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Slovenia population

Slovenia population now

2,113,886

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 2.1–2.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 2,118,396

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 2.11458 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 2.1–2.1 million
Median age: 46.0
Aged 65+: 22.7%

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male female projection · one cell = 500 people

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SVN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Slovenia in numbers

2,118,396 people lived in Slovenia in mid-2023: 0.03% of the world's people, and the 149th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 1.5 times its 1950 population of 1.4 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2024 at 2.1 million, then falling to 1.6 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 1.2 million to 2.2 million.

Since 2017, more people have died here each year than have been born, and the UN's projection has that holding every year to 2100. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1993–2005. The population still grows until 2024, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 27.0 in 1950 and 44.9 in 2023; the projection has 50.4 in 2100. 21.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2010 at 1.4 million; in 2023 it was 1.4 million.

Among countries it ranks 149th in 2023, 151st in 2050 and 149th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Lithuania in 2070, Albania in 2071 and Puerto Rico in 2071. It is overtaken by Equatorial Guinea in 2029, Bahrain in 2044 and Timor-Leste in 2055.

Population, mid-2023: 2,118,396
Rank by population, 2023: 149 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.03%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.15% · +3,168 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 105
Land area, 2023: 20,135 km²
Births, 2023: 17,902
Deaths, 2023: 21,581
Net migration, 2023: +5,339
Children per woman, 2023: 1.58
Median age, 2023: 44.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.6 years
In a city, 2025: 16 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,446,358
Projected, mid-2050: 1,981,553
Projected, mid-2100: 1,632,030

