Slovakia

Contents: Slovensko

Republic

5,449,270 Population [2021] – census

5,424,687 Population [2023] – estimate

49,034km² Area

110.6/km² Density [2023]

Contents: Regions and Districts

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

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, citizenship, country of birth, ethnic group, mother tongue, religion).

Name	Status	Population Census 1991-03-03	Population Census 2001-05-26	Population Census 2011-05-21	Population Census 2021-01-01	Population Estimate 2023-12-31
Banskobystrický kraj [Banská Bystrica]	Region	659,320	662,121	660,563	625,601	614,356	→
Banská Bystrica	District	111,244	111,984	111,242	108,730	107,199	→
Banská Štiavnica	District	17,008	17,151	16,595	15,649	15,407	→
Brezno	District	66,410	65,909	64,196	59,446	58,297	→
Detva	District	34,234	33,514	32,896	31,034	30,562	→
Krupina	District	23,325	22,885	22,927	21,517	21,271	→
Lučenec	District	73,419	73,301	74,861	70,422	69,018	→
Poltár	District	23,454	23,202	22,545	20,634	20,247	→
Revúca	District	40,143	40,918	40,400	38,669	37,816	→
Rimavská Sobota	District	82,112	83,124	84,889	80,666	79,655	→
Veľký Krtíš	District	46,813	46,741	45,562	41,998	40,900	→
Žarnovica	District	27,967	27,634	27,084	25,242	24,668	→
Žiar nad Hronom	District	47,954	48,125	48,289	44,844	43,738	→
Zvolen	District	65,237	67,633	69,077	66,750	65,578	→
Bratislavský kraj [Bratislava]	Region	606,351	599,015	602,436	719,537	732,757	→
Bratislava I	City District	49,018	44,798	38,655	46,080	47,375	→
Bratislava II	City District	112,419	108,139	108,362	125,179	125,980	→
Bratislava III	City District	64,485	61,418	61,046	76,270	77,594	→
Bratislava IV	City District	84,325	93,058	92,030	105,245	105,043	→
Bratislava V	City District	131,950	121,259	111,135	122,729	122,048	→
Malacky	District	62,205	64,354	67,376	78,136	79,689	→
Pezinok	District	52,078	54,164	57,567	69,183	69,953	→
Senec	District	49,871	51,825	66,265	96,715	105,075	→
Košický kraj [Košice]	Region	741,216	766,012	791,723	782,216	779,073	→
Gelnica	District	29,833	30,841	31,272	31,698	31,736	→
Košice I	City District	62,294	68,262	68,467	64,453	62,965	→
Košice II	City District	80,312	79,850	82,676	79,437	78,385	→
Košice III	City District	31,764	30,745	30,048	28,135	27,551	→
Košice IV	City District	60,790	57,236	59,242	57,015	56,143	→
Košice-okolie	District	99,292	106,999	119,227	128,346	131,955	→
Michalovce	District	105,281	109,121	110,842	108,954	108,132	→
Rožňava	District	60,681	61,887	63,351	59,345	58,422	→
Sobrance	District	24,099	23,776	22,933	22,440	22,226	→
Spišská Nová Ves	District	86,350	93,516	97,593	98,706	98,556	→
Trebišov	District	100,520	103,779	106,072	103,687	103,002	→
Nitriansky kraj [Nitra]	Region	716,846	713,422	689,867	677,900	668,301	→
Komárno	District	109,279	108,556	103,995	100,952	99,273	→
Levice	District	120,703	120,021	115,367	110,469	108,479	→
Nitra	District	160,725	163,540	159,143	164,788	164,820	→
Nové Zámky	District	153,466	149,594	144,417	138,168	135,003	→
Šaľa	District	54,159	54,000	53,286	51,477	50,384	→
Topoľčany	District	74,136	74,089	72,257	70,877	69,577	→
Zlaté Moravce	District	44,378	43,622	41,402	41,169	40,765	→
Prešovský kraj [Prešov]	Region	739,264	789,968	814,527	808,931	808,810	→
Bardejov	District	71,106	75,793	77,859	76,012	75,547	→
Humenné	District	63,011	64,845	64,446	60,126	58,688	→
Kežmarok	District	56,203	63,231	70,487	73,685	75,188	→
Levoča	District	29,298	31,880	33,262	33,107	33,192	→
Medzilaborce	District	13,122	12,668	12,450	11,056	10,665	→
Poprad	District	97,926	104,348	103,914	102,744	102,038	→
Prešov	District	151,045	161,782	169,423	172,804	174,741	→
Sabinov	District	49,200	54,067	57,820	60,389	61,542	→
Snina	District	38,593	39,633	38,129	35,125	34,071	→
Stará Ľubovňa	District	46,513	50,684	52,866	52,968	53,107	→
Stropkov	District	20,098	21,027	20,931	19,878	19,553	→
Svidník	District	32,127	33,506	33,238	31,611	31,183	→
Vranov nad Topľou	District	71,022	76,504	79,702	79,426	79,295	→
Trenčiansky kraj [Trenčín]	Region	600,575	605,582	594,328	577,464	568,102	→
Bánovce nad Bebravou	District	38,474	38,640	37,128	35,967	35,186	→
Ilava	District	61,047	62,042	60,578	58,058	56,920	→
Myjava	District	30,228	29,243	27,531	25,678	25,013	→
Nové Mesto nad Váhom	District	64,630	63,530	62,707	61,840	61,349	→
Partizánske	District	48,157	48,005	47,166	44,515	43,509	→
Považská Bystrica	District	63,033	65,150	63,550	61,617	60,577	→
Prievidza	District	138,537	140,444	137,894	131,693	128,613	→
Púchov	District	45,103	45,761	44,659	44,319	43,710	→
Trenčín	District	111,366	112,767	113,115	113,777	113,225	→
Trnavský kraj [Trnava]	Region	541,992	551,003	554,741	566,008	566,114	→
Dunajská Streda	District	109,345	112,384	116,492	124,669	127,025	→
Galanta	District	92,645	94,533	93,594	95,124	95,457	→
Hlohovec	District	45,005	45,351	45,761	44,015	43,197	→
Piešťany	District	63,906	63,928	63,152	63,032	62,015	→
Senica	District	59,873	60,891	60,504	59,749	58,980	→
Skalica	District	46,247	46,791	46,671	47,525	46,916	→
Trnava	District	124,971	127,125	128,567	131,894	132,524	→
Žilinský kraj [Žilina]	Region	668,771	692,332	688,851	691,613	687,174	→
Bytča	District	30,083	30,788	30,609	31,154	31,308	→
Čadca	District	89,860	92,843	91,710	88,642	87,135	→
Dolný Kubín	District	37,431	39,364	39,520	39,026	38,734	→
Kysucké Nové Mesto	District	32,827	33,778	33,308	32,699	32,642	→
Liptovský Mikuláš	District	73,469	73,984	72,627	71,935	71,405	→
Martin	District	95,908	97,813	97,110	94,376	93,041	→
Námestovo	District	49,598	56,053	59,540	63,200	64,385	→
Ružomberok	District	58,403	59,420	58,014	57,392	56,488	→
Turčianske Teplice	District	17,078	16,866	16,379	15,956	15,753	→
Tvrdošín	District	32,333	35,062	35,829	35,856	35,745	→
Žilina	District	151,781	156,361	154,205	161,377	160,538	→
Slovensko [Slovakia]	Republic	5,274,335	5,379,455	5,397,036	5,449,270	5,424,687

Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2023)
Males	2,653,217
Females	2,771,470

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	1,030,811
18-64 years	3,398,445
65+ years	995,431

Age Distribution (E 2023)
90+ years	26,829
80-89 years	166,409
70-79 years	463,935
60-69 years	677,828
50-59 years	716,384
40-49 years	882,610
30-39 years	792,153
20-29 years	561,216
10-19 years	560,750
0-9 years	576,573

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