Population 5,422,366 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 508,256; female 484,739)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 1,888,705; female 1,910,842)
65 years and over: 11.6% (male 237,770; female 392,054) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.14% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 10.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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 (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 8.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.2 years
female: 78.41 years (2002 est.)
male: 70.19 years

Total fertility rate 1.25 children born/woman (2002 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%

NOTE: The information regarding Slovakia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovakia People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovakia People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.