Demographics of Slovenia

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Slovenia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
With 101 inhabitants per square kilometre, Slovenia ranks low among the European countries in population density for the Netherlands or 195/km². The Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region has the lowest population density while the Central Slovenia Statistical Region has the highest.
According to the 2002 census, Slovenia's main ethnic group are Slovenes. At least 13% of the population were immigrants from other parts of Former Yugoslavia, primarily ethnic Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs and their descendants. They have settled mainly in cities and suburbanised areas. Relatively small but protected by the Constitution of Slovenia are the Hungarian and the Italian national community. A special position is held by the autochthonous and geographically dispersed Roma ethnic community.
Slovenia is among the European countries with the most pronounced ageing of population, ascribable to a low birth rate and increasing life expectancy. Almost all Slovenian inhabitants older than 64 are retired, with no significant difference between the genders. The working-age group is diminishing in spite of immigration. The proposal to raise the retirement age from the current 57 for women and 58 for men was rejected in a referendum in 2011. Also the difference among the genders regarding life expectancy is still significant. In 2007, it was 74.6 years for men and 81.8 years for women. In addition, in 2009, the suicide rate in Slovenia was 22 per 100,000 persons per year, which places Slovenia among the highest ranked European countries in this regard.

Vital statistics

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change	Total fertility rate	Female fertile population
1950	1,466,881	35,156	17,335	17,821	24.0	11.8	12.1	3.01	408,581
1951	1,480,245	34,020	18,497	15,523	23.0	12.5	10.5	2.90	404,031
1952	1,493,550	33,444	15,617	17,827	22.4	10.5	11.9	2.86	399,484
1953	1,508,428	33,754	14,948	18,806	22.4	9.9	12.5	2.86	394,935
1954	1,521,485	31,828	14,897	16,931	20.9	9.8	11.1	2.64	399,380
1955	1,533,998	32,096	15,109	16,987	20.9	9.8	11.1	2.61	403,825
1956	1,545,591	31,466	16,351	15,115	20.4	10.6	9.8	2.52	408,271
1957	1,556,521	30,086	14,545	15,541	19.3	9.3	10.0	2.41	405,284
1958	1,566,979	28,283	14,082	14,201	18.0	9.0	9.1	2.22	409,354
1959	1,576,204	28,432	15,357	13,075	18.0	9.7	8.3	2.23	409,202
1960	1,580,145	27,825	15,145	12,680	17.6	9.6	8.0	2.20	405,210
1961	1,595,450	28,955	14,013	14,942	18.1	8.8	9.4	2.33	401,219
1962	1,604,980	29,035	15,866	13,169	18.1	9.9	8.2	2.28	410,687
1963	1,614,414	29,174	15,102	14,072	18.1	9.4	8.7	2.27	410,442
1964	1,630,553	29,184	16,729	12,455	17.9	10.3	7.6	2.30	404,812
1965	1,650,413	30,587	15,987	14,600	18.5	9.7	8.8	2.43	413,598
1966	1,669,606	30,941	15,248	15,693	18.5	9.1	9.4	2.47	421,820
1967	1,690,939	29,824	16,353	13,471	17.6	9.7	8.0	2.37	431,579
1968	1,703,708	28,580	17,446	11,134	16.8	10.2	6.5	2.25	444,518
1969	1,714,022	27,883	18,564	9,319	16.3	10.8	5.4	2.18	447,334
1970	1,726,513	27,432	17,354	10,078	15.9	10.1	5.8	2.11	448,739
1971	1,738,101	28,278	17,425	10,853	16.3	10.0	6.2	2.17	451,193
1972	1,751,506	28,713	18,153	10,560	16.4	10.4	6.0	2.16	447,843
1973	1,766,125	29,548	17,614	11,934	16.7	10.0	6.8	2.21	453,882
1974	1,782,470	28,625	17,206	11,419	16.1	9.7	6.4	2.12	454,814
1975	1,800,022	29,786	18,180	11,606	16.5	10.1	6.4	2.18	460,560
1976	1,819,276	30,339	18,157	12,182	16.7	10.0	6.7	2.19	458,903
1977	1,839,358	29,904	17,633	12,271	16.3	9.6	6.7	2.16	457,783
1978	1,862,620	30,354	18,357	11,997	16.3	9.9	6.4	2.20	452,406
1979	1,882,304	30,604	18,148	12,456	16.3	9.6	6.6	2.19	459,736
1980	1,901,208	29,902	18,820	11,082	15.7	9.9	5.8	2.11	467,064
1981	1,917,469	29,220	18,733	10,487	15.2	9.8	5.5	1.97	476,888
1982	1,924,877	28,894	19,647	9,247	15.0	10.2	4.8	1.93	481,591
1983	1,933,104	27,200	20,703	6,497	14.1	10.7	3.4	1.81	483,848
1984	1,942,802	26,274	20,214	6,060	13.5	10.4	3.1	1.75	485,852
1985	1,973,151	25,933	19,854	6,079	13.1	10.1	3.1	1.72	488,181
1986	1,980,718	25,570	19,499	6,071	12.9	9.8	3.1	1.67	496,670
1987	1,989,462	25,592	19,837	5,755	12.9	10.0	2.9	1.65	505,330
1988	1,999,988	25,209	19,126	6,083	12.6	9.6	3.0	1.63	507,570
1989	1,999,404	23,447	18,669	4,778	11.7	9.3	2.4	1.53	508,739
1990	1,998,090	22,368	18,555	3,813	11.2	9.3	1.9	1.46	510,180
1991	2,001,768	21,583	19,324	2,259	10.8	9.7	1.1	1.42	511,850
1992	1,995,832	19,982	19,333	649	10.0	9.7	0.3	1.33	512,188
1993	1,990,623	19,793	20,012	-219	9.9	10.1	-0.1	1.33	511,701
1994	1,988,850	19,463	19,359	104	9.8	9.7	0.1	1.32	512,918
1995	1,987,505	18,980	18,968	12	9.5	9.5	0.0	1.29	515,495
1996	1,991,169	18,788	18,620	168	9.4	9.4	0.1	1.28	516,639
1997	1,986,848	18,165	18,928	-763	9.1	9.5	-0.4	1.25	516,407
1998	1,982,603	17,856	19,039	-1,183	9.0	9.6	-0.6	1.23	516,296
1999	1,985,557	17,533	18,885	-1,352	8.8	9.5	-0.7	1.21	516,261
2000	1,990,272	18,180	18,588	-408	9.1	9.3	-0.2	1.26	515,258
2001	1,992,035	17,477	18,508	-1,031	8.8	9.3	-0.5	1.21	512,358
2002	1,995,718	17,501	18,701	-1,200	8.8	9.4	-0.6	1.21	510,692
2003	1,996,773	17,321	19,451	-2,130	8.7	9.7	-1.1	1.21	507,713
2004	1,997,004	17,961	18,523	-562	9.0	9.3	-0.3	1.25	504,530
2005	2,001,114	18,157	18,825	-668	9.1	9.4	-0.3	1.26	500,449
2006	2,008,516	18,932	18,180	752	9.4	9.1	0.4	1.32	496,853
2007	2,019,406	19,823	18,584	1,239	9.8	9.2	0.6	1.39	491,536
2008	2,022,629	21,817	18,308	3,509	10.8	9.1	1.7	1.54	486,506
2009	2,042,335	21,856	18,750	3,106	10.7	9.2	1.5	1.54	483,680
2010	2,049,261	22,343	18,609	3,734	10.9	9.1	1.8	1.58	479,815
2011	2,052,496	21,947	18,699	3,248	10.7	9.1	1.6	1.57	474,646
2012	2,056,262	21,938	19,257	2,681	10.7	9.4	1.3	1.59	469,442
2013	2,059,114	21,111	19,334	1,777	10.3	9.4	0.9	1.55	463,138
2014	2,061,623	21,165	18,886	2,279	10.3	9.2	1.1	1.58	456,811
2015	2,063,077	20,641	19,834	807	10.0	9.6	0.4	1.58	450,224
2016	2,064,241	20,345	19,689	656	9.9	9.5	0.3	1.59	443,390
2017	2,066,161	20,241	20,509	-268	9.8	9.9	-0.1	1.62	436,478
2018	2,070,050	19,585	20,485	-900	9.5	9.9	-0.4	1.61	430,225
2019	2,089,310	19,328	20,588	-1,260	9.3	9.9	-0.6	1.61	428,255
	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change	Total fertility rate	Female fertile population
Total 1950-2019		1,763,557	1,263,851	499,706	950.8	681.4	269.4
Average 1950-2019	1,854,869	25,194	18,055	7,139	13.6	9.7	3.8	1.86	462,330

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - March 2019 = 4,517
from January - March 2020 = 4,364
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -153

Deaths

from January - March 2019 = 5,968
from January - March 2020 = 5,711
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -257

Natural increase

from January - March 2019 = -1,451
from January - March 2020 = -1,347
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +104
Life expectancy at birth

Marriages and divorces

	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate	Crude divorce rate	Divorces per 1000 marriages
1950	1,466,881	14,817	924	10.1	0.6	62.4
1951	1,480,245	13,332	845	9.0	0.6	63.4
1952	1,493,550	12,873	835	8.6	0.6	64.9
1953	1,508,428	13,368	973	8.9	0.6	72.8
1954	1,521,485	14,126	747	9.3	0.5	52.9
1955	1,533,998	14,105	1,155	9.2	0.8	81.9
1956	1,545,591	13,740	1,367	8.9	0.9	99.5
1957	1,556,521	13,124	1,393	8.4	0.9	106.1
1958	1,566,979	12,998	1,403	8.3	0.9	107.9
1959	1,576,204	13,618	1,454	8.6	0.9	106.8
1960	1,580,145	14,013	1,540	8.9	1.0	109.9
1961	1,595,450	14,442	1,562	9.1	1.0	108.2
1962	1,604,980	14,535	1,532	9.1	1.0	105.4
1963	1,614,414	14,277	1,550	8.8	1.0	108.6
1964	1,630,553	14,622	1,671	9.0	1.0	114.3
1965	1,650,413	15,121	1,841	9.2	1.1	121.8
1966	1,669,606	14,348	1,853	8.6	1.1	129.1
1967	1,690,939	13,984	1,973	8.3	1.2	141.1
1968	1,703,708	14,010	2,023	8.2	1.2	144.4
1969	1,714,022	14,113	2,008	8.2	1.2	142.3
1970	1,726,513	14,281	1,913	8.3	1.1	134.0
1971	1,738,101	14,186	1,957	8.2	1.1	138.0
1972	1,751,506	15,792	1,840	9.0	1.1	116.5
1973	1,766,125	15,681	2,093	8.9	1.2	133.5
1974	1,782,470	15,408	2,102	8.6	1.2	136.4
1975	1,800,022	15,379	2,205	8.5	1.2	143.4
1976	1,819,276	15,048	2,198	8.3	1.2	146.1
1977	1,839,358	15,026	2,406	8.2	1.3	160.1
1978	1,862,620	14,695	2,515	7.9	1.4	171.1
1979	1,882,304	14,230	2,220	7.6	1.2	156.0
1980	1,901,208	12,377	2,309	6.5	1.2	186.6
1981	1,917,469	12,153	2,443	6.3	1.3	201.0
1982	1,924,877	11,689	2,537	6.1	1.3	217.0
1983	1,933,104	11,878	2,710	6.1	1.4	228.2
1984	1,942,802	11,386	2,538	5.9	1.3	222.9
1985	1,973,151	10,579	2,547	5.4	1.3	240.8
1986	1,980,718	10,621	2,281	5.4	1.2	214.8
1987	1,989,462	10,307	2,163	5.2	1.1	209.9
1988	1,999,988	9,217	2,075	4.6	1.0	225.1
1989	1,999,404	9,776	2,161	4.9	1.1	221.1
1990	1,998,090	8,517	1,858	4.3	0.9	218.2
1991	2,001,768	8,173	1,828	4.1	0.9	223.7
1992	1,995,832	9,119	1,966	4.6	1.0	215.6
1993	1,990,623	9,022	1,962	4.5	1.0	217.5
1994	1,988,850	8,314	1,923	4.2	1.0	231.3
1995	1,987,505	8,245	1,585	4.1	0.8	192.2
1996	1,991,169	7,555	2,004	3.8	1.0	265.3
1997	1,986,848	7,500	1,996	3.8	1.0	266.1
1998	1,982,603	7,528	2,074	3.8	1.0	275.5
1999	1,985,557	7,716	2,074	3.9	1.0	268.8
2000	1,990,272	7,201	2,125	3.6	1.1	295.1
2001	1,992,035	6,935	2,274	3.5	1.1	327.9
2002	1,995,718	7,064	2,457	3.5	1.2	347.8
2003	1,996,773	6,756	2,461	3.4	1.2	364.3
2004	1,997,004	6,558	2,411	3.3	1.2	367.6
2005	2,001,114	5,769	2,647	2.9	1.3	458.8
2006	2,008,516	6,368	2,334	3.2	1.2	366.5
2007	2,019,406	6,373	2,617	3.2	1.3	410.6
2008	2,022,629	6,703	2,246	3.3	1.1	335.1
2009	2,042,335	6,542	2,297	3.2	1.1	351.1
2010	2,049,261	6,528	2,430	3.2	1.2	372.2
2011	2,052,496	6,671	2,298	3.3	1.1	344.5
2012	2,056,262	7,057	2,509	3.4	1.2	355.5
2013	2,059,114	6,254	2,351	3.0	1.1	375.9
2014	2,061,623	6,571	2,469	3.2	1.2	375.7
2015	2,063,077	6,449	2,432	3.1	1.2	377.1
2016	2,064,241	6,667	2,531	3.2	1.2	379.6
2017	2,066,161	6,481	2,387	3.1	1.2	368.3
2018	2,070,050	7,256	2,347	3.5	1.1	323.5
2019	2,089,310	6,672	2,476	3.2	1.2	371.1
	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate	Crude divorce rate	Divorces per 1000 marriages
Total 1950-2019		753,839	141,231
Average 1950-2019	1,854,869	10,769	2,018	5.8	1.1	187.3

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Vital statistics by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019
Average population	1,524,988	1,645,423	1,796,830	1,956,218	1,990,885	2,006,580	2,063,160
Live births	31,857	29,199	29,358	26,724	19,451	18,903	20,864
Deaths	15,674	16,045	17,823	19,510	19,102	18,642	19,589
Natural change	16,183	13,154	11,536	7,214	349	261	1,275
Crude birth rate	20.9	17.7	16.3	13.7	9.8	9.4	10.1
Crude death rate	10.3	9.8	9.9	10.0	9.6	9.3	9.5
Natural change	10.6	8.0	6.4	3.7	0.2	0.1	0.6
Total fertility rate	2.62	2.31	2.17	1.77	1.31	1.32	1.59
Female fertile population	404,235	419,122	454,586	490,173	513,994	500,958	453,242
Marriages and divorces by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019
Average population	1,524,988	1,645,423	1,796,830	1,956,218	1,990,885	2,006,580	2,063,160
Marriages	13,610	14,347	14,973	10,998	8,169	6,627	6,661
Divorces	1,110	1,755	2,145	2,376	1,927	2,387	2,423
Crude marriage rate	8.9	8.7	8.3	5.6	4.1	3.3	3.2
Crude divorce rate	0.7	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.2
Divorces per 1000 marriages	81.5	122.4	143.3	216.1	235.9	360.2	363.8

