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Regions

The population of the regions of Slovakia according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1980-11-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-03	Population Census (C) 2001-05-26	Population Census (C) 2011-05-21	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
Banskobystrický kraj	BAN	Banská Bystrica	9,454	636,192	659,320	662,121	660,563	625,601	607,581	945400	→
Bratislavský kraj	BRA	Bratislava	2,053	543,800	606,351	599,015	602,436	719,537	739,635	205300	→
Košický kraj	KOS	Košice	6,754	698,825	741,216	766,012	791,723	782,216	777,933	675400	→
Nitriansky kraj	NIT	Nitra	6,344	708,634	716,846	713,422	689,867	677,900	661,995	634400	→
Prešovský kraj	PRE	Prešov	8,973	678,386	739,264	789,968	814,527	808,931	810,075	897300	→
Trenčiansky kraj	TRE	Trenčín	4,502	568,498	600,575	605,582	594,328	577,464	562,536	450200	→
Trnavský kraj	TRN	Trnava	4,146	526,906	541,992	551,003	554,741	566,008	565,462	414600	→
Žilinský kraj	ZIL	Žilina	6,808	629,927	668,771	692,332	688,851	691,613	684,190	680800	→
Slovakia	SVK	Bratislava	49,034	4,991,168	5,274,335	5,379,455	5,397,036	5,449,270	5,409,407		→

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
1	Bratislava	BRA	480,902
2	Košice	KOS	222,286
3	Prešov	PRE	81,223
4	Žilina	ZIL	79,873
5	Nitra	NIT	75,301
6	Banská Bystrica	BAN	73,054
7	Trnava	TRN	63,184
8	Trenčín	TRE	54,104
9	Martin	ZIL	50,153

