Population, Slovenia, 1 January 2017

On 1 January 2017 Slovenia's population 2,065,895 or 1,707 more than one year earlier

On 1 January 2017 Slovenia had a population of 2,065,895 or 16 more than three months earlier. The number of Slovene citizens decreased while the number of foreign citizens increased and remained at 5.5%.

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Fewer citizens of Slovenia, more foreign citizens

According to the Statistical Office of Slovenia, the population of Slovenia increased by 16 in the fourth quarter of 2016. The number of citizens of Slovenia decreased by more than 1,650 (0.1%), while the number of foreign citizens increased by nearly 1,700 (1.5%). On 1 January 2017 the 114,438 foreign citizens represented 5.5% of Slovenia’s population.

Increasing share of women among foreign citizens

On 1 January 2017 the population of Slovenia consisted of 1,025,125 men and 1,040,770 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 35.1% women (their share has increased by 3,1 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. 2016	1. 4. 2016	1. 7. 2016	1. 10. 2016	1. 1. 2017
Population	2,064,188	2,063,371	2,064,241	2,065,879	2,065,895
men	1,023,333	1,023,153	1,023,872	1,024,939	1,025,125
women	1,040,855	1,040,218	1,040,369	1,040,940	1,040,770
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia	1,956,422	1,954,472	1,953,634	1,953,112	1,951,457
men	952,862	952,112	951,715	951,586	950,811
women	1,003,560	1,002,360	1,001,919	1,001,526	1,000,646
Foreign citizens	107,766	108,899	110,607	112,767	114,438
men	70,471	71,041	72,157	73,353	74,314
women	37,295	37,858	38,450	39,414	40,124