Births and fertility rates

Live births by age of mother	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Live births by age of mother
Live births total	25,194	35,156	34,020	33,444	33,754	31,828	32,096	31,466	30,086	28,283	28,432	27,825	28,955	29,035	29,174	29,184	30,587	30,941	29,824	28,580	27,883	27,432	28,278	28,713	29,548	28,625	29,786	30,339	29,904	30,354	30,604	29,902	29,220	28,894	27,200	26,274	25,933	25,570	25,592	25,209	23,447	22,368	21,583	19,982	19,793	19,463	18,980	18,788	18,165	17,856	17,533	18,180	17,477	17,501	17,321	17,961	18,157	18,932	19,823	21,817	21,856	22,343	21,947	21,938	21,111	21,165	20,641	20,345	20,241	19,585	19,328	Live births total
Under 15	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	1	3	7	4	4	8	3	1	1	2	4	2	6	6	11	9	8	14	11	9	8	9	9	8	13	9	5	2	4	6	1	6	4	5	2	2	4	4	2	2	5	1	1	4	2	0	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	Under 15
15-19	1,778	1,785	1,727	1,698	1,657	1,563	1,576	1,646	1,571	1,554	1,687	1,621	1,971	2,212	2,066	1,964	2,412	2,920	2,971	3,170	3,178	3,176	3,419	3,738	3,991	3,971	4,070	4,081	3,879	3,755	3,943	3,954	3,593	3,331	3,286	3,129	2,909	2,623	2,423	2,224	1,911	1,741	1,516	1,400	1,171	1,042	971	805	660	603	544	511	441	383	366	329	368	279	290	277	283	250	254	217	221	232	208	188	181	172	206	15-19
20-24	7,660	9,543	9,235	9,078	10,049	9,475	9,555	9,398	9,047	8,496	8,643	8,451	8,994	9,427	9,726	10,066	10,618	10,101	9,919	9,553	9,478	10,164	11,262	11,498	11,912	11,676	12,435	12,552	12,586	12,770	12,795	12,327	11,966	11,977	11,359	10,986	10,829	10,812	10,784	10,385	9,654	8,885	8,158	7,300	6,691	6,240	5,759	5,571	5,097	4,712	4,435	4,285	3,761	3,367	3,177	3,054	2,783	2,617	2,553	2,774	2,656	2,626	2,529	2,549	2,449	2,256	2,153	2,012	2,104	2,074	2,020	20-24
25-29	7,873	11,008	10,652	10,472	10,331	9,742	9,824	9,712	9,344	8,953	8,929	8,904	8,720	8,509	8,291	8,205	8,529	8,621	8,178	7,976	7,604	6,935	6,599	6,710	6,946	6,901	7,563	8,263	8,212	8,728	8,723	8,622	8,532	8,533	7,783	7,648	7,571	7,439	7,707	7,969	7,511	7,430	7,465	7,064	7,354	7,355	7,196	7,088	6,946	6,844	6,803	7,224	7,028	7,055	6,881	7,143	7,135	7,346	7,521	7,935	7,868	7,833	7,534	7,385	7,158	7,151	6,886	6,707	6,471	6,062	5,826	25-29
30-34	5,029	5,133	4,967	4,883	7,253	6,839	6,897	6,586	6,228	5,579	5,525	5,384	5,539	5,361	5,476	5,354	5,351	5,515	5,057	4,545	4,447	4,240	4,135	4,062	4,020	3,729	3,463	3,322	3,275	3,265	3,385	3,439	3,670	3,618	3,459	3,322	3,301	3,392	3,341	3,292	3,088	3,059	3,119	3,020	3,278	3,553	3,713	3,943	4,020	4,128	4,179	4,416	4,505	4,740	4,939	5,298	5,588	6,213	6,772	7,663	7,815	8,128	7,975	8,011	7,621	7,554	7,476	7,350	7,309	7,056	6,885	30-34
35-39	2,202	5,109	4,944	4,860	2,759	2,601	2,623	2,792	2,868	2,846	2,986	2,822	2,951	2,762	2,567	2,581	2,726	2,773	2,757	2,452	2,364	2,161	2,069	1,947	1,979	1,761	1,692	1,615	1,480	1,431	1,370	1,193	1,085	1,118	1,026	926	1,097	1,101	1,150	1,140	1,082	1,043	1,090	978	1,089	1,091	1,133	1,157	1,241	1,319	1,330	1,498	1,514	1,688	1,678	1,798	1,935	2,107	2,253	2,715	2,786	3,029	3,182	3,212	3,113	3,413	3,285	3,387	3,442	3,502	3,597	35-39
40-44	580	2,301	2,227	2,189	1,556	1,468	1,480	1,176	895	687	554	557	672	717	827	808	761	839	794	728	658	649	648	598	619	541	506	443	425	358	348	323	336	279	253	237	204	187	178	187	192	196	223	205	198	170	192	213	192	239	225	240	220	257	268	325	324	353	415	433	435	446	456	532	520	529	606	665	696	674	756	40-44
45-49	43	204	197	194	135	127	128	122	103	145	103	78	68	27	56	25	55	31	54	56	56	62	42	28	37	25	34	39	33	30	32	31	20	21	19	17	17	14	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	9	12	7	7	9	11	4	7	7	10	12	20	14	18	18	12	27	15	28	26	29	23	33	34	39	32	45-49
50 and over	3	11	11	11	2	2	2	4	4	7	0	3	27	9	67	20	12	2	1	4	1	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	5	3	50 and over
Unknown	20	59	57	56	11	10	10	26	22	12	4	2	6	7	94	153	120	138	92	94	93	38	94	123	33	12	15	10	3	7	0	4	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Unknown
Female fertile population by age group	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Female fertile population by age group
Total female 15–49 years	462,330	408,581	404,031	399,484	394,935	399,380	403,825	408,271	405,284	409,354	409,202	405,210	401,219	410,687	410,442	404,812	413,598	421,820	431,579	444,518	447,334	448,739	451,193	447,843	453,882	454,814	460,560	458,903	457,783	452,406	459,736	467,064	476,888	481,591	483,848	485,852	488,181	496,670	505,330	507,570	508,739	510,180	511,850	512,188	511,701	512,918	515,495	516,639	516,407	516,296	516,261	515,258	512,358	510,692	507,713	504,530	500,449	496,853	491,536	486,506	483,680	479,815	474,646	469,442	463,138	456,811	450,224	443,390	436,478	430,225	428,255	Total female 15–49 years
10-14	62,956	60,000	61,314	62,627	63,941	64,850	65,758	66,667	57,143	57,143	66,667	69,060	71,453	40,000	40,000	80,000	60,000	66,667	66,667	142,857	40,000	66,667	66,827	60,000	55,000	90,000	80,000	70,000	55,000	90,000	90,000	90,000	68,138	67,647	67,926	68,582	69,476	71,234	72,631	73,006	73,334	73,634	73,300	72,443	71,382	69,936	68,137	66,031	64,272	63,039	61,802	59,786	58,735	56,206	53,532	51,652	50,180	48,448	47,827	46,774	45,895	45,359	45,000	44,346	44,112	44,247	44,420	44,666	45,815	47,678	49,994	10-14
15-19	64,793	73,156	70,454	67,752	65,050	64,724	64,398	64,072	63,347	64,481	63,902	62,111	60,320	59,946	60,233	62,152	66,814	71,046	73,177	83,202	75,308	74,554	74,076	73,008	71,268	69,545	68,289	67,566	66,649	66,696	68,464	70,231	70,967	71,853	71,931	71,417	70,481	69,922	69,827	69,953	70,361	70,985	71,954	72,528	72,713	73,060	73,458	73,052	72,003	71,141	69,477	68,001	65,578	64,173	63,287	62,010	60,088	59,114	56,582	53,909	52,120	50,751	48,992	48,403	47,369	46,371	45,747	45,504	44,801	44,617	44,995	15-19
20-24	67,378	71,914	70,862	69,809	68,757	68,443	68,130	67,816	65,749	65,103	63,786	62,486	61,187	63,015	63,694	63,388	61,733	60,304	60,556	61,474	62,314	66,649	70,213	72,543	74,126	75,039	74,955	74,228	72,751	71,102	70,413	69,723	75,213	74,589	74,418	74,672	75,157	76,329	77,316	77,088	76,207	74,780	72,777	70,992	70,083	69,929	70,560	71,535	72,004	72,049	72,948	73,328	73,135	72,610	71,776	70,153	68,841	66,610	65,133	64,218	63,264	61,562	60,525	58,071	55,402	53,423	51,832	49,998	49,384	48,385	47,908	20-24
25-29	69,149	65,485	65,487	65,490	65,492	66,480	67,469	68,457	67,956	68,975	68,632	66,512	64,393	65,454	64,321	63,359	60,748	60,797	61,443	64,116	63,209	61,535	57,625	58,551	59,115	60,909	65,651	70,383	72,352	73,841	75,206	76,572	79,524	80,246	79,600	78,500	77,662	78,223	78,712	78,326	78,285	78,465	78,507	78,037	77,070	75,650	73,943	71,963	70,349	69,561	69,580	70,309	71,700	72,447	72,585	73,541	74,085	73,997	73,475	72,617	71,285	70,236	68,101	66,797	66,087	64,608	62,413	60,899	58,053	55,213	53,777	25-29
30-34	68,119	36,717	41,666	46,616	51,566	55,825	60,083	64,342	64,539	65,713	65,852	65,886	65,920	67,519	68,025	68,030	65,256	63,831	62,587	57,605	60,586	60,485	60,234	60,537	61,468	61,332	59,400	58,179	58,274	58,935	62,986	67,037	71,642	74,608	76,960	78,871	79,760	81,186	82,403	81,549	80,176	78,995	78,051	77,133	76,608	76,633	77,146	77,431	77,252	76,594	75,599	73,756	71,657	70,439	69,849	69,878	70,616	72,106	72,786	73,077	74,445	75,038	74,877	74,400	73,535	71,840	70,393	68,013	66,368	65,270	64,359	30-34
