Population, Slovenia, 1 January 2019

On 1 January 2019 Slovenia's population 2,080,908 or 14,000 more than one year earlier

On 1 January 2019 Slovenia had a population of 2,080,908 or 14,000 more than one year earlier. The number of Slovene citizens decreased while the number of foreign citizens increased and reached 6.6%.

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Fewer citizens of Slovenia, more foreign citizens

According to the Statistical Office of Slovenia, the population of Slovenia increased by 14,028 in 2018. The number of citizens of Slovenia decreased by almost 2,300, while the number of foreign citizens increased by more than 16,300 (13.4%). On 1 January 2019 the 138,193 foreign citizens represented 6.6% of Slovenia’s population.

Decreasing share of women among foreign citizens

On 1 January 2019 the population of Slovenia consisted of 1,038,656 men and 1,042,252 women. The share of women among citizens of Slovenia was 51.2% (this share has been slowly decreasing for a number of years); among foreign citizens there were 34.3% women (after several years of increase, their share decreased by one percentage point in 2018).

Foreign citizens among population, Slovenia

Source: SURS

Population by groups and sex, Slovenia

	1. 1. 2018	1. 4. 2018	1. 7. 2018	1. 10. 2018	1. 1. 2019
Population	2,066,880	2,067,284	2,070,050	2,076,595	2,080,908
men	1,027,041	1,028,014	1,030,234	1,034,966	1,038,656
women	1,039,839	1,039,270	1,039,816	1,041,629	1,042,252
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia	1,945,005	1,943,441	1,943,127	1,943,075	1,942,715
men	948,185	947,657	947,569	947,657	947,826
women	996,820	995,784	995,558	995,418	994,889
Foreign citizens	121,875	123,843	126,923	133,520	138,193
men	78,856	80,357	82,665	87,309	90,830
women	43,019	43,486	44,258	46,211	47,363