Population (total, 1 January)

In 2025, Slovakia's population (total, 1 january) decreased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 5,419,451.

Slovakia accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 450,646,971.

Slovakia ranks 19th 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 0.7% (from 5,457,873 in 2020).

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