| Official name: | Slovak Republic |
| Form of state: | Parliamentary Republic |
| Population: | 5.4 million inhabitants |
| Area: | 49,035 km2 |
| Density: | 108 inhabitants per km2 |
| Distribution: | 56.9% urban; 43.7% rural |
Neighbouring
countries: | Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine |
| Ethnic profile: | Slovak (85.6%), Hungarian (10.7%), Roma (1.8%) (according to other sources, could reach 10%), Czech (1.1%), Ruthenian (0.3%), Ukrainian (0.3%), German (0.1%), Polish (0.1%) |
| Languages: | Official: Slovak; other: Hungarian |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic (60.3%, thereof 75% practising), Protestant (6.2%), Greek-Catholic (3.2%), Jewish (3.1%), Atheist (9.7%), unknown (17.5%) |
| Life expectancy: | 68.4 years (male), 76.3 years (female) (1995) |
| Currency: | Slovak crown (1€=42,48 crowns) (Oct. 2001) |
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