35-39	66,340	56,767	51,020	45,274	39,527	39,857	40,187	40,517	46,035	52,998	57,756	60,005	62,254	64,084	64,823	55,268	64,751	65,401	65,800	61,454	66,034	64,895	63,427	62,204	61,080	60,308	60,214	60,261	60,163	61,154	60,856	60,558	57,754	58,911	59,692	61,733	66,565	72,510	76,320	78,425	79,921	80,524	80,662	80,537	79,597	78,396	77,477	76,719	76,047	76,078	76,189	76,750	77,088	77,295	76,819	75,781	73,980	71,981	70,663	70,088	70,407	71,237	72,800	73,517	73,597	74,426	74,862	74,533	73,921	73,068	71,993	35-39
40-44	64,478	54,786	54,736	54,686	54,636	52,943	51,250	49,558	43,447	38,380	35,063	36,372	37,680	45,669	52,013	56,901	59,921	61,691	63,016	60,667	63,883	64,257	64,695	65,000	65,158	65,181	64,051	63,286	61,594	60,678	60,811	60,943	59,798	60,281	61,262	61,249	59,208	58,668	59,995	60,629	62,424	67,175	71,933	74,491	76,527	78,192	78,287	77,971	78,284	77,885	77,597	76,685	76,275	75,938	75,992	76,090	76,625	77,104	77,315	76,831	76,062	74,364	72,322	71,017	70,416	70,412	71,049	72,596	73,308	73,506	74,744	40-44
45-49	62,073	49,756	49,806	49,857	49,907	51,108	52,308	53,509	54,211	53,704	54,211	51,838	49,465	45,000	37,333	35,714	34,375	38,750	45,000	56,000	56,000	56,364	60,923	56,000	61,667	62,500	68,000	65,000	66,000	60,000	61,000	62,000	61,990	61,103	59,985	59,410	59,348	59,832	60,757	61,600	61,365	59,256	57,966	58,470	59,103	61,058	64,624	67,968	70,468	72,988	74,871	76,429	76,925	77,790	77,405	77,077	76,214	75,941	75,582	75,766	76,097	76,627	77,029	77,237	76,732	75,731	73,928	71,847	70,643	70,166	70,479	45-49
50-54	62,391	36,667	39,628	42,590	45,551	47,034	48,517	50,000	40,000	53,846	55,000	53,578	52,155	90,000	51,538	50,000	60,000	40,000	50,000	200,000	50,000	25,000	36,373	30,000	60,000	62,000	70,000	64,000	65,000	62,500	61,750	61,000	62,349	62,826	63,077	62,962	62,098	61,343	60,725	59,544	58,775	58,624	58,589	58,962	59,862	59,897	57,300	55,162	55,473	56,044	57,280	62,281	67,587	69,448	72,140	73,896	75,409	75,998	76,877	76,477	76,336	75,639	75,362	74,997	75,148	75,303	75,798	76,191	76,485	76,073	75,293	50-54
General,specific and total fertility rates	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	General,specific and total fertility rates
General fertility rate	54.49	86.04	84.20	83.72	85.47	79.69	79.48	77.07	74.23	69.09	69.48	68.67	72.17	70.70	71.08	72.09	73.95	73.35	69.10	64.29	62.33	61.13	62.67	64.11	65.10	62.94	64.67	66.11	65.32	67.09	66.57	64.02	61.27	60.00	56.22	54.08	53.12	51.48	50.64	49.67	46.09	43.84	42.17	39.01	38.68	37.95	36.82	36.37	35.18	34.58	33.96	35.28	34.11	34.27	34.12	35.60	36.28	38.10	40.33	44.84	45.19	46.57	46.24	46.73	45.58	46.33	45.85	45.89	46.37	45.52	45.13	General fertility rate
Under 15	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.10	0.03	0.09	0.10	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.13	0.12	0.19	0.13	0.07	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.01	0.08	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.00	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.07	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.06	Under 15
15-19	27.46	24.40	24.55	25.10	25.48	24.16	24.48	25.69	24.80	24.10	26.40	26.10	32.68	36.90	34.30	31.60	36.10	41.10	40.60	38.10	42.20	42.60	46.31	51.20	56.00	57.10	59.60	60.40	58.20	56.30	57.59	56.30	50.64	46.37	45.68	43.81	41.27	37.51	34.70	31.79	27.16	24.53	21.07	19.30	16.10	14.26	13.22	11.02	9.17	8.48	7.83	7.51	6.72	5.97	5.78	5.31	6.12	4.72	5.13	5.14	5.43	4.93	5.18	4.48	4.67	5.00	4.55	4.13	4.04	3.86	4.58	15-19
20-24	113.78	132.70	130.54	130.26	146.20	138.48	140.29	138.58	137.60	130.50	135.50	135.25	147.02	149.60	152.70	158.80	172.00	167.50	163.80	155.40	152.10	152.50	160.93	158.50	160.70	155.60	165.90	169.10	173.00	179.60	181.71	176.80	159.14	160.62	152.64	147.12	144.09	141.65	139.48	134.72	126.68	118.82	112.10	102.83	95.47	89.24	81.62	77.88	70.79	65.40	60.80	58.44	51.43	46.37	44.26	43.53	40.43	39.29	39.20	43.20	41.98	42.66	41.78	43.89	44.20	42.23	41.54	40.24	42.60	42.86	42.16	20-24
25-29	113.94	168.10	162.93	160.17	157.80	146.59	145.65	141.87	137.50	129.80	130.10	133.88	135.45	130.00	128.90	129.50	140.40	141.80	133.10	124.40	120.30	112.70	114.90	114.60	117.50	113.30	115.20	117.40	113.50	118.20	115.99	112.60	107.32	106.36	97.78	97.43	97.49	95.10	97.91	101.74	95.94	94.69	95.09	90.53	95.42	97.23	97.32	98.50	98.74	98.39	97.77	102.75	98.02	97.38	94.80	97.13	96.31	99.27	102.36	109.27	110.37	111.52	110.63	110.56	108.31	110.68	110.33	110.13	111.47	109.79	108.34	25-29
30-34	73.89	139.80	119.41	104.92	140.70	122.55	114.83	102.36	96.50	84.90	83.90	81.72	84.04	79.40	80.50	78.70	82.00	86.40	80.80	78.90	73.40	70.10	68.88	67.10	65.40	60.80	58.30	57.10	56.20	55.40	53.74	51.30	51.24	48.51	44.95	42.12	41.39	41.78	40.54	40.37	38.52	38.72	39.96	39.16	42.79	46.37	48.13	50.92	52.04	53.89	55.28	59.87	62.87	67.29	70.71	75.82	79.13	86.16	93.04	104.86	104.98	108.32	106.51	107.67	103.64	105.15	106.20	108.07	110.13	108.10	106.98	30-34
35-39	33.23	90.00	97.07	107.53	69.82	65.28	65.29	68.91	62.30	53.70	51.70	47.03	47.41	43.10	39.60	46.70	42.10	42.40	41.90	39.90	35.80	33.30	32.73	31.30	32.40	29.20	28.10	26.80	24.60	23.40	22.51	19.70	18.79	18.98	17.19	15.00	16.48	15.18	15.07	14.54	13.54	12.95	13.51	12.14	13.68	13.92	14.62	15.08	16.32	17.34	17.46	19.52	19.64	21.84	21.84	23.73	26.16	29.27	31.88	38.74	39.57	42.52	43.71	43.69	42.30	45.86	43.88	45.44	46.56	47.93	49.96	35-39
40-44	9.00	42.00	40.75	40.10	28.49	27.74	28.89	23.73	20.60	17.90	15.80	15.32	17.84	15.70	15.90	14.20	12.70	13.60	12.60	12.00	10.30	10.10	10.05	9.20	9.50	8.30	7.90	7.00	6.90	5.90	5.72	5.30	5.62	4.63	4.13	3.87	3.45	3.19	2.97	3.08	3.08	2.92	3.10	2.75	2.59	2.17	2.45	2.73	2.45	3.07	2.90	3.13	2.88	3.38	3.53	4.27	4.23	4.58	5.37	5.64	5.72	6.00	6.31	7.49	7.38	7.51	8.53	9.16	9.49	9.17	10.11	40-44
45-49	0.69	4.10	3.96	3.90	2.71	2.49	2.45	2.28	1.90	2.70	1.90	1.50	1.37	0.60	1.50	0.70	1.60	0.80	1.20	1.00	1.00	1.10	0.69	0.50	0.60	0.40	0.50	0.60	0.50	0.50	0.52	0.50	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.29	0.29	0.23	0.08	0.10	0.11	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.17	0.15	0.19	0.10	0.10	0.12	0.15	0.05	0.09	0.09	0.13	0.16	0.26	0.18	0.24	0.24	0.16	0.35	0.19	0.36	0.34	0.38	0.31	0.46	0.48	0.56	0.45	45-49
50 and over	0.05	0.30	0.28	0.26	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.08	0.10	0.13	0.00	0.06	0.52	0.10	1.30	0.40	0.20	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.20	0.11	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.04	50 and over
Total fertility rate	1.86	3.01	2.90	2.86	2.86	2.64	2.61	2.52	2.41	2.22	2.23	2.20	2.33	2.28	2.27	2.30	2.43	2.47	2.37	2.25	2.18	2.11	2.17	2.16	2.21	2.12	2.18	2.19	2.16	2.20	2.19	2.11	1.97	1.93	1.81	1.75	1.72	1.67	1.65	1.63	1.53	1.46	1.42	1.33	1.33	1.32	1.29	1.28	1.25	1.23	1.21	1.26	1.21	1.21	1.21	1.25	1.26	1.32	1.39	1.54	1.54	1.58	1.57	1.59	1.55	1.58	1.58	1.59	1.62	1.61	1.61	Total fertility rate

