Population on 1 January in Slovakia

Slovakia had 5,419,451 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: Population on 1 January Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Slovakia, 2025 5,419,451 People
Change from 2024 −0.1% 2024: 5,424,687 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 24th of 40 See the full ranking

Population on 1 January in Slovakia over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January (people), 2001 to 2025
Period SlovakiaEuropean Union
2025 5,419,451 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 5,424,687 people 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 5,428,792 people 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 5,434,712 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 5,459,781 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 5,457,873 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 5,450,421 people 446,149,924 people
2018 5,443,120 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 5,435,343 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 5,426,252 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 5,421,349 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 5,415,949 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 5,410,836 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 5,404,322 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 5,392,446 people 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 5,390,410 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 5,382,401 people 440,047,892 people
2008 5,376,064 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 5,373,180 people 437,227,496 people
2006 5,372,928 people 435,816,236 people
2005 5,372,685 people 434,416,272 people
2004 5,371,875 people 432,762,039 people
2003 5,374,873 people 431,190,184 people
2002 5,378,951 people 429,723,142 people
2001 5,378,783 people 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1% from 5,424,687 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5,421,349 people, the figure has changed by 0%.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 24th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Slovakia
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat