User:RobSteff/Slovakia
| Slovenská republika | |
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| Flag | Coat of Arms |
| Capital | Bratislava |
| Government | Parliamentary republic |
| Language | Slovak (official) |
| President | Zuzana Čaputová |
| Prime minister | Peter Pellegrini |
| Area | 18,932 sq mi |
| Population 2016 | 5,445,802 |
| GDP 2019 est- | $109.863 billion |
| GDP per capita | $37,021 |
| Currency | Euro |
| Internet top-level domain | .sk |
Slovakia[1], officially the Slovak Republic[2] is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czechia to the northwest. Slovakia is a name of an independent state established in 1993 as well as a name of the territory historically occupied by Slovaks, which is slightly smaller than the territory of present-day Slovakia.
Demographics
The most reliable demographic data are provided by the official census as well as by other data collected through various government agencies by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. The first modern census in Slovakia (then part of Austria-Hungary) took place in 1869, while history of feudal census in Slovakia reaches back to 1784. Since 1869, censuses have been taken at (about) ten-year intervals (1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1946, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991). Census of May 26, 2001, for the first time used self-enumberation method, i.e. data were entered by the residents themselves.[3]
It is worth noting that present-day census records all people permanently residing in Slovakia, nine tenths of whom hold Slovak citizenship. Hereinafter the permanent residents of Slovakia shall be reffered to simply as Slovaks with the exception of subchapter on ethnicity.
| 2011 census data on citizenship[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship categories | Total | % | |
| Citizens of the Slovak Republic | Total | 4,975,661 | 92.2 |
| Of multiple citizenships | 8,203 | 0.2 | |
| Citizens of other country | 26,752 | 0.5 | |
| People with no citizenship | 1,523 | 0.0 | |
| People of unspecified citizenship | 393,100 | 7.3 | |
| Total | 5,397,036 | 100.0 | |
Ethnicity
| Census data[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | 2011 | 2001 | 1991 | |||
| total | % | total | % | total | % | |
| Slovaks | 4,352,775 | 80.7 | 4,614,854 | 85.8 | 4,519,328 | 85.7 |
| Hungarians | 458,467 | 8.5 | 520,528 | 9.7 | 567,296 | 10.8 |
| Roma | 105,738 | 2.0 | 89,920 | 1.7 | 75,802 | 1.4 |
| Czechs | 30,367 | 0.6 | 44,620 | 0.8 | 52,884 | 1.0 |
| Rusyns | 33,482 | 0.6 | 24,201 | 0.4 | 17,197 | 0.3 |
| Ukrainians | 7,430 | 0.1 | 10,814 | 0.2 | 13,281 | 0.3 |
| Germans | 4,690 | 0.1 | 5,405 | 0.1 | 5,414 | 0.1 |
| Polish | 3,084 | 0.1 | 2,602 | 0.0 | 2,659 | 0.1 |
| Croatians | 1,022 | 0.0 | 890 | 0.0 | no data | |
| Serbians | 698 | 0.0 | 434 | 0.0 | no data | |
| Russians | 1,997 | 0.0 | 1,590 | 0.0 | 1,389 | 0.0 |
| Jewish | 631 | 0.0 | 218 | 0.0 | 134 | 0.0 |
| Moravians | 3,286 | 0.1 | 2,348 | 0.0 | 6,037 | 0.1 |
| Bulgarians | 1,051 | 0.0 | 1,179 | 0.0 | 1,400 | 0.0 |
| Other | 9,825 | 0.2 | 5,350 | 0.1 | 2,732 | 0.1 |
| Unknown | 382,493 | 7,0 | 54,502 | 1.0 | 8,782 | 0.2 |
| Total | 5,397,036 | 100.0 | 5,379,455 | 100.0 | 5,274,335 | 100.0 |
Religion
The overwhelming majority of Slovaks are Christians, amounting to 75.4 % according to 2011 census, with two thirds of the total population belonging to the Catholicism. Roman Catholic Church is the most prevalent Christian denomination.
| Census data[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | 2011 | 2001 | 1991 | |||
| total | % | total | % | total | % | |
| Roman Catholic Church | 3,347,277 | 62.0 | 3,708,120 | 86.9 | 3,187,383 | 60.4 |
| Greek Catholic Church | 206,871 | 3.8 | 219,831 | 4.1 | 178,733 | 3.4 |
| Orthodox Church | 49,133 | 0.9 | 50,363 | 0.9 | 34,376 | 0.7 |
| Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession | 316,250 | 5.9 | 372,858 | 6.9 | 326,397 | 6.2 |
| Reformed Christian Church | 98,797 | 1.8 | 109,735 | 2.0 | 82,545 | 1.6 |
| Religious Society of Jehovah's Witnesses | 17,222 | 0.3 | 20,630 | 0.4 | 10,501 | 0.2 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church | 10,328 | 0.2 | 7,347 | 0.1 | 4,359 | 0.1 |
| Christian Congregations | 7,720 | 0.1 | 6,519 | 0.1 | 700 | 0.0 |
| Apostolic Church | 5,831 | 0.1 | 3,905 | 0.1 | 1,116 | 0.0 |
| Brotherly Union of Baptists | 3,486 | 0.1 | 3,562 | 0.1 | 2,465 | 0.0 |
| Seventh-Day Adventists Church | 2,915 | 0.1 | 3,429 | 0.1 | 1,721 | 0.0 |
| Church of Brethren | 3,396 | 0.1 | 3,217 | 0.1 | 1,861 | 0.0 |
| Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia | 1,999 | 0.1 | 2,310 | 0.0 | 912 | 0.0 |
| Old Catholic Church | 1,687 | 0.0 | 1,733 | 0.0 | 882 | 0.0 |
| Czechoslovak Hussite Church | 1,782 | 0.0 | 1,696 | 0.0 | 625 | 0.0 |
| New Apostolic Church | 166 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 188 | 0.0 |
| Bahá'í Society | 1,065 | 0.0 | no data | |||
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 972 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.0 | 91 | 0.0 |
| Other | 23,340 | 0.5 | 6,214 | 0.1 | 6,094 | 0.1 |
| Irreligion | 725,362 | 13.4 | 697,308 | 13.0 | 515,551 | 9.8 |
| Not specified | 571,437 | 10.6 | 160,598 | 3.0 | 917,835 | 17.4 |
| Total | 5,397,036 | 100.0 | 5,379,455 | 100.0 | 5,274,335 | 100.0 |
References
- ↑ In Slovak: Slovensko
- ↑ in Slovak: Slovak: Slovenská republika, abbreviation: SR
- ↑ Sčítanie obyvateľov, domov a bytov [Census] [online]. Bratislava : Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, 2017-05-30 (retrieved 2019-08-18) (in Slovak)
- ↑ Obyvateľstvo SR podľa štátnej príslušnosti - SODB 2011 [Population of the Slovak Republic by citizenship - 2011 census] [PDF online]. Bratislava : Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, 2012-06-21 (retrieved 2019-08-18) (in Slovak)
- ↑ Obyvateľstvo SR podľa národnosti - sčítanie 2011, 2001, 1991 [Population of the Slovak Republic by ethnicity - 2011, 2001, and 1991 census] [PDF online]. Bratislava : Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, 2012-06-21 (retrieved 2019-08-18) (in Slovak)
- ↑ Obyvateľstvo SR podľa náboženského vyznania - sčítanie 2011, 2001, 1991 [Population of the Slovak Republic by religion - 2011, 2001, and 1991 census] [PDF online]. Bratislava : Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, 2012-06-21 (retrieved 2019-08-18) (in Slovak)
