FACTS ABOUT
SLOVENIA
Area: |
total: 20,273 sq km water: 122 sq km land: 20,151 sq km |
Time |
GMT + 1 |
Coastline: |
46.6 km |
Climate: |
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east |
highest point |
Triglav 2,864 m |
Natural hazards: |
flooding and earthquakes |
Geography - note: |
Slovenia controls some of Europe's major transit routes (5th and 10th european transit corridor) |
Population: |
1,935,677 (July 2003) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 15.3% (male 152,341;
female 144,189) 15-64 years: 70% (male 687,939; female 666,194) 65 years and over: 14.7% (male 105,837; female 179,177) |
Population growth rate: |
0.14% (2003 est.) |
Birth rate: |
9.23 births/1,000 population |
Death rate: |
10.15 deaths/1,000 population |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 75.51 years male: 71.65 years female: 79.58 years (2003) |
Total fertility rate: |
1.27 children born/woman |
Ethnic groups: |
Slovene 85.1%, Croat 1.8%, Serb 1.98%, Bosniak 1.1%, Hungarian 0.32%, other 9.7% (2002) |
Religions: |
Roman Catholic 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9% |
Literacy: |
total population: 99.7% |
Government type: |
parliamentary democratic republic |
Capital: |
Ljubljana |
Independence: |
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) -national holiday |
GDP - per capita: |
10.900 USD |
GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 3.2% industry: 36.3% services: 60.5% |