

-31.4K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Slovak Republic by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇦Ukraine122.3K(37.7%)

15×

🇨🇿Czechia97.4K(30.1%)

+32%

🇭🇺

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.6MTotal 5.4M2.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇷🇴Romania10.6K(3.3%)

+58%

🇬🇧United Kingdom10K(3.1%)

+147%

🇵🇱Poland8K(2.5%)

+44%

🇩🇪Germany6.7K(2.1%)

+75%

🇦🇹Austria5.1K(1.6%)

+97%

🇮🇹Italy4.3K(1.3%)

+92%

🇷🇺Russian Federation3.4K(1.0%)

+47%

🇫🇷France3.3K(1.0%)

+35%

🇺🇸United States2.9K(0.9%)

+63%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Slovak Republic diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Slovak Republic who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇿Czechia231.4K(59.3%)

−20%

🇦🇹Austria50.4K(12.9%)

+96%

🇭🇺Hungary24.7K(6.3%)

+12%

🇨🇭Switzerland24.4K(6.3%)

+145%

🇨🇦Canada12.3K(3.2%)

−10%

🇮🇹Italy10.3K(2.6%)

+14%

🇮🇪Ireland9.6K(2.5%)

−9%

🇦🇺Australia6.8K(1.7%)

+13%

🇳🇴Norway4.2K(1.1%)

+108%

🇩🇰Denmark3.2K(0.8%)

+268%

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina3K(0.8%)

−12%

🇵🇱Poland1.9K(0.5%)

+14%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024