Immigration

Ethnic groups

The majority of Slovenia's population are ethnic Slovenes. Hungarians and Italians have the status of indigenous minorities under the Constitution of Slovenia, which guarantees them seats in the National Assembly. Most other minority groups, particularly those from other parts of the former Yugoslavia, relocated after World War II for economic reasons.
Around 12.4% of the inhabitants of Slovenia were born abroad.
According to data from 2008, there were around 100,000 non-EU citizens living in Slovenia, or around 5% of the overall population of the country. The highest number came from Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by immigrants from Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia and Kosovo. In April 2019, there were 143,192 foreign citizens living in Slovenia, representing 6.87% of Slovenia's population. The number of people migrating to Slovenia has been steadily rising from 1995; and the rate of immigration itself has been increasing year-on-year, reaching its peak in 2016. Since Slovenia joined the EU in 2004, the yearly inflow of immigrants has doubled by 2006 and tripled by 2009. In 2007, Slovenia was one of the countries with the fastest growth of net migration rate in the European Union.

Religion

Traditionally, Slovenes are predominantly Roman Catholic. Before World War II, 97% of Slovenes declared as Roman Catholics, around 2.5% were Lutheran, and only around 0.5% belonged to other denominations. Catholicism was an important feature of both social and political life in pre-Communist Slovenia. After 1945, the country underwent a process of gradual but steady secularization. After a decade of severe persecution of religions, the Communist regime adopted a policy of relative tolerance towards the churches, but limited their social functioning. After 1990, the Roman Catholic Church regained some of its former influence, but Slovenia remains a largely secularized society. According to the 2002 census, 57.8% of the population is Roman Catholic. As elsewhere in Europe, affiliation with Roman Catholicism is dropping: in 1991, 71.6% were self-declared Catholics, which means a drop of more than 1% annually. The vast majority of Slovenian Catholics belong to the Latin Rite. A small number of Greek Catholics live in the White Carniola region.
Despite a relatively small number of Protestants, the Protestant legacy is important because of its historical significance, since the bases of Slovene standard language and Slovene literature were established by the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Nowadays, a significant Lutheran minority lives in the easternmost region of Prekmurje, where they represent around a fifth of the population and are headed by a bishop with the seat in Murska Sobota.
Besides these two Christian denominations, a small Jewish community has also been historically present. Despite the losses suffered during the Holocaust, Judaism still numbers a few hundred adherents, mostly living in Ljubljana, site of the sole remaining active synagogue in the country.
According to the 2002 census, Islam is the second largest religious denomination with around 2.4% of the population. Most Slovenian Muslims came from Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. The third largest denomination, with around 2.2% of the population, is Orthodox Christianity, with most adherents belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church while a minority belongs to the Macedonian and other Orthodox churches.
In the 2002, around 10% of Slovenes declared themselves as atheists, another 10% professed no specific denomination, and around 16% decided not to answer the question about their religious affiliation. According to the Eurobarometer Poll 2005, 37% of Slovenian citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 46% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 16% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force".
The distribution of the residents of Slovenia by religion is the following: Roman Catholic 57.8%, atheist 10.1%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox Christian 2.3%, Protestant 0.9%, other and unknown 26.5%.
According to the published data from the 2002 Slovenian census, out of a total of 47,488 Muslims 2,804 Muslims declared themselves as ethnic Slovenian Muslims.

Language

The official language in Slovenia is Slovene, which is a member of the South Slavic language group. In 2002, Slovene was the native language of around 88% of Slovenia's population according to the census, with more than 92% of the Slovenian population speaking it in their home environment. This places Slovenia among the most homogeneous countries in the EU in terms of the share of speakers of predominant mother tongue. Slovene is sometimes characterized as the most diverse Slavic language in terms of dialects, with different degrees of mutual intelligibility. Accounts of the number of dialects range from as few as seven dialects, often considered dialect groups or dialect bases that are further subdivided into as many as 50 dialects. Other sources characterize the number of dialects as nine or eight.
The distribution of speakers by language is the following: Slovene 87.7%, Serbo-Croatian 8%, Hungarian 0.4%, Albanian 0.4%, Macedonian 0.2%, Romani 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, German 0.1%, other 0.1%, unknown 2.7%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population

2,102,678

Age structure

0–14 years:
13.4%

15–64 years:
69.8%

65 years and over:
16.8%

Median age

Urbanization

Sex ratio

at birth:
1.07 male/female

under 15 years:
1.06 male/female

15–64 years:
1.01 male/female

65 years and over:
0.66 male/female

total population:
0.95 male/female

Infant mortality rate

4.12 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population:
80 years

male:
77 years

female:
83 years

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