Population (total, 1 January)

In 2024, Slovakia's population (total, 1 january) decreased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 5,424,687.

Slovakia accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 449,306,184.

Slovakia ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.5% (from 5,450,421 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.