Population:
5,463,046 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.8% (male 442,168/female 422,055)
15-64 years: 71.7% (male 1,952,527/female 1,965,646)
65 years and over: 12.5% (male 254,510/female 426,140) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 36.9 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 38.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.137% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
10.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
9.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 56% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.4 years
male: 71.47 years
female: 79.53 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.35 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Slovak(s)
adjective: Slovak

Ethnic groups:
Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)

Languages:
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2004)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
3.9% of GDP (2005)