Slovenia Population 2024 (Live)

2,119,259

Slovenia is one of the most rapidly aging European countries with a low birth rate and increasing life expectancy. The working-age group continues to decline, despite immigration. It also has one of Europe's highest suidicde rates at 22 per 100,000.

As with most European countries, Slovenia is slowly aging and declining in population. While the country is currently growing at a rate of 0.3% per year, this fluctuates widely and is still trending flat.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
20,136.40
The current population of Slovenia is 2,119,259 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 2,118,965.

Slovenia Growth Rate

Slovenia Population 2024 (Live)

Slovenia Population Clock

Slovenia Population (as of 3/11/2024)2,119,259
Next UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)2,118,965
Births per Day50
Deaths per Day58
Migrations per Day5
Net Change per Day-3
Population Change Since Jan. 1-213

Components of Population Change

One birth every 28.8 minutes
One death every 24.83 minutes
One immigrant every 288 minutes
Net loss of one person every 480 minutes

Slovenia Population Clock

City
2024 Population
Ljubljana272,220
Maribor95,171
Celje37,520
Kranj36,874
Velenje25,456
Koper24,996
Novo Mesto23,341
Ptuj18,164
Trbovlje15,163
Kamnik13,644

Slovenia Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
20242,118,9650.06%105149109
20232,119,6750.13%105149107
20202,117,6410.22%105148108
20192,112,9010.33%105149108
20182,105,9240.36%105149108
20172,098,3920.4%104149106
20152,080,8620.23%103148105
20102,057,2870.52%102146103
20052,004,7780.21%100144103
20001,984,339-0.07%99144100
19951,991,1060.05%9914396
19901,986,0240.34%9914193
19851,952,5180.53%9713785
19801,901,5700.91%9413684
19751,817,0440.85%9013383
19701,741,2860.85%8613281
19651,669,4530.86%8313176
19601,599,5711%7913073
19551,521,7721.04%7612672

Slovenia Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
20242,118,9650.06%105149109
20252,117,7620%105149109
20302,105,945-0.11%105149114
20352,087,470-0.18%104150118
20402,064,752-0.22%103150118
20452,037,161-0.27%101150122
20502,003,258-0.34%99150126
20551,963,439-0.4%97150131
20601,919,563-0.45%95150132
20651,874,565-0.47%93152135
20701,831,303-0.47%91153134
20751,791,939-0.43%89151136
20801,757,799-0.38%87150138
20851,729,269-0.33%86150137
20901,705,495-0.28%85150136
20951,685,067-0.24%84150137

Slovenia Population by Year (Projections)

Slovenia Population Pyramid 2024

Slovenia Median Age

44.9

Total

43.4

Male

46.6

Female

Slovenia Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Slovenia.

Census Years

Year
Date
20211 January 2021
20181 January 2018
20151 January 2015
20111 January 2011
200231 March 2002
199131 March 1991

Slovenia Population Pyramid

The country has a population density of 101 people per square kilometer (262/sq mi), which ranks 106th in the world. This is one of the lowest population densities in Europe. Most people are concentrated in the Central Slovenian statistical region, which includes the capital and largest city, Ljubljana. Ljubljana has a population of 275,000, which is the only city with a population of more than 100,000. About 65 to 79% of the population lives in urban areas.

Slovenia Demographics

83% of the population are Slovenes, followed by Serbs (2%), Croats (2%), Bosniaks (1%) and other groups. The official language is Slovene, which is spoken by 92% of the Slovenian population. This makes Slovenia one of the most homogenous countries in the EU in terms of speakers of the predominant mother tongue. Hungarian and Italian are official languages as well and spoken by the respective minorities. About 0.2% of people speak Italian while 0.4% speak Hungarian as their native language. Romani is also spoken by the Roma community.

Many people in Slovenia speak a variant of Serbo-Croatian as their native language. Most are immigrants who moved to the country from other former Yugoslav republics between the 1960's and 80's and their descendants. About 12% of Slovenians were born abroad, and there are 100,000 non-EU citizens in the country, which represents 5% of the total population. Most come from Bosnia-Herzegovina, along with Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia.

Slovenia Population Rank 2024
Area (km²)
20,273
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF '23)
$68.39
GDP (UN '22)
$59.98 Bn

Slovenia - General Info

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