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Slovak cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1980-11-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-03	Population Census (C) 2001-05-26	Population Census (C) 2011-05-21	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31	Area
Bánovce nad Bebravou	Town	TRE	15,342	19,893	20,901	19,564	17,311	15,872	2655	→
Banská Bystrica	Town	BAN	62,688	83,698	83,056	80,003	76,018	73,054	10338	→
Bardejov	Town	PRE	23,741	30,812	33,247	33,696	30,840	29,495	7234	→
Bratislava	City	BRA	380,259	442,197	428,672	411,228	475,503	480,902	36766	→
Brezno	Town	BAN	17,872	22,469	22,875	21,894	20,061	19,577	12196	→
Čadca	Town	ZIL	19,319	25,183	26,699	24,959	23,328	22,072	5679	→
Detva	Town	BAN	14,261	15,039	15,122	15,046	13,955	13,416	6809	→
Dolný Kubín	Town	ZIL	13,631	18,715	19,948	19,633	18,095	17,378	5503	→
Dubnica nad Váhom	Town	TRE	15,580	24,446	25,995	25,305	22,595	21,356	4914	→
Dunajská Streda	Town	TRN	18,715	23,236	23,519	22,477	23,044	22,720	3145	→
Galanta	Town	TRN	13,217	16,978	16,365	15,138	15,052	15,402	3391	→
Handlová	Town	TRE	17,777	17,835	18,018	17,766	16,199	15,289	8555	→
Hlohovec	Town	TRN	21,148	23,409	23,729	22,701	20,556	19,214	6419	→
Humenné	Town	PRE	25,883	34,167	35,157	35,053	31,359	29,179	2863	→
Kežmarok	Town	PRE	13,238	16,339	17,383	16,832	15,552	14,984	2478	→
Komárno	Town	NIT	32,520	37,346	37,366	34,349	32,967	31,560	10317	→
Košice	City	KOS	202,368	235,160	236,093	240,433	229,040	222,286	24373	→
Kysucké Nové Mesto	Town	ZIL	12,578	15,793	16,558	15,699	14,660	14,213	2641	→
Levice	Town	NIT	26,710	33,991	36,538	34,844	31,974	30,161	6100	→
Levoča	Town	PRE	11,097	12,678	14,366	14,830	14,256	13,779	11477	→
Liptovský Mikuláš	Town	ZIL	24,520	31,725	33,007	31,921	30,522	29,710	7011	→
Lučenec	Town	BAN	24,436	28,580	28,332	28,475	25,902	24,427	4779	→
Malacky	Town	BRA	15,218	17,573	17,773	17,051	18,935	18,742	2717	→
Martin	Town	ZIL	47,475	58,393	60,133	57,428	52,520	50,153	6774	→
Michalovce	Town	KOS	29,765	38,823	39,948	40,027	36,704	34,894	5281	→
Nitra	Town	NIT	68,852	85,471	87,285	78,916	78,489	75,301	10048	→
Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Town	TRE	18,170	20,956	21,327	20,415	19,644	19,171	3258	→
Nové Zámky	Town	NIT	34,147	42,923	42,262	39,646	37,791	35,628	7257	→
Partizánske	Town	TRE	21,639	25,099	24,907	24,115	21,439	20,096	2229	→
Pezinok	Town	BRA	17,116	20,515	21,082	21,179	24,900	24,340	7276	→
Piešťany	Town	TRN	28,511	31,452	30,606	28,268	27,681	26,086	4420	→
Poprad	Town	PRE	38,077	52,914	56,157	52,862	49,855	48,034	6310	→
Považská Bystrica	Town	TRE	30,444	40,083	42,773	41,241	38,641	36,690	9056	→
Prešov	Town	PRE	68,529	87,765	92,786	91,782	84,824	81,223	7044	→
Prievidza	Town	TRE	40,813	53,424	53,097	48,978	45,017	41,959	4306	→
Púchov	Town	TRE	14,617	18,311	18,833	18,168	17,472	16,622	4127	→
Rimavská Sobota	Town	BAN	19,205	24,771	25,088	24,640	22,048	20,964	7755	→
Rožňava	Town	KOS	14,901	18,632	19,261	19,706	17,569	16,794	4562	→
Ružomberok	Town	ZIL	26,396	29,416	30,417	28,400	27,407	26,099	12671	→
Šaľa	Town	NIT	19,167	24,776	24,564	23,554	21,183	19,534	4497	→
Senec	Town	BRA	10,772	14,357	14,673	17,050	20,116	20,260	3871	→
Senica	Town	TRN	15,515	20,085	21,253	20,255	19,875	18,970	5029	→
Sereď	Town	TRN	14,568	16,612	17,406	16,235	15,737	14,946	3046	→
Skalica	Town	TRN	13,833	14,748	15,013	14,441	15,573	15,358	6001	→
Snina	Town	PRE	13,347	19,170	21,325	20,723	18,712	17,612	5861	→
Spišská Nová Ves	Town	KOS	31,917	39,218	39,193	38,045	35,431	34,023	6667	→
Stará Ľubovňa	Town	PRE	8,866	13,995	16,227	16,341	15,938	15,534	3079	→
Topoľčany	Town	NIT	22,413	28,968	28,968	27,177	25,249	23,638	2758	→
Trebišov	Town	KOS	15,621	20,675	22,342	24,401	23,213	22,706	7016	→
Trenčín	Town	TRE	49,972	56,828	57,854	55,877	54,740	54,104	8200	→
Trnava	Town	TRN	60,750	68,737	70,286	66,358	63,803	63,184	7154	→
Vranov nad Topľou	Town	PRE	16,966	21,330	22,985	23,250	21,248	20,007	3437	→
Žiar nad Hronom	Town	BAN	17,122	19,612	19,945	19,883	17,578	16,433	3909	→
Žilina	Town	ZIL	70,025	83,911	85,400	81,494	82,656	79,873	8004	→
Zvolen	Town	BAN	35,103	41,984	43,789	43,318	40,637	38,747	9873	→

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	2,646,416
Females	2,762,991

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	1,015,659
18-64 years	3,351,136
65+ years	1,042,612

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	29,210
80-89 years	178,263
70-79 years	506,413
60-69 years	669,174
50-59 years	743,081
40-49 years	874,235
30-39 years	744,772
20-29 years	541,722
10-19 years	571,142
0-9 years	551,395

Urbanization (C 2021)
Rural	2,550,796
Urban	2,898,474

Citizenship (C 2021)
Slovakia	5,387,846
Foreign Citizenship	58,498

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Slovakia	5,221,351
Other country	213,550

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Slovak	4,567,547
Hungarian	422,065
Romani	67,179
Ruthenian	23,746
Czech	28,996
Other ethnic groups	44,179

Mother Tongue (C 2021)
Slovak	4,456,102
Hungarian	462,175
Romani	100,526
Ruthenian	38,679
Czech	33,864
Other language	45,560

Religion (C 2021)
Roman Catholics	3,038,511
Evangelical Church	286,907
Greek Catholics	218,235
Reformed (Calvinists)	85,271
Orthodox	50,677
Other christian church	70,975
Other religion	48,755
No religion	1,296,142