Population, Slovenia, 1 January 2016

On 1 January 2016 Slovenia's population 2,064,188 or 1,314 more than one year earlier

On 1 January 2016 Slovenia had a population of 2,064,188 or 1,314 more than one year earlier. The number of Slovene citizens decreased while the number of foreign citizens increased and reached 5.2%.

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Fewer citizens of Slovenia, more foreign citizens

According to the Statistical Office of Slovenia, the population of Slovenia increased by just over 1,300 in 2015. The number of citizens of Slovenia decreased by 4,900 (0.3%), while the number of foreign citizens increased by 6,200 (6.1%). On 1 January 2016 the 107,766 foreign citizens represented 5.2% of Slovenia’s population.

Increasing share of women among foreign citizens

On 1 January 2016 the population of Slovenia consisted of 1,023,333 men and 1,040,855 women. The share of women among citizens of Slovenia was 51.3% (this share has been slowly decreasing for a number of years); among foreign citizens there were 34.6% women (their share has increased by 3.8 percentage points in the last four years).

Chart 1: Foreign citizens among population, Slovenia

Source: SURS

Table 1: Population by groups and sex, Slovenia

	1. 1. 2015	1. 4. 2015	1. 7. 2015	1. 10. 2015	1. 1. 2016
Population	2,062,874	2,061,952	2,063,077	2,064,632	2,064,188
men	1,022,229	1,021,819	1,022,554	1,023,392	1,023,333
women	1,040,645	1,040,133	1,040,523	1,041,240	1,040,855
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia	1,961,342	1,959,402	1,958,880	1,958,146	1,956,422
men	954,877	954,054	953,907	953,594	952,862
women	1,006,465	1,005,348	1,004,973	1,004,552	1,003,560
Foreign citizens	101,532	102,550	104,197	106,486	107,766
men	67,352	67,765	68,647	69,798	70,471
women	34,180	34,785	35,550	36,688	37,295