SVN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Slovenia, 1950–2100

Slovenia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	1,438,260		34,056	17,435	2.99	61.8
1951	estimate	1,454,455		33,212	17,174	2.83	62.4
1952	estimate	1,470,999		33,359	16,369	2.77	63.8
1953	estimate	1,488,325		34,150	15,624	2.76	65.3
1954	estimate	1,506,781		32,771	15,353	2.60	66.1
1955	estimate	1,524,415		33,053	15,979	2.59	66.1
1956	estimate	1,540,844		32,439	15,822	2.52	66.5
1957	estimate	1,556,685		30,997	15,676	2.38	67.0
1958	estimate	1,571,612		29,106	15,223	2.23	67.7
1959	estimate	1,585,470		29,207	15,205	2.22	68.2
1960	estimate	1,598,752		28,723	15,148	2.19	68.5
1961	estimate	1,611,396		29,774	15,144	2.27	68.9
1962	estimate	1,625,723		29,888	15,315	2.28	68.8
1963	estimate	1,640,439		30,135	15,959	2.30	68.6
1964	estimate	1,654,434		30,277	16,104	2.32	68.5
1965	estimate	1,668,258		31,665	16,126	2.44	68.7
1966	estimate	1,682,377		31,962	16,182	2.48	68.9
1967	estimate	1,696,894		30,722	16,575	2.38	69.0
1968	estimate	1,710,845		29,356	17,636	2.26	68.6
1969	estimate	1,723,006		28,577	17,911	2.18	68.6
1970	estimate	1,734,360		28,160	17,417	2.11	69.0
1971	estimate	1,745,362		29,243	16,832	2.16	69.7
1972	estimate	1,760,060		29,850	16,463	2.17	70.3
1973	estimate	1,776,374		30,826	16,603	2.20	70.8
1974	estimate	1,792,769		30,132	16,740	2.12	71.0
1975	estimate	1,809,304		31,443	17,277	2.17	71.1
1976	estimate	1,825,892		32,272	17,569	2.20	71.1
1977	estimate	1,842,822		32,186	17,768	2.17	71.3
1978	estimate	1,859,820		32,989	17,707	2.19	71.6
1979	estimate	1,877,216		33,479	18,199	2.21	71.6
1980	estimate	1,894,596		32,124	18,315	2.10	71.8
1981	estimate	1,911,542		30,070	18,961	1.96	71.7
1982	estimate	1,917,643		29,301	19,932	1.93	71.4
1983	estimate	1,918,307		27,164	20,677	1.81	71.2
1984	estimate	1,928,402		26,252	20,932	1.75	71.3
1985	estimate	1,937,010		25,914	20,396	1.72	71.8
1986	estimate	1,945,933		25,275	20,170	1.67	72.1
1987	estimate	1,983,738		25,552	19,953	1.65	72.4
1988	estimate	1,992,303		25,145	19,695	1.63	72.8
1989	estimate	1,994,730		23,422	19,249	1.52	73.3
1990	estimate	1,996,187		22,332	19,309	1.46	73.5
1991	estimate	1,999,827		21,603	19,549	1.42	73.5
1992	estimate	1,998,559		20,053	19,908	1.33	73.4
1993	estimate	1,993,158		19,766	19,816	1.33	73.6
1994	estimate	1,988,463		19,388	19,639	1.31	73.9
1995	estimate	1,988,061		18,883	19,171	1.29	74.4
1996	estimate	1,988,129		18,750	18,969	1.28	74.8
1997	estimate	1,985,457		18,146	18,968	1.25	75.0
1998	estimate	1,983,338		17,828	19,097	1.23	75.1
1999	estimate	1,976,791		17,467	18,951	1.21	75.5
2000	estimate	1,985,597		18,095	18,767	1.25	75.8
2001	estimate	1,988,035		17,420	18,658	1.21	76.2
2002	estimate	1,991,323		17,468	18,950	1.21	76.3
2003	estimate	1,991,820		17,331	19,218	1.20	76.3
2004	estimate	1,993,160		17,967	18,948	1.25	76.9
2005	estimate	1,993,930		18,151	18,502	1.26	77.5
2006	estimate	1,999,897		18,939	18,584	1.32	77.8
2007	estimate	2,006,331		19,867	18,402	1.39	78.3
2008	estimate	2,021,984		21,843	18,616	1.53	78.6
2009	estimate	2,028,187		21,849	18,599	1.54	79.0
2010	estimate	2,043,029		22,373	18,800	1.58	79.3
2011	estimate	2,046,195		22,017	18,988	1.57	79.6
2012	estimate	2,051,413		21,989	19,289	1.59	79.8
2013	estimate	2,055,229		21,191	19,399	1.55	80.1
2014	estimate	2,057,654		21,205	19,650	1.58	80.3
2015	estimate	2,059,147		20,695	19,805	1.58	80.5
2016	estimate	2,060,747		20,392	20,338	1.59	80.5
2017	estimate	2,061,999		20,288	20,825	1.62	80.6
2018	estimate	2,062,821		19,535	20,858	1.61	80.9
2019	estimate	2,076,140		19,241	20,992	1.61	81.0
2020	estimate	2,090,739		18,658	23,812	1.59	80.4
2021	estimate	2,114,100		19,399	23,087	1.64	80.4
2022	estimate	2,112,888		18,164	22,495	1.57	80.8
2023	estimate	2,117,568		17,902	21,581	1.58	81.6
2024	estimate	2,119,224		17,563	21,937	1.58	81.8
2025	projection	2,118,169	2.1–2.1 million	17,209	22,122	1.58	81.9
2026	projection	2,115,975	2.1–2.1 million	16,897	22,306	1.58	82.1
2027	projection	2,113,172	2.1–2.1 million	16,628	22,470	1.58	82.3
2028	projection	2,109,913	2.1–2.1 million	16,435	22,674	1.58	82.4
2029	projection	2,105,750	2.1–2.2 million	16,287	22,866	1.58	82.6
2030	projection	2,101,310	2.0–2.2 million	16,257	23,107	1.59	82.7
2031	projection	2,096,602	2.0–2.2 million	16,256	23,322	1.59	82.9
2032	projection	2,091,553	2.0–2.2 million	16,325	23,545	1.59	83.0
2033	projection	2,086,552	2.0–2.2 million	16,458	23,767	1.59	83.2
