Short facts about people of Slovakia

Population:

5,414,937 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  18.86% (male 522,563; female 498,832) 15-64 years:  69.6% (male 1,872,496; female 1,896,249) 65 years and over:  11.54% (male 236,996; female 387,801) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.13% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

10.05 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

9.25 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.61 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

8.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  73.97 years male:  69.95 years female:  78.2 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

less than 0.01% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

400 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Slovak(s) adjective:  Slovak

Ethnic groups:

Slovak 85.7%, Hungarian 10.6%, Roma 1.6% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community, which is about 500,000), Czech, Moravian, Silesian 1.1%, Ruthenian and Ukrainian 0.6%, German 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, other 0.2% (1996)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5%

Languages:

Slovak (official), Hungarian

Literacy:

definition:  NA total population:  NA% male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook