Demographics of Slovenia

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{{Infobox place demographics

|place=Slovenia|image=File:Slovenia single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Slovenia in 2020|size_of_population=2,101,208 (2022 est.)|growth={{decrease}} 0.06% (2022 est.)|birth=8.3 births/1,000 population|death=10.4 deaths/1,000 population|net_migration=1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population|infant_mortality=1.52 deaths/1,000 live births|total_mf_ratio=1 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.04 male(s)/female|life=81.82 years|life_male=78.96 years|life_female=84.79 years|fertility=1.6 children}}

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{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Source:{{cite web |title=Population and household censuses |url=https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStat/en/Podrocja/Index/100/population |website=SiStat Database |access-date=15 January 2022}}

|1857 | 1101854

|1869 | 1128768

|1880 | 1182223

|1890 | 1234056

|1900 | 1268055

|1910 | 1321098

|1921 | 1304800

|1931 | 1397650

|1948 | 1439800

|1953 | 1504427

|1961 | 1591523

|1971 | 1727137

|1981 | 1891864

|1991 | 1913355

|2002 | 1964036

|2011 | 2050189

|2021 | 2108977

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Demographic features of the population of Slovenia include 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 (262/sq mi), Slovenia ranks low among the European countries in population density (compared to 402/km2 (1042/sq mi) for the Netherlands or 195/km2 (505/sq mi) for Italy). The Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region has the lowest population density, and the Central Slovenia Statistical Region has the highest.{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.si/letopis/2010/30_10/30-09-10.htm|title=Napaka 404|website=www.stat.si|access-date=24 April 2012|archive-date=26 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826070232/http://www.stat.si/letopis/2010/30_10/30-09-10.htm|url-status=dead}}

According to the 2002 census, Slovenia's main ethnic group are Slovenes (83%). At least 13% of the population were immigrants from other parts of former Yugoslavia, primarily ethnic Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Croats and Serbs and their descendants.{{Cite news|url=http://www2.arnes.si/~ljinv16/RIG/RIG%2053_54/rig%2053%20medvesek.pdf |title=Kdo so priseljenci z območja nekdanje Jugoslavije |trans-title=Who Are the Immigrants from the Area of Former Yugoslavia |language=sl |first=Mojca |last=Medvešek |journal=Razprave in Gradivo |publisher=Institute for Ethnic Studies |issue=53–54 |year=2007 |page=34}} They have settled mainly in cities and suburbanised areas.{{Cite news |url=http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/publikacije/dela/files/dela_25/07%20repolust.pdf |first=Peter |last=Repolusk |title=Narodnostno neopredeljeno prebivalstvo ob popisih 1991 in 2002 v Sloveniji |trans-title=Ethnically Undeclared Population in Slovenian Population Censuses 1991 and 2002 |language=sl, en |journal=Dela |volume=25 |pages=87–96 |year=2006 |publisher=Anton Melik Geographical Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014855/http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/publikacije/dela/files/dela_25/07%20repolust.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2012}} Relatively small but protected by the Constitution of Slovenia are the Hungarian and the Italian national community.{{cite news |url=http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2957 |title=International Mother Language Day 2010 |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225163236/https://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2957%20 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dz-rs.si/index.php?id=351&docid=25&showdoc=1 |title=Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia |publisher=National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia |access-date=26 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223221038/http://www.dz-rs.si/index.php?id=351&docid=25&showdoc=1 |archive-date=23 December 2010}}{{cite book |url=http://www.eliamep.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/slovenija_slov.pdf |title=Poročilo: Italijanska narodna skupnost v Slovenski Istri |language=sl |trans-title=Report: The Italian National Community in the Slovenian Istria |year=2009 |first=Ksenija |last=Šabec |publisher=Center for Cultural and Religious Studies, University of Ljubljana |access-date=1 February 2011 |page=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511125306/http://www.eliamep.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/slovenija_slov.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} A special position is held by the geographically dispersed Roma ethnic community.{{cite book |url=http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dela/Gajsek-Nina.PDF |title=Pravice romske skupnosti v Republiki Sloveniji |language=sl |trans-title=Rights of the Roma Community in the Republic of Slovenia |year=2004 |first=Nina |last=Gajšek |publisher=Faculty of Social Science, University of Ljubljana}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/publikacije/dela/files/Dela_27/12_zupancic.pdf |title=Romska naselja kot poseben del naselbinskega sistema v Sloveniji |language=sl, en |trans-title=Roma Settlements as a Specific Part of Settlement System in Slovenia |first=Jernej |last=Zupančič |journal=Dela |publisher=Institute of Geography |volume=27 |year=2007 |pages=215–246 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014932/http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/publikacije/dela/files/Dela_27/12_zupancic.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2012}}

Slovenia is among the European countries with the most pronounced ageing of population, ascribable to a low birth rate and increasing life expectancy.{{cite news |url=http://www.delo.si/zgodbe/delo2020/demografski-preobrat-tiha-revolucija-med-nami.html |title=Demografski preobrat: tiha revolucija med nami |language=sl |trans-title=The Demographic Overturn: The Silent Revolution Among Us |date=20 June 2011 |first=Milena |last=Zupanič |newspaper=Delo.si |publisher=Delo, d. d. |issn=1854-6544}} Almost all Slovenian inhabitants older than 64 are retired, with no significant difference between the genders.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmAQ_cwR14oC&pg=PA118 |title=Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications |chapter=Population Ageing in Slovenia and Social Support Networks of Older People |pages=118–119 |editor-first=Andreas |editor-last=Hoff |first1=Valentina |last1=Hlebec |first2=Milivoja |last2=Šircelj |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |date=September 2011 |isbn=978-0-7546-7828-1}} The working-age group is diminishing in spite of immigration.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgBaG-NB9hMC&pg=PA34 |title=Slovenia |chapter=Strong Growth but an Ageing Workforce |page=34 |publisher=OECD Publishing |date=July 2009 |isbn=978-92-64-06894-0}} The proposal to raise the retirement age from the current 57 for women and 58 for men was rejected in a referendum in 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/10/30/Countries-With-Aging-Populations.html |title=Countries with Aging Populations |publisher=CNBC|date=23 January 2012 |first=Rajeshni |last=Naidu-Ghelani |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223035533/http://www.cnbc.com/id/46010334/Countries_With_Aging_Populations?slide=3 |archive-date=23 February 2013}} 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.[http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2397 Complete life table for the population of Slovenia, 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302223347/http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2397 |date=2 March 2012 }}, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2009. 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=3380 |title=World Suicide Prevention Day 2010 |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |date=September 2010 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=13 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165716/http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=3380 |url-status=dead }}

Population

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! Census date

! Population

! Population density
(per km2)

1857

| 1,101,854

| 54.4

1869

| 1,128,768

| 55.7

1880

| 1,182,223

| 58.3

1890

| 1,234,056

| 60.9

1900

| 1,268,055

| 62.5

1910

| 1,321,098

| 65.2

1921

| 1,304,800

| 64.4

1931

| 1,397,650

| 68.9

1948

| 1,439,800

| 71.0

1953

| 1,504,427

| 74.2

1961

| 1,591,523

| 78.5

1971

| 1,727,137

| 85.2

1981

| 1,891,864

| 93.3

1991

| 1,913,355

| 94.4

2002

| 1,964,036

| 96.9

2011

| 2,050,189

| 101.1

2021

| 2,108,977

| 104.0

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| y1= 1.47,1.48,1.49, 1.51, 1.52, 1.53, 1.55, 1.56, 1.57, 1.58, 1.58, 1.6, 1.6, 1.61, 1.63, 1.65, 1.67, 1.69, 1.7, 1.71, 1.73, 1.74, 1.75, 1.77, 1.78, 1.8, 1.82, 1.84, 1.86, 1.88, 1.9, 1.92, 1.92,1.93, 1.94,1.97, 1.98, 1.99, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1.99, 1.99, 1.99, 1.99, 1.99, 1.98, 1.99, 1.99, 1.99, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2.01, 2.02, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.05,2.06, 2.06, 2.06, 2.06, 2.06, 2.07, 2.07, 2.09, 2.1, 2.11, 2.11

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| y1Title=Crude migration change (per 1000)

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| y1= 3.01,2.90,2.86,2.86,2.64,2.61,2.52,2.41,2.22,2.23,2.20,2.33,2.28,2.27,2.30,2.43,2.47,2.37,2.25,2.18,2.11,2.17,2.16,2.21,2.12,2.18,2.19,2.16,2.20,2.19,2.11,1.97,1.93,1.81,1.75,1.72,1.67,1.65,1.63,1.53,1.46,1.42,1.33,1.33,1.32,1.29,1.28,1.25,1.23,1.21,1.26,1.21,1.21,1.21,1.25,1.26,1.32,1.39,1.54,1.54,1.58,1.57,1.59,1.55,1.58,1.58,1.59,1.62,1.61,1.61,1.60,1.64

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Vital statistics

{{Cite web|url=https://pxweb.stat.si/sistat/sl|title=Podatkovna baza SiStat|website=pxweb.stat.si}}{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database|title=Database - Eurostat|website=ec.europa.eu}}

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en|title=SURS|website=www.stat.si|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629175729/https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en|url-status=dead}}

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! style="width:60pt;" |Mid-year population

! style="width:60pt;" |Live births

! style="width:60pt;" |Deaths

! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change

! style="width:60pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)

! style="width:60pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)

! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)

! style="width:60pt;" |Total fertility rate

! style="width:60pt;" |Female fertile population (15–49 years)

1950

| style="text-align:right;" |1,466,881

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |35,992

| style="text-align:right;" |17,335

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18,657

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |24.5

| style="text-align:right;" |11.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12.7

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.12

| style="text-align:right;" |389,726

1951

| style="text-align:right;" |1,480,245

| style="text-align:right;" |34,819

| style="text-align:right;" |18,497

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16,322

| style="text-align:right;" |23.5

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |12.5

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11.0

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.98

| style="text-align:right;" |391,462

1952

| style="text-align:right;" |1,493,550

| style="text-align:right;" |34,165

| style="text-align:right;" |15,617

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18,548

| style="text-align:right;" |22.9

| style="text-align:right;" |10.5

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.91

| style="text-align:right;" |393,199

1953

| style="text-align:right;" |1,508,428

| 33,754

| style="text-align:right;" |14,948

| style="color:blue" |18,806

| style="text-align:right;" |22.4

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="color:blue" |12.5

| style="color:blue" |2.80

| style="color:red" |394,935

1954

| style="text-align:right;" |1,521,485

| style="text-align:right;" |31,828

| style="text-align:right;" |14,897

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16,931

| style="text-align:right;" |20.9

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11.1

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.58

| style="text-align:right;" |395,721

1955

| style="text-align:right;" |1,533,998

| style="text-align:right;" |32,096

| style="text-align:right;" |15,109

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16,987

| style="text-align:right;" |20.9

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11.1

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.58

| style="text-align:right;" |396,506

1956

| style="text-align:right;" |1,545,591

| style="text-align:right;" |31,466

| style="text-align:right;" |16,351

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15,115

| style="text-align:right;" |20.4

| style="text-align:right;" |10.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.51

| style="text-align:right;" |397,292

1957

| style="text-align:right;" |1,556,521

| style="text-align:right;" |30,086

| style="text-align:right;" |14,545

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15,541

| style="text-align:right;" |19.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.38

| style="text-align:right;" |398,077

1958

| style="text-align:right;" |1,566,979

| style="text-align:right;" |28,284

| style="text-align:right;" |14,082

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,202

| style="text-align:right;" |18.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.22

| style="text-align:right;" |398,863

1959

| style="text-align:right;" |1,576,204

| style="text-align:right;" |28,429

| style="text-align:right;" |15,357

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |13,072

| style="text-align:right;" |18.0

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.3

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.23

| style="text-align:right;" |399,648

1960

| style="text-align:right;" |1,580,145

| style="text-align:right;" |27,825

| style="text-align:right;" |15,145

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,680

| style="text-align:right;" |17.6

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.0

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.18

| style="text-align:right;" |400,434

1961

| style="text-align:right;" |1,595,450

| style="text-align:right;" |28,955

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |14,013

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,942

| style="text-align:right;" |18.1

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |2.26

| style="text-align:right;" |401,219

1962

| style="text-align:right;" |1,604,980

| style="text-align:right;" |29,035

| style="text-align:right;" |15,866

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |13,169

| style="text-align:right;" |18.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.2

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.27

| style="text-align:right;" |406,216

1963

| style="text-align:right;" |1,614,414

| style="text-align:right;" |29,174

| style="text-align:right;" |15,102

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,072

| style="text-align:right;" |18.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.7

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.28

| style="text-align:right;" |411,214

1964

| style="text-align:right;" |1,630,553

| style="text-align:right;" |29,184

| style="text-align:right;" |16,729

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,455

| style="text-align:right;" |17.9

| style="text-align:right;" |10.3

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |7.6

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.32

| style="text-align:right;" |416,211

1965

| style="text-align:right;" |1,650,413

| style="text-align:right;" |30,587

| style="text-align:right;" |15,987

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,600

| style="text-align:right;" |18.5

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.45

| style="text-align:right;" |421,209

1966

| style="text-align:right;" |1,669,606

| style="text-align:right;" |30,941

| style="text-align:right;" |15,248

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15,693

| style="text-align:right;" |18.5

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.48

| style="text-align:right;" |426,206

1967

| style="text-align:right;" |1,690,939

| style="text-align:right;" |29,824

| style="text-align:right;" |16,353

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |13,471

| style="text-align:right;" |17.6

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.0

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.38

| style="text-align:right;" |431,203

1968

| style="text-align:right;" |1,703,708

| style="text-align:right;" |28,580

| style="text-align:right;" |17,446

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,134

| style="text-align:right;" |16.8

| style="text-align:right;" |10.2

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.5

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.28

| style="text-align:right;" |436,201

1969

| style="text-align:right;" |1,714,022

| style="text-align:right;" |27,883

| style="text-align:right;" |18,564

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9,319

| style="text-align:right;" |16.3

| style="text-align:right;" |10.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.17

| style="text-align:right;" |441,198

1970

| style="text-align:right;" |1,726,513

| style="text-align:right;" |27,432

| style="text-align:right;" |17,354

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10,078

| style="text-align:right;" |15.9

| style="text-align:right;" |10.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.8

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.21

| style="text-align:right;" |446,196

1971

| style="text-align:right;" |1,738,101

| style="text-align:right;" |28,278

| style="text-align:right;" |17,425

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10,853

| style="text-align:right;" |16.3

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.2

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.16

| style="text-align:right;" |451,193

1972

| style="text-align:right;" |1,751,506

| style="text-align:right;" |28,713

| style="text-align:right;" |18,153

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10,560

| style="text-align:right;" |16.4

| style="text-align:right;" |10.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.0

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.14

| style="text-align:right;" |453,763

1973

| style="text-align:right;" |1,766,125

| style="text-align:right;" |29,548

| style="text-align:right;" |17,614

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,934

| style="text-align:right;" |16.7

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.8

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.18

| style="text-align:right;" |456,332

1974

| style="text-align:right;" |1,782,470

| style="text-align:right;" |28,625

| style="text-align:right;" |17,206

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,419

| style="text-align:right;" |16.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.10

| style="text-align:right;" |458,902

1975

| style="text-align:right;" |1,800,022

| style="text-align:right;" |29,786

| style="text-align:right;" |18,180

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,606

| style="text-align:right;" |16.5

| style="text-align:right;" |10.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.16

| style="text-align:right;" |461,471

1976

| style="text-align:right;" |1,819,276

| style="text-align:right;" |30,339

| style="text-align:right;" |18,157

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,182

| style="text-align:right;" |16.7

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.7

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.17

| style="text-align:right;" |464,041

1977

| style="text-align:right;" |1,839,358

| style="text-align:right;" |29,904

| style="text-align:right;" |17,633

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,271

| style="text-align:right;" |16.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.7

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.16

| style="text-align:right;" |466,610

1978

| style="text-align:right;" |1,862,620

| style="text-align:right;" |30,354

| style="text-align:right;" |18,357

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,997

| style="text-align:right;" |16.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.4

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.19

| style="text-align:right;" |469,180

1979

| style="text-align:right;" |1,882,304

| style="text-align:right;" |30,604

| style="text-align:right;" |18,148

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,456

| style="text-align:right;" |16.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6.6

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.22

| style="text-align:right;" |471,749

1980

| style="text-align:right;" |1,901,208

| style="text-align:right;" |29,902

| style="text-align:right;" |18,820

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11,082

| style="text-align:right;" |15.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.8

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.11

| style="text-align:right;" |474,319

1981

| style="text-align:right;" |1,917,469

| style="text-align:right;" |29,220

| style="text-align:right;" |18,733

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10,487

| style="text-align:right;" |15.2

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.5

| style="text-align:right; " |1.96

| style="text-align:right;" |476,888

1982

| style="text-align:right;" |1,924,877

| style="text-align:right;" |28,894

| style="text-align:right;" |19,647

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9,247

| style="text-align:right;" |15.0

| style="text-align:right;" |10.2

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |4.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.93

| style="text-align:right;" |480,333

1983

| style="text-align:right;" |1,933,104

| style="text-align:right;" |27,200

| style="text-align:right;" |20,703

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6,497

| style="text-align:right;" |14.1

| style="text-align:right;" |10.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.82

| style="text-align:right;" |482,847

1984

| style="text-align:right;" |1,942,802

| style="text-align:right;" |26,274

| style="text-align:right;" |20,214

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6,060

| style="text-align:right;" |13.5

| style="text-align:right;" |10.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.75

| style="text-align:right;" |484,847

1985

| style="text-align:right;" |1,973,151

| style="text-align:right;" |25,933

| style="text-align:right;" |19,854

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6,079

| style="text-align:right;" |13.1

| style="text-align:right;" |10.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3.1

| style="text-align:right; " |1.72

| style="text-align:right;" |486,852

1986

| style="text-align:right;" |1,980,718

| style="text-align:right;" |25,570

| style="text-align:right;" |19,499

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6,071

| style="text-align:right;" |12.9

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3.1

| style="text-align:right; " |1.65

| style="text-align:right;" |489,508

1987

| style="text-align:right;" |1,989,462

| style="text-align:right;" |25,592

| style="text-align:right;" |19,837

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5,755

| style="text-align:right;" |12.9

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |2.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.64

| style="text-align:right;" |503,828

1988

| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,988

| style="text-align:right;" |25,209

| style="text-align:right;" |19,126

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |6,083

| style="text-align:right;" |12.6

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3.0

| style="text-align:right; " |1.63

| style="text-align:right;" |506,828

1989

| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,404

| style="text-align:right;" |23,447

| style="text-align:right;" |18,669

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |4,778

| style="text-align:right;" |11.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |2.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.52

| style="text-align:right;" |508,310

1990

| style="text-align:right;" |1,998,090

| style="text-align:right;" |22,368

| style="text-align:right;" |18,555

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3,813

| style="text-align:right;" |11.2

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.46

| style="text-align:right;" |509,166

1991

| style="text-align:right;" |2,001,768

| style="text-align:right;" |21,583

| style="text-align:right;" |19,324

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |2,259

| style="text-align:right;" |10.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.42

| style="text-align:right;" |511,191

1992

| style="text-align:right;" |1,995,832

| style="text-align:right;" |19,982

| style="text-align:right;" |19,333

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |649

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.34

| style="text-align:right;" |512,506

1993

| style="text-align:right;" |1,990,623

| style="text-align:right;" |19,793

| style="text-align:right;" |20,012

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -219

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right;" |10.1

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.33

| style="text-align:right;" |511,866

1994

| style="text-align:right;" |1,988,850

| style="text-align:right;" |19,463

| style="text-align:right;" |19,359

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |104

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.32

| style="text-align:right;" |511,534

1995

| style="text-align:right;" |1,987,505

| style="text-align:right;" |18,980

| style="text-align:right;" |18,968

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.0

| style="text-align:right;" |1.29

| style="text-align:right;" |514,298

1996

| style="text-align:right;" |1,991,169

| style="text-align:right;" |18,788

| style="text-align:right;" |18,620

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |168

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.28

| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |516,690

1997

| style="text-align:right;" |1,986,848

| style="text-align:right;" |18,165

| style="text-align:right;" |18,928

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -763

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.25

| style="text-align:right;" |516,585

1998

| style="text-align:right;" |1,982,603

| style="text-align:right;" |17,856

| style="text-align:right;" |19,039

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1,183

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.23

| style="text-align:right;" |516,296

1999

| style="text-align:right;" |1,985,557

| style="text-align:right;" |17,533

| style="text-align:right;" |18,885

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1,352

| style="text-align:right;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.7

| style="text-align:right;" |1.21

| style="text-align:right;" |516,261

2000

| style="text-align:right;" |1,990,272

| style="text-align:right;" |18,180

| style="text-align:right;" |18,588

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -408

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.26

| style="text-align:right;" |515,258

2001

| style="text-align:right;" |1,992,035

| style="text-align:right;" |17,477

| style="text-align:right;" |18,508

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1,031

| style="text-align:right;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.21

| style="text-align:right;" |512,358

2002

| style="text-align:right;" |1,995,718

| style="text-align:right;" |17,501

| style="text-align:right;" |18,701

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1,200

| style="text-align:right;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.21

| style="text-align:right;" |510,692

2003

| style="text-align:right;" |1,996,773

| style="text-align:right;" |17,321

| style="text-align:right;" |19,451

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -2,130

| style="text-align:right;" |8.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.7

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1.1

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |1.20

| style="text-align:right;" |507,713

2004

| style="text-align:right;" |1,997,004

| style="text-align:right;" |17,961

| style="text-align:right;" |18,523

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -562

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.25

| style="text-align:right;" |504,530

2005

| style="text-align:right;" |2,001,114

| style="text-align:right;" |18,157

| style="text-align:right;" |18,825

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -668

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.26

| style="text-align:right;" |500,449

2006

| style="text-align:right;" |2,008,516

| style="text-align:right;" |18,932

| style="text-align:right;" |18,180

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |752

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.31

| style="text-align:right;" |496,853

2007

| style="text-align:right;" |2,019,406

| style="text-align:right;" |19,823

| style="text-align:right;" |18,584

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1,239

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.2

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.31

| style="text-align:right;" |491,536

2008

| style="text-align:right;" |2,022,629

| style="text-align:right;" |21,817

| style="text-align:right;" |18,308

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3,509

| style="text-align:right;" |10.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.7

| style="text-align:right;" |1.53

| style="text-align:right;" |486,506

2009

| style="text-align:right;" |2,042,335

| style="text-align:right;" |21,856

| style="text-align:right;" |18,750

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3,106

| style="text-align:right;" |10.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.2

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.53

| style="text-align:right;" |483,681

2010

| style="text-align:right;" |2,049,261

| style="text-align:right;" |22,343

| style="text-align:right;" |18,609

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3,734

| style="text-align:right;" |10.9

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.57

| style="text-align:right;" |479,815

2011

| style="text-align:right;" |2,052,496

| style="text-align:right;" |21,947

| style="text-align:right;" |18,699

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |3,248

| style="text-align:right;" |10.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.56

| style="text-align:right;" |474,646

2012

| style="text-align:right;" |2,056,262

| style="text-align:right;" |21,938

| style="text-align:right;" |19,257

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |2,681

| style="text-align:right;" |10.7

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.58

| style="text-align:right;" |469,442

2013

| style="text-align:right;" |2,059,114

| style="text-align:right;" |21,111

| style="text-align:right;" |19,334

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1,777

| style="text-align:right;" |10.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.4

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.55

| style="text-align:right;" |463,138

2014

| style="text-align:right;" |2,061,623

| style="text-align:right;" |21,165

| style="text-align:right;" |18,886

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |2,279

| style="text-align:right;" |10.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.2

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.58

| style="text-align:right;" |456,811

2015

| style="text-align:right;" |2,063,077

| style="text-align:right;" |20,641

| style="text-align:right;" |19,834

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |807

| style="text-align:right;" |10.0

| style="text-align:right;" |9.6

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.57

| style="text-align:right;" |450,224

2016

| style="text-align:right;" |2,064,241

| style="text-align:right;" |20,345

| style="text-align:right;" |19,689

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |656

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right; color:green;" |0.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.58

| style="text-align:right;" |443,390

2017

| style="text-align:right;" |2,066,161

| style="text-align:right;" |20,241

| style="text-align:right;" |20,509

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -268

| style="text-align:right;" |9.8

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.62

| style="text-align:right;" |436,478

2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/8253|title=Demographic events, Slovenia, 2018|website=www.stat.si}}

| style="text-align:right;" |2,070,050

| style="text-align:right;" |19,585

| style="text-align:right;" |20,485

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -900

| style="text-align:right;" |9.5

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.61

| style="text-align:right;" |430,225

2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/8908|title=Births, Slovenia, 2019|website=www.stat.si}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/8926|title=Deaths, Slovenia, 2019|website=www.stat.si}}

| style="text-align:right;" |2,089,310

| style="text-align:right;" |19,328

| style="text-align:right;" |20,588

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -1,260

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right;" |9.9

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.61

| style="text-align:right;" |428,255

2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/9636|title=Births, Slovenia, 2020|website=www.stat.si}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/9633|title=Deaths, Slovenia, 2020|website=www.stat.si}}

| style="text-align:right;" |2,100,126

| style="text-align:right;" |18,767

| style="text-align:right; color:red; " |24,016

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -5,249

| style="text-align:right;" |8.9

| style="text-align:right;" |11.4

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -2.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.60

| style="text-align:right;" |426,155

2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/10405|title=Births, 2021|website=www.stat.si}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/10413|title=Deaths, 2021|website=www.stat.si}}

| style="text-align:right;" |2,107,007

| style="text-align:right;" |18,984

| style="text-align:right;" |23,261

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -4,277

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |11.0

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -2.0

| style="text-align:right;" |1.64

| style="text-align:right;" |425,310

2022

| style="text-align:right;" |2,108,732

| style="text-align:right;" |17,627

| style="text-align:right;" | 22,492

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -4,865

| style="text-align:right;" |8.4

| style="text-align:right;" |10.7

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -2.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.55

| style="text-align:right;" |423,301

2023

| style="text-align:right;" |2,120,937

| style="text-align:right;" |16,989

| style="text-align:right;" |21,540

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -4,551

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |8.0

| style="text-align:right;" |10.2

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -2.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.51

| style="text-align:right;" |423,982

2024p

| style="text-align:right;" |

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |16,628

| style="text-align:right;" | 21,426

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -4,798

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |

| style="text-align:right;" |

| style="text-align:right;" |

| style="text-align:right;" |

| style="text-align:right;" |

=Current vital statistics=

{{Cite web|url=https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/en/Data/-/05J1031S.px|title=Live births by MONTH and DAY OF THE MONTH|website=PX-Web}}{{Cite web|url=https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/en/Data/-/05L1018S.px|title=Umrli by MONTH and DAY OF THE MONTH|website=PX-Web}}{{cite web|title=Release calendar

|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/releasecal?StDni=-365}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+

Period

! Live births

! Deaths

! Natural increase

January-February 2024

| 2,644

| 4,127

| −1,483

January-February 2025

| 2,629

| 3,817

| −1,188

Difference

| {{decrease}} -15 (-0.57%)

| {{decreasepositive}} -310 (-7.51%)

| {{increase}} +295

=Total fertility rates by region=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ 2022{{Cite web |title=Total fertility rate by NUTS 3 region |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_find3__custom_11217538/default/table?lang=en |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=ec.europa.eu}}

!Regions

!TFR

Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region

|1.82

Carinthia Statistical Region

|1.78

Upper Carniola Statistical Region

|1.72

Savinja Statistical Region

|1.69

Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region

|1.67

Lower Sava Statistical Region

|1.64

Gorizia Statistical Region

|1.62

Eastern Slovenia

|1.61

Mura Statistical Region

|1.59

Western Slovenia

|1.49

Drava Statistical Region

|1.43

Central Slovenia Statistical Region

|1.43

Coastal–Karst Statistical Region

|1.33

=Structure of the population=

{{Hidden begin

|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 01.I.2021) (Fully register based census.): {{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}

|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;

}}

class="wikitable"
width="80pt"|Age Group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80pt"|Female

! width="80pt"|Total

! width="80pt"|%

align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 1 059 938

| align="right" | 1 049 039

| align="right" | 2 108 977

| align="right" | 100

align="right" | 0–4

| align="right" | 51 230

| align="right" | 48 119

| align="right" | 99 349

| align="right" | 4.71

align="right" | 5–9

| align="right" | 56 155

| align="right" | 52 767

| align="right" | 108 922

| align="right" | 5.16

align="right" | 10–14

| align="right" | 56 285

| align="right" | 53 175

| align="right" | 109 460

| align="right" | 5.19

align="right" | 15–19

| align="right" | 48 450

| align="right" | 45 497

| align="right" | 93 947

| align="right" | 4.45

align="right" | 20–24

| align="right" | 55 500

| align="right" | 48 158

| align="right" | 103 658

| align="right" | 4.92

align="right" | 25–29

| align="right" | 60 660

| align="right" | 52 345

| align="right" | 113 005

| align="right" | 5.36

align="right" | 30–34

| align="right" | 71 309

| align="right" | 62 333

| align="right" | 133 642

| align="right" | 6.34

align="right" | 35–39

| align="right" | 79 855

| align="right" | 70 219

| align="right" | 150 074

| align="right" | 7.12

align="right" | 40–44

| align="right" | 85 952

| align="right" | 75 862

| align="right" | 161 814

| align="right" | 7.67

align="right" | 45–49

| align="right" | 80 250

| align="right" | 72 516

| align="right" | 152 766

| align="right" | 7.24

align="right" | 50–54

| align="right" | 76 913

| align="right" | 72 888

| align="right" | 149 801

| align="right" | 7.10

align="right" | 55–59

| align="right" | 76 799

| align="right" | 75 553

| align="right" | 152 352

| align="right" | 7.22

align="right" | 60–64

| align="right" | 71 998

| align="right" | 72 474

| align="right" | 144 472

| align="right" | 6.85

align="right" | 65-69

| align="right" | 66 495

| align="right" | 70 032

| align="right" | 136 527

| align="right" | 6.47

align="right" | 70-74

| align="right" | 50 200

| align="right" | 57 623

| align="right" | 107 823

| align="right" | 5.11

align="right" | 75-79

| align="right" | 32 465

| align="right" | 43 273

| align="right" | 75 738

| align="right" | 3.59

align="right" | 80-84

| align="right" | 23 621

| align="right" | 37 431

| align="right" | 61 052

| align="right" | 2.89

align="right" | 85-89

| align="right" | 11 656

| align="right" | 24 986

| align="right" | 36 642

| align="right" | 1.74

align="right" | 90-94

| align="right" | 3 569

| align="right" | 11 129

| align="right" | 14 698

| align="right" | 0.70

align="right" | 95-99

| align="right" | 525

| align="right" | 2 429

| align="right" | 2 954

| align="right" | 0.14

align="right" | 100+

| align="right" | 51

| align="right" | 230

| align="right" | 281

| align="right" | 0.01

width="50"|Age group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80"|Female

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

align="right" | 0–14

| align="right" | 163 670

| align="right" | 154 061

| align="right" | 317 731

| align="right" | 15.07

align="right" | 15–64

| align="right" | 707 686

| align="right" | 647 845

| align="right" | 1 355 531

| align="right" | 64.27

align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 188 582

| align="right" | 247 133

| align="right" | 435 715

| align="right" | 20.66

{{Hidden end}}

=Life expectancy at birth=

File:Life expectancy in Slovenia.svg

File:Life expectancy by WBG -Slovenia -diff.png

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Period

!Life expectancy in

Years{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}

1950–1955

|65.60

1955–1960

|{{increase}} 67.88

1960–1965

|{{increase}} 69.15

1965–1970

|{{increase}} 69.17

1970–1975

|{{increase}} 69.81

1975–1980

|{{increase}} 70.97

1980–1985

|{{increase}} 71.21

1985–1990

|{{increase}} 72.69

1990–1995

|{{increase}} 73.74

1995–2000

|{{increase}} 75.26

2000–2005

|{{increase}} 76.66

2005–2010

|{{increase}} 78.55

2010–2015

|{{increase}} 80.31

{{clear}}

Marriages and divorces

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
style="width:40pt;" |

! style="width:60pt;" |Mid-year population

! style="width:60pt;" |Marriages

! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces

! style="width:60pt;" |Crude marriage rate (per 1000)

! style="width:60pt;" |Crude divorce rate (per 1000)

! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces per 1000 marriages

1950

| style="text-align:right;" |1,466,881

| style="text-align:right;" |14,817

| style="text-align:right;" |924

| style="text-align:right;" |10.1

| style="text-align:right;" |0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |62.4

1951

| style="text-align:right;" |1,480,245

| style="text-align:right;" |13,332

| style="text-align:right;" |845

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |63.4

1952

| style="text-align:right;" |1,493,550

| style="text-align:right;" |12,873

| style="text-align:right;" |835

| style="text-align:right;" |8.6

| style="text-align:right;" |0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |64.9

1953

| style="text-align:right;" |1,508,428

| style="text-align:right;" |13,368

| style="text-align:right;" |973

| style="text-align:right;" |8.9

| style="text-align:right;" |0.6

| style="text-align:right;" |72.8

1954

| style="text-align:right;" |1,521,485

| style="text-align:right;" |14,126

| style="text-align:right;" |747

| style="text-align:right;" |9.3

| style="text-align:right;" |0.5

| style="text-align:right;" |52.9

1955

| style="text-align:right;" |1,533,998

| style="text-align:right;" |14,105

| style="text-align:right;" |1,155

| style="text-align:right;" |9.2

| style="text-align:right;" |0.8

| style="text-align:right;" |81.9

1956

| style="text-align:right;" |1,545,591

| style="text-align:right;" |13,740

| style="text-align:right;" |1,367

| style="text-align:right;" |8.9

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |99.5

1957

| style="text-align:right;" |1,556,521

| style="text-align:right;" |13,124

| style="text-align:right;" |1,393

| style="text-align:right;" |8.4

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |106.1

1958

| style="text-align:right;" |1,566,979

| style="text-align:right;" |12,998

| style="text-align:right;" |1,403

| style="text-align:right;" |8.3

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |107.9

1959

| style="text-align:right;" |1,576,204

| style="text-align:right;" |13,618

| style="text-align:right;" |1,454

| style="text-align:right;" |8.6

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |106.8

1960

| style="text-align:right;" |1,580,145

| style="text-align:right;" |14,013

| style="text-align:right;" |1,540

| style="text-align:right;" |8.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |109.9

1961

| style="text-align:right;" |1,595,450

| style="text-align:right;" |14,442

| style="text-align:right;" |1,562

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |108.2

1962

| style="text-align:right;" |1,604,980

| style="text-align:right;" |14,535

| style="text-align:right;" |1,532

| style="text-align:right;" |9.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |105.4

1963

| style="text-align:right;" |1,614,414

| style="text-align:right;" |14,277

| style="text-align:right;" |1,550

| style="text-align:right;" |8.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |108.6

1964

| style="text-align:right;" |1,630,553

| style="text-align:right;" |14,622

| style="text-align:right;" |1,671

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |114.3

1965

| style="text-align:right;" |1,650,413

| style="text-align:right;" |15,121

| style="text-align:right;" |1,841

| style="text-align:right;" |9.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |121.8

1966

| style="text-align:right;" |1,669,606

| style="text-align:right;" |14,348

| style="text-align:right;" |1,853

| style="text-align:right;" |8.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |129.1

1967

| style="text-align:right;" |1,690,939

| style="text-align:right;" |13,984

| style="text-align:right;" |1,973

| style="text-align:right;" |8.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |141.1

1968

| style="text-align:right;" |1,703,708

| style="text-align:right;" |14,010

| style="text-align:right;" |2,023

| style="text-align:right;" |8.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |144.4

1969

| style="text-align:right;" |1,714,022

| style="text-align:right;" |14,113

| style="text-align:right;" |2,008

| style="text-align:right;" |8.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |142.3

1970

| style="text-align:right;" |1,726,513

| style="text-align:right;" |14,281

| style="text-align:right;" |1,913

| style="text-align:right;" |8.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |134.0

1971

| style="text-align:right;" |1,738,101

| style="text-align:right;" |14,186

| style="text-align:right;" |1,957

| style="text-align:right;" |8.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |138.0

1972

| style="text-align:right;" |1,751,506

| style="text-align:right;" |15,792

| style="text-align:right;" |1,840

| style="text-align:right;" |9.0

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |116.5

1973

| style="text-align:right;" |1,766,125

| style="text-align:right;" |15,681

| style="text-align:right;" |2,093

| style="text-align:right;" |8.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |133.5

1974

| style="text-align:right;" |1,782,470

| style="text-align:right;" |15,408

| style="text-align:right;" |2,102

| style="text-align:right;" |8.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |136.4

1975

| style="text-align:right;" |1,800,022

| style="text-align:right;" |15,379

| style="text-align:right;" |2,205

| style="text-align:right;" |8.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |143.4

1976

| style="text-align:right;" |1,819,276

| style="text-align:right;" |15,048

| style="text-align:right;" |2,198

| style="text-align:right;" |8.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |146.1

1977

| style="text-align:right;" |1,839,358

| style="text-align:right;" |15,026

| style="text-align:right;" |2,406

| style="text-align:right;" |8.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |160.1

1978

| style="text-align:right;" |1,862,620

| style="text-align:right;" |14,695

| style="text-align:right;" |2,515

| style="text-align:right;" |7.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.4

| style="text-align:right;" |171.1

1979

| style="text-align:right;" |1,882,304

| style="text-align:right;" |14,230

| style="text-align:right;" |2,220

| style="text-align:right;" |7.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |156.0

1980

| style="text-align:right;" |1,901,208

| style="text-align:right;" |12,377

| style="text-align:right;" |2,309

| style="text-align:right;" |6.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |186.6

1981

| style="text-align:right;" |1,917,469

| style="text-align:right;" |12,153

| style="text-align:right;" |2,443

| style="text-align:right;" |6.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |201.0

1982

| style="text-align:right;" |1,924,877

| style="text-align:right;" |11,689

| style="text-align:right;" |2,537

| style="text-align:right;" |6.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |217.0

1983

| style="text-align:right;" |1,933,104

| style="text-align:right;" |11,878

| style="text-align:right;" |2,710

| style="text-align:right;" |6.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.4

| style="text-align:right;" |228.2

1984

| style="text-align:right;" |1,942,802

| style="text-align:right;" |11,386

| style="text-align:right;" |2,538

| style="text-align:right;" |5.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |222.9

1985

| style="text-align:right;" |1,973,151

| style="text-align:right;" |10,579

| style="text-align:right;" |2,547

| style="text-align:right;" |5.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |240.8

1986

| style="text-align:right;" |1,980,718

| style="text-align:right;" |10,621

| style="text-align:right;" |2,281

| style="text-align:right;" |5.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |214.8

1987

| style="text-align:right;" |1,989,462

| style="text-align:right;" |10,307

| style="text-align:right;" |2,163

| style="text-align:right;" |5.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |209.9

1988

| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,988

| style="text-align:right;" |9,217

| style="text-align:right;" |2,075

| style="text-align:right;" |4.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |225.1

1989

| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,404

| style="text-align:right;" |9,776

| style="text-align:right;" |2,161

| style="text-align:right;" |4.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |221.1

1990

| style="text-align:right;" |1,998,090

| style="text-align:right;" |8,517

| style="text-align:right;" |1,858

| style="text-align:right;" |4.3

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |218.2

1991

| style="text-align:right;" |2,001,768

| style="text-align:right;" |8,173

| style="text-align:right;" |1,828

| style="text-align:right;" |4.1

| style="text-align:right;" |0.9

| style="text-align:right;" |223.7

1992

| style="text-align:right;" |1,995,832

| style="text-align:right;" |9,119

| style="text-align:right;" |1,966

| style="text-align:right;" |4.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |215.6

1993

| style="text-align:right;" |1,990,623

| style="text-align:right;" |9,022

| style="text-align:right;" |1,962

| style="text-align:right;" |4.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |217.5

1994

| style="text-align:right;" |1,988,850

| style="text-align:right;" |8,314

| style="text-align:right;" |1,923

| style="text-align:right;" |4.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |231.3

1995

| style="text-align:right;" |1,987,505

| style="text-align:right;" |8,245

| style="text-align:right;" |1,585

| style="text-align:right;" |4.1

| style="text-align:right;" |0.8

| style="text-align:right;" |192.2

1996

| style="text-align:right;" |1,991,169

| style="text-align:right;" |7,555

| style="text-align:right;" |2,004

| style="text-align:right;" |3.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |265.3

1997

| style="text-align:right;" |1,986,848

| style="text-align:right;" |7,500

| style="text-align:right;" |1,996

| style="text-align:right;" |3.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |266.1

1998

| style="text-align:right;" |1,982,603

| style="text-align:right;" |7,528

| style="text-align:right;" |2,074

| style="text-align:right;" |3.8

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |275.5

1999

| style="text-align:right;" |1,985,557

| style="text-align:right;" |7,716

| style="text-align:right;" |2,074

| style="text-align:right;" |3.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.0

| style="text-align:right;" |268.8

2000

| style="text-align:right;" |1,990,272

| style="text-align:right;" |7,201

| style="text-align:right;" |2,125

| style="text-align:right;" |3.6

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |295.1

2001

| style="text-align:right;" |1,992,035

| style="text-align:right;" |6,935

| style="text-align:right;" |2,274

| style="text-align:right;" |3.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |327.9

2002

| style="text-align:right;" |1,995,718

| style="text-align:right;" |7,064

| style="text-align:right;" |2,457

| style="text-align:right;" |3.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |347.8

2003

| style="text-align:right;" |1,996,773

| style="text-align:right;" |6,756

| style="text-align:right;" |2,461

| style="text-align:right;" |3.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |364.3

2004

| style="text-align:right;" |1,997,004

| style="text-align:right;" |6,558

| style="text-align:right;" |2,411

| style="text-align:right;" |3.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |367.6

2005

| style="text-align:right;" |2,001,114

| style="text-align:right;" |5,769

| style="text-align:right;" |2,647

| style="text-align:right;" |2.9

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |458.8

2006

| style="text-align:right;" |2,008,516

| style="text-align:right;" |6,368

| style="text-align:right;" |2,334

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |366.5

2007

| style="text-align:right;" |2,019,406

| style="text-align:right;" |6,373

| style="text-align:right;" |2,617

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.3

| style="text-align:right;" |410.6

2008

| style="text-align:right;" |2,022,629

| style="text-align:right;" |6,703

| style="text-align:right;" |2,246

| style="text-align:right;" |3.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |335.1

2009

| style="text-align:right;" |2,042,335

| style="text-align:right;" |6,542

| style="text-align:right;" |2,297

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |351.1

2010

| style="text-align:right;" |2,049,261

| style="text-align:right;" |6,528

| style="text-align:right;" |2,430

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |372.2

2011

| style="text-align:right;" |2,052,496

| style="text-align:right;" |6,671

| style="text-align:right;" |2,298

| style="text-align:right;" |3.3

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |344.5

2012

| style="text-align:right;" |2,056,262

| style="text-align:right;" |7,057

| style="text-align:right;" |2,509

| style="text-align:right;" |3.4

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |355.5

2013

| style="text-align:right;" |2,059,114

| style="text-align:right;" |6,254

| style="text-align:right;" |2,351

| style="text-align:right;" |3.0

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |375.9

2014

| style="text-align:right;" |2,061,623

| style="text-align:right;" |6,571

| style="text-align:right;" |2,469

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |375.7

2015

| style="text-align:right;" |2,063,077

| style="text-align:right;" |6,449

| style="text-align:right;" |2,432

| style="text-align:right;" |3.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |377.1

2016

| style="text-align:right;" |2,064,241

| style="text-align:right;" |6,667

| style="text-align:right;" |2,531

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |379.6

2017

| style="text-align:right;" |2,066,161

| style="text-align:right;" |6,481

| style="text-align:right;" |2,387

| style="text-align:right;" |3.1

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |368.3

2018

| style="text-align:right;" |2,070,050

| style="text-align:right;" |7,256

| style="text-align:right;" |2,347

| style="text-align:right;" |3.5

| style="text-align:right;" |1.1

| style="text-align:right;" |323.5

2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/News/Index/8841|title=Marriages and divorces, Slovenia, 2019|website=www.stat.si}}

| style="text-align:right;" |2,089,310

| style="text-align:right;" |6,672

| style="text-align:right;" |2,476

| style="text-align:right;" |3.2

| style="text-align:right;" |1.2

| style="text-align:right;" |371.1

Immigration

class="wikitable"

|+Largest groups of foreign residents{{cite web | url=https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatDb/pxweb/en/10_Dem_soc/10_Dem_soc__05_prebivalstvo__15_sestava_preb__05_05E10_drzavljanstvo/05E1008S.px/ | title=Podatkovna baza SiStat }}

!Rank

!Nationality

!Population (2023)

1

|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|87,446

2

|{{flag|Kosovo}}

|27,013

3

|{{flag|Serbia}}

|17,652

4

|{{flag|North Macedonia}}

|14,863

5

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Croatia}}

|9,819

6

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|8,524

7

|{{flag|Russia}}

|4,172

8

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|3,135

9

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}}

|2,695

10

|{{flag|China}}

|1,285

11

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}

|1,051

12

|{{flag|Montenegro}}

|1,029

13

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|713

14

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|670

15

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Hungary}}

|656

16

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Austria}}

|506

17

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}}

|476

18

|{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Slovakia}}

|468

19

|{{flag|United States}}

|468

20

|{{flag|Thailand}}

|369

=Net Migration=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Slovenia International Migration Statistics (1961-present)

YearImmigrants from AbroadEmigrants to AbroadNet Migration from Abroad
19616,5375,707830
19627,3735,3572,016
19638,8506,0562,794
19649,3645,9993,365
196510,5136,2504,263
19669,4575,0464,411
19679,2725,6863,586
19687,0516,112939
19697,8346,7051,129
19707,1685,6651,503
19717,4424,9132,529
19727,8324,4753,357
19738,2714,9563,315
19749,6465,2814,365
197511,3254,4796,846
197612,6824,5708,112
197713,1325,1138,019
197812,7705,4327,338
197913,8775,7808,097
198011,9836,7105,273
198111,4827,2204,262
198210,6446,2074,437
19839,7815,9773,804
19849,2245,9103,314
19858,9125,3863,526
19869,1945,2943,900
19878,5804,1244,456
19887,7824,0893,693
19897,1514,7302,421
19907,0754,9082,167
19915,9899,060-3,071
19923,4613,848-387
19932,7451,3901,355
19941,919983936
19955,8793,3722,507
19969,4952,9856,510
19977,8895,4472,442
19984,6036,708-2,105
19994,9412,6062,335
20006,1853,5702,615
20017,8034,8112,992
20029,1347,2691,865
20039,2795,8673,412
200410,1718,2691,902
200515,0418,6056,436
200620,01613,7496,267
200729,19314,94314,250
200830,69312,10918,584
200930,29618,78811,508
201015,41615,937-521
201114,08312,0242,059
201215,02214,378644
201313,87113,384487
201413,84614,336-490
201515,42014,913507
201616,62315,5721,051
201718,80817,5551,253
201828,45513,52714,928
201931,31915,10616,213
202036,11017,74518,365
202123,62421,1442,480
202235,61320,95614,657
202333,93922,41111,528

{{cite web|title=Statistics Slovenia|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb|website=Statistics Slovenia|access-date=2024-06-14}}

Ethnic groups

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The majority of Slovenia's population are ethnic Slovenes (83.06%). Hungarians and Istrian 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 (except for one part of autochthonous community of Serbs and Croats), relocated after World War II for economic reasons. Istrian Italians were more than 50% of the total population of Istria for centuries,{{cite web|url=https://www.iemed.org/publication/istrian-spring/|title=Istrian Spring|access-date=24 October 2022}} while making up about a third of the population in 1900.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Istria | volume= 14 | pages = 886–887 |short= 1}} while making up about a third of the population in 1900.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Istria | volume= 14 | pages = 886–887 |short= 1}} The Istrian–Dalmatian exodus ({{Langx|it|esodo giuliano dalmata}}; {{Langx|sl|istrsko-dalmatinski eksodus}}; {{Langx|hr|istarsko-dalmatinski egzodus}}) was the post-World War II exodus and departure of local ethnic Italians (Istrian Italians and Dalmatian Italians) as well as ethnic Croats from Yugoslavia. The emigrants, who had lived in the now Yugoslav territories of the Julian March (Karst Region and Istria), Kvarner and Dalmatia, largely went to Italy, but some joined the Italian diaspora in the Americas, Australia and South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/giorno-ricordo-10-febbraio-2004-2014-dieci-anni-strage-foibe-eccidio-tito-comunisti-slavi-esodo-giuliano-dalmata-77ba65a1-a1e5-460e-bb57-946819b4b905.html|title=Il Giorno del Ricordo|date=10 February 2014 |access-date=16 October 2021|language=it}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/spettacoli/lesodo-giuliano-dalmata-e-quegli-italiani-fuga-che-nacquero-1639585.html|title=L'esodo giuliano-dalmata e quegli italiani in fuga che nacquero due volte|date=5 February 2019 |access-date=24 January 2023|language=it}} According to various sources, the exodus is estimated to have amounted to between 230,000 and 350,000 Italians (the others being ethnic Slovenes and Croats who chose to maintain Italian citizenship){{cite web |first=Benedetta |last=Tobagi |url=http://www.treccani.it/scuola/lezioni/storia/la_repubblica_italiana.html |title=La Repubblica italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere |publisher=Treccani.it |access-date=28 January 2015}} leaving the areas in the aftermath of the conflict.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_VCBtYq1H4C&pg=PA11|title=Istria|page=11|author1=Thammy Evans |author2=Rudolf Abraham |year=2013|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=9781841624457|name-list-style=amp }}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Election Opens Old Wounds in Trieste|author=James M. Markham|date=6 June 1987|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=9 June 2016}} According to the census organized in Croatia in 2001 and that organized in Slovenia in 2002, the Italians who remained in the former Yugoslavia amounted to 21,894 people (2,258 in Slovenia and 19,636 in Croatia).{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/Census2001/Popis/E01_02_02/E01_02_02.html|title=Državni Zavod za Statistiku|language=hr|access-date=10 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.si/Popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7|title=Popis 2002|access-date=10 June 2017}} The number of speakers of Italian is larger if taking into account non-Italians who speak it as a second language.

Around 12.4% of the inhabitants of Slovenia were born abroad.[http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/vsak-osmi-prebivalec-slovenije-priseljenec/246585 Vsak osmi prebivalec Slovenije priseljenec :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija]. Rtvslo.si. Retrieved on 26 December 2010.

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.[http://www.racunovodja.com/clanki.asp?clanek=4281 Odgovor na pisno poslansko vprašanje v zvezi z nastanitvijo tujcev v Sloveniji – Računovodja.com]. Racunovodja.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2010. The highest number came from Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by immigrants from Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia (which has since joined the EU itself) and Kosovo. In April 2019, there were 143,192 foreign citizens living in Slovenia, representing 6.87% of Slovenia's population.{{cite web | url=https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/lifestyle/4208-non-slovenes-now-represent-6-9-of-slovenia-s-population | title=Non-Slovenes Now Represent 6.9% of Slovenia's Population }} The number of people migrating to Slovenia has been steadily rising from 1995;[http://www.stat.si/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=1823 Statistični urad RS – Selitveno gibanje, Slovenija, 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706062136/http://www.stat.si/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=1823 |date=6 July 2012 }}. Stat.si. Retrieved on 26 December 2010. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.si/pxweb/Database/Dem_soc/05_prebivalstvo/20_selitve/01_05563_meddrzavne_selitve/01_05563_meddrzavne_selitve.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160515211029/http://www.stat.si/pxweb/Database/Dem_soc/05_prebivalstvo/20_selitve/01_05563_meddrzavne_selitve/01_05563_meddrzavne_selitve.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-05-15 |access-date=2012-04-24}} In 2007, Slovenia was one of the countries with the fastest growth of net migration rate in the European Union.

class="wikitable"

|+

Population of Slovenia by ethnic group, 1948–20021

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! rowspan="2" | Ethnic
group

! colspan="2" | 1948 census

! colspan="2" | 1953 census

! colspan="2" | 1961 census

! colspan="2" | 1971 census

! colspan="2" | 1981 census

! colspan="2" | 1991 census

! colspan="2" | 2002 census

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

! Number

! %

Slovenes

| align="right" | 1,350,149

| align="right" | 97.0

| align="right" | 1,415,448

| align="right" | 96.5

| align="right" | 1,522,248

| align="right" | 95.6

| align="right" | 1,578,963

| align="right" | 94.0

| align="right" | 1,668,623

| align="right" | 90.8

| align="right" | 1,689,657

| align="right" | 88.3

| align="right" | 1,631,363

| align="right" | 83.1

Serbs

| align="right" | 7,048

| align="right" | 0.5

| align="right" | 11,225

| align="right" | 0.8

| align="right" | 13,609

| align="right" | 0.9

| align="right" | 20,209

| align="right" | 1.2

| align="right" | 41,695

| align="right" | 2.3

| align="right" | 47,401

| align="right" | 2.5

| align="right" | 38,964

| align="right" | 2.0

Croats

| align="right" | 16,069

| align="right" | 1.2

| align="right" | 17,978

| align="right" | 1.2

| align="right" | 31,429

| align="right" | 2.0

| align="right" | 41,556

| align="right" | 2.5

| align="right" | 53,882

| align="right" | 2.9

| align="right" | 52,876

| align="right" | 2.8

| align="right" | 35,642

| align="right" | 1.8

Ethnic Muslims

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 179

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 0.0

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 1,617

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 0.1

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 465

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 0.0

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 3,197

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 0.2

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 13,339

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 0.7

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 26,577

| align="right" rowspan="2" | 1.4

| align="right" | 10,467

| align="right" | 0.5

Bosniaks

| align="right" | 21,542

| align="right" | 1.1

Hungarians

| align="right" | 10,579

| align="right" | 0.8

| align="right" | 11,019

| align="right" | 0.8

| align="right" | 10,498

| align="right" | 0.7

| align="right" | 8,943

| align="right" | 0.5

| align="right" | 8,777

| align="right" | 0.5

| align="right" | 8,000

| align="right" | 0.4

| align="right" | 6,243

| align="right" | 0.3

Albanians

| align="right" | 216

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 169

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 282

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 1,266

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 1,933

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 3,534

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 6,186

| align="right" | 0.3

Macedonians

| align="right" | 366

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 640

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 1,009

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 1,572

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 3,227

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 4,371

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 3,972

| align="right" | 0.2

Romani

| align="right" | 46

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 1,663

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 158

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 951

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 1,393

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 2,259

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 3,246

| align="right" | 0.2

Montenegrins

| align="right" | 521

| align="right" | 0.0

| align="right" | 1,356

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 1,384

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 1,950

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 3,175

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 4,339

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 2,667

| align="right" | 0.1

Italians

| align="right" | 1,458

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 854

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 3,072

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 2,987

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 2,138

| align="right" | 0.1

| align="right" | 2,959

| align="right" | 0.2

| align="right" | 2,258

| align="right" | 0.1

Others/undeclared

| align="right" | 5,242

| align="right" | 0.4

| align="right" | 4,456

| align="right" | 0.3

| align="right" | 7,369

| align="right" | 0.5

| align="right" | 19,212

| align="right" | 1.1

| align="right" | 40,199

| align="right" | 2.2

| align="right" | 79,374

| align="right" | 4.1

| align="right" | 201,486

| align="right" | 10.3

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! align="left" | Total

! colspan="2" | 1,391,873

! colspan="2" | 1,466,425

! colspan="2" | 1,591,523

! colspan="2" | 1,679,051

! colspan="2" | 1,838,381

! colspan="2" | 1,913,355

! colspan="2" | 1,964,036

colspan="15" | 1 Source: [http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806084849/http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7 |date=6 August 2011 }}.

Religion

{{main|Religion in Slovenia}}

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.Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Census of Population, Households and Housing, 2002 The vast majority of Slovenian Catholics belong to the Latin Church. A small number of Eastern Catholics live in the White Carniola region.[http://www.lokalno.si/si/aktualno/ljudje/?id=26004 Uskoška dediščina Bele krajine na RTVS|Ljudje|Lokalno aktualno]. Lokalno.si. Retrieved on 26 December 2010.

Despite a relatively small number of Protestants (less than 1% in 2002), 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.[http://www.evang-cerkev.si/sl/page.asp?id_informacija=35&id_language=1&id_meta_type=10 Predstavitev] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610182949/http://www.evang-cerkev.si/sl/page.asp?id_informacija=35&id_language=1&id_meta_type=10 |date=10 June 2012 }}. Evang-cerkev.si. Retrieved on 26 December 2010.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/slovenia.html|title=Slovenia Virtual Jewish History Tour|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}

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 and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and North Macedonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.islamska-skupnost.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|title=Islamska skupnost v Republiki Sloveniji|website=www.islamska-skupnost.si}} The third largest denomination, with around 2.2% of the population, is Orthodox Christianity, with most adherents belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church, whereas a minority belong to the Macedonian Orthodox Church 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,{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf |title=Eurobarometer on Social Values, Science and technology 2005 – page 11 |access-date=5 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524004644/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2006}} 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% (2002).

According to the published data from the 2002 Slovenian census, out of a total of 47,488 Muslims (2.4% of the total population) 2,804 Muslims (5.90% of the total Muslims in Slovenia) declared themselves as ethnic Slovenian Muslims.{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=57 |title=Population by religion and ethnic affiliation, Slovenia, 2002 Census |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926061744/https://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=57 |url-status=dead }}

Language

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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.[http://www.siol.net/kultura/novice/2009/02/slovenscina_materni_jezik_za_88_odstotkov_drzavljanov.aspx Slovenščina materni jezik za 88 odstotkov državljanov] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516055023/http://www.siol.net/kultura/novice/2009/02/slovenscina_materni_jezik_za_88_odstotkov_drzavljanov.aspx |date=16 May 2012 }}. SiOL.net (19 February 2009). Retrieved on 26 December 2010.[http://www.stat.si/popis2002/gradivo/2-169.pdf verska, jezikovna in narodna sestava.pmd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213063506/https://www.stat.si/popis2002/gradivo/2-169.pdf |date=13 February 2020 }}. (PDF) . Retrieved on 26 December 2010. This places Slovenia among the most homogeneous countries in the EU in terms of the share of speakers of predominant mother tongue.{{cite news |url=http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1482640 |title=Linguist Says Slovenian Language Not Endangered |date=21 February 2010 |publisher=Slovenian Press Agency}} Slovene is sometimes characterized as the most diverse Slavic language in terms of dialects,{{cite news |url=http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2177 |title=International Mother Language Day |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |date=19 February 2009 |access-date=3 February 2011 |archive-date=13 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113170344/http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2177 |url-status=dead }} with different degrees of mutual intelligibility.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} Accounts of the number of dialects range from as few as sevenMcDonald, Gordon C. 1979. Yugoslavia: A Country Study. Washington, DC: American University, p. 93Greenberg, Marc L. 2009. "Slovene." In Keith Brown & Sarah Ogilvie (eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, pp. 981–984. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 981.Brown, E. K. & Anne Anderson. 2006. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics: Sca-Spe. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 424 dialects, often considered dialect groups or dialect bases that are further subdivided into as many as 50 dialects.Sussex, Roland, & Paul V. Cubberley. 2006. The Slavic languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 502. Other sources characterize the number of dialects as nineSławski, Franciszek. 1962. Zarys dialektologii południowosłowiańskiej. Warsaw: PAN. or eight.Priestly, Tom M. S. 1993. "On 'Drift' in Indo-European Gender Systems.' Journal of Indo-European Studies 11: 339–363.

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% (Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, English, Slovak, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, French, Bulgarian, Arabic, Spanish, Dutch, "Vlach", Rusyn, Greek, Swedish, Danish or Armenian), unknown 2.7% (2002)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

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

=Population=

2,102,678 (July 2020 est.)

=Age structure=


0–14 years:

13.4% (male 138,604/female 130,337)


15–64 years:

69.8% (male 703,374/female 692,640)


65 years and over:

16.8% (male 132,096/female 203,068) (2011 est.)

=Median age=

:total: 42.8 years

:male: 41.1 years

:female: 44.5 years (2012 est.)

=Urbanization=

:urban population: 50% of total population (2012 est.)

:rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2010-2015 est.)

=Sex ratio=


at birth:

1.07 male(s)/female


under 15 years:

1.06 male(s)/female


15–64 years:

1.01 male(s)/female


65 years and over:

0.66 male(s)/female


total population:

0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

=Infant mortality rate=

4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010)

=Life expectancy at birth=


total population:

80 years


male:

77 years


female:

83 years (2013 est)

See also

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