2034	projection	2,081,400	2.0–2.2 million	16,629	24,021	1.59	83.3
2035	projection	2,076,460	2.0–2.2 million	16,845	24,252	1.59	83.5
2036	projection	2,071,211	2.0–2.2 million	17,062	24,512	1.59	83.6
2037	projection	2,065,736	2.0–2.2 million	17,271	24,773	1.59	83.7
2038	projection	2,059,975	2.0–2.2 million	17,471	25,003	1.59	83.9
2039	projection	2,054,791	2.0–2.2 million	17,666	25,288	1.59	84.0
2040	projection	2,049,372	1.9–2.2 million	17,806	25,547	1.59	84.2
2041	projection	2,044,155	1.9–2.2 million	17,921	25,795	1.59	84.3
2042	projection	2,038,475	1.9–2.2 million	17,976	26,038	1.59	84.4
2043	projection	2,032,333	1.9–2.2 million	18,011	26,244	1.60	84.5
2044	projection	2,026,055	1.9–2.2 million	17,983	26,452	1.60	84.7
2045	projection	2,019,575	1.9–2.2 million	17,928	26,617	1.60	84.8
2046	projection	2,012,990	1.9–2.2 million	17,803	26,727	1.60	84.9
2047	projection	2,006,400	1.9–2.2 million	17,636	26,858	1.60	85.0
2048	projection	1,999,569	1.8–2.2 million	17,441	26,946	1.60	85.2
2049	projection	1,992,789	1.8–2.2 million	17,211	27,026	1.60	85.3
2050	projection	1,985,456	1.8–2.2 million	16,964	27,084	1.60	85.4
2051	projection	1,977,650	1.8–2.2 million	16,719	27,121	1.60	85.5
2052	projection	1,969,629	1.8–2.2 million	16,469	27,125	1.61	85.6
2053	projection	1,961,076	1.8–2.2 million	16,206	27,104	1.61	85.8
2054	projection	1,952,421	1.8–2.2 million	15,955	27,100	1.61	85.9
2055	projection	1,943,364	1.7–2.2 million	15,706	27,069	1.61	86.0
2056	projection	1,934,008	1.7–2.2 million	15,467	27,062	1.61	86.1
2057	projection	1,924,694	1.7–2.2 million	15,269	27,046	1.61	86.2
2058	projection	1,914,788	1.7–2.2 million	15,100	27,002	1.61	86.4
2059	projection	1,905,510	1.7–2.2 million	14,982	26,948	1.61	86.5
2060	projection	1,895,626	1.7–2.1 million	14,882	26,901	1.61	86.6
2061	projection	1,885,465	1.7–2.1 million	14,797	26,787	1.61	86.7
2062	projection	1,875,596	1.6–2.1 million	14,757	26,730	1.61	86.8
2063	projection	1,865,975	1.6–2.1 million	14,747	26,664	1.61	87.0
2064	projection	1,856,389	1.6–2.1 million	14,765	26,587	1.61	87.1
2065	projection	1,846,528	1.6–2.1 million	14,790	26,480	1.61	87.2
2066	projection	1,836,948	1.6–2.1 million	14,840	26,359	1.61	87.3
2067	projection	1,827,814	1.6–2.1 million	14,886	26,215	1.61	87.4
2068	projection	1,818,832	1.5–2.1 million	14,960	26,086	1.61	87.5
2069	projection	1,809,626	1.5–2.1 million	15,024	25,921	1.61	87.7
2070	projection	1,800,537	1.5–2.1 million	15,083	25,770	1.61	87.8
2071	projection	1,792,047	1.5–2.1 million	15,146	25,585	1.61	87.9
2072	projection	1,783,777	1.5–2.1 million	15,202	25,371	1.62	88.0
2073	projection	1,775,846	1.5–2.1 million	15,234	25,109	1.62	88.1
2074	projection	1,767,709	1.5–2.1 million	15,238	24,844	1.62	88.2
2075	projection	1,760,077	1.4–2.1 million	15,198	24,556	1.62	88.3
2076	projection	1,752,877	1.4–2.1 million	15,163	24,244	1.62	88.4
2077	projection	1,746,047	1.4–2.1 million	15,094	23,889	1.62	88.6
2078	projection	1,739,442	1.4–2.1 million	15,038	23,540	1.62	88.7
2079	projection	1,732,833	1.4–2.1 million	14,935	23,162	1.62	88.8
2080	projection	1,726,744	1.4–2.1 million	14,822	22,773	1.62	88.9
2081	projection	1,720,664	1.4–2.1 million	14,703	22,406	1.62	89.0
2082	projection	1,715,093	1.4–2.1 million	14,572	22,037	1.62	89.1
2083	projection	1,709,800	1.4–2.1 million	14,430	21,683	1.62	89.2
2084	projection	1,704,581	1.3–2.1 million	14,267	21,342	1.62	89.3
2085	projection	1,699,632	1.3–2.1 million	14,123	20,999	1.62	89.5
2086	projection	1,694,787	1.3–2.1 million	13,964	20,683	1.62	89.6
2087	projection	1,689,890	1.3–2.1 million	13,841	20,415	1.62	89.7
2088	projection	1,685,287	1.3–2.1 million	13,722	20,141	1.62	89.8
2089	projection	1,680,892	1.3–2.1 million	13,610	19,914	1.62	89.9
2090	projection	1,676,530	1.3–2.1 million	13,507	19,698	1.62	90.0
2091	projection	1,672,012	1.3–2.1 million	13,412	19,533	1.62	90.1
2092	projection	1,667,846	1.3–2.1 million	13,338	19,402	1.62	90.2
2093	projection	1,663,658	1.3–2.1 million	13,301	19,287	1.62	90.3
2094	projection	1,659,423	1.2–2.2 million	13,254	19,235	1.63	90.5
2095	projection	1,655,270	1.2–2.2 million	13,212	19,197	1.62	90.6
2096	projection	1,651,065	1.2–2.2 million	13,195	19,192	1.62	90.7
2097	projection	1,646,843	1.2–2.2 million	13,174	19,200	1.62	90.8
2098	projection	1,642,498	1.2–2.2 million	13,166	19,247	1.62	90.9
2099	projection	1,638,431	1.2–2.2 million	13,177	19,294	1.62	91.0
2100	projection	1,634,237	1.2–2.2 million	13,196	19,398	1.63	91.1

Show the numbers: Slovenia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Slovenia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	8,826	8,274
1	9,048	8,446
2	9,258	8,629
3	9,431	8,798
4	9,839	9,183
5	10,056	9,421
6	10,130	9,536
7	10,430	9,780
8	10,732	10,004
9	10,851	10,296
10	10,886	10,407
11	11,127	10,512
12	11,206	10,676
13	11,460	10,907
14	11,735	11,140
15	11,881	11,314
16	11,974	11,301
17	11,880	11,372
18	11,556	11,154
19	11,109	10,530
20	10,810	10,198
21	10,577	10,110
22	10,393	9,880
23	10,308	9,644
24	10,377	9,646
25	10,795	9,904
26	11,094	9,980
27	11,233	9,797
28	11,665	10,002
29	12,131	10,218
30	12,290	10,326
31	12,242	10,484
32	12,381	10,612
33	12,506	10,657
34	12,966	11,063
35	13,404	11,634
36	13,747	12,001
37	14,614	12,702
38	15,224	13,362
39	15,128	13,326
40	15,173	13,398
41	15,462	13,798
42	15,712	14,030
43	16,212	14,316
44	16,798	14,724
45	17,117	15,224
46	17,398	15,406
47	17,498	15,222
48	17,185	15,126
49	17,027	15,342
50	16,740	15,358
51	16,279	14,798
52	16,043	14,552
53	15,816	14,553
54	15,504	14,252
55	14,850	13,879
56	14,590	13,833
57	14,907	14,064
58	15,002	14,627
59	15,343	15,152
60	15,512	15,322
61	15,046	15,112
62	14,668	14,727
63	14,535	14,550
64	14,307	14,518
65	13,862	14,392
66	13,481	13,960
67	13,204	13,606
68	12,921	13,732
69	13,035	14,020
70	13,047	14,042
71	12,522	13,814
72	12,204	13,495
73	11,857	13,146
74	10,971	12,612
75	10,373	12,216
76	9,638	11,506
77	8,484	10,550
78	7,672	9,882
79	6,722	9,074
80	5,168	7,277
81	4,550	6,531
82	4,824	7,316
83	4,613	7,365
84	4,095	6,676
85	3,581	6,020
86	3,104	5,544
87	2,596	4,950
88	2,166	4,357
89	1,830	3,883
90	1,497	3,388
91	1,178	2,901
92	910	2,476
93	701	2,066
94	533	1,668
95	405	1,324
96	286	988
97	186	706
98	122	506
99	76	349
100+	104	587

SVN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Slovenia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SVN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Slovenia

Slovenia had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2010: 1,420,890 people aged 15–64, against 1,350,220 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

23 children

33 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 33 years: 1983–2015.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

SVN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Slovenia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Slovenia gains 7,152 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,472 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 32,700 (1986); its biggest loss, 8,695 (1982).

In 2024, 315,122 people living in Slovenia had been born in another country, 15 of every 100 people there, against 9 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SVN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Slovenia

Of every 100 babies born in Slovenia in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 77 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 5 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.

1950
5 · 74 · 21

2023
1 · 77 · 22

2050 · projected
1 · 73 · 26

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 17,902
Average age when women have a baby: 30.4 years; 29.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 4; 25 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Slovenia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1	7	2	3	2	1
15–19	1,751	4,480	532	173	138	124
20–24	9,205	13,133	4,276	1,850	1,615	1,471
25–29	10,702	8,016	7,179	5,734	4,721	3,962
30–34	5,107	3,628	4,363	6,256	6,118	4,601
35–39	4,900	1,642	1,496	3,159	3,503	2,421
40–44	2,254	488	235	676	812	566
45–49	136	44	9	49	54	49
50–54	0	5	3	2	1	1
All babies	34,056	31,443	18,095	17,902	16,964	13,196

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SVN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Slovenia

A baby born in Slovenia in 2021 could expect 80.4 years of life, 69.4 of them in full health (95% range 68.5–70.1). That leaves 11.0 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

70.9 in full health, 12.5 not: 83.4 years

Men

67.9 in full health, 9.6 not: 77.5 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 70.9 healthy years of 83.4. Men: 67.9 of 77.5. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 70.2.

SVN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Slovenia

At the end of 2025, Slovenia was hosting 13,235 people who had crossed a border into it, about 6 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad13,235
Slovenia nationals abroad115

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 500 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Slovenia living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 3,944 people asked for asylum in Slovenia for the first time; 16 people from Slovenia asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SVN · of every 100 people

How people live in Slovenia

Of every 100 people in Slovenia in 2025, 16 lived in a city, 35 in a town or suburb and 49 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 9.2 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

SVN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Slovenia went in school

Almost every adult in Slovenia went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 78 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 finished primary 18 finished lower secondary 53 finished upper secondary 25 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

SVN · cities · 2025

Cities in Slovenia

Slovenia had 2 cities in 2025, home to 328,724 people.

Ljubljana246,671
Maribor82,053

How to read this: the 2 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Slovenia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.