People

Population: 5 392 982 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 21% (male 570 515; female 546 088)

15-64 years: 68% (male 1 819 831; female 1 845 800)

65 years and over: 11% (male 235 926; female 374 822) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.08% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 9.96 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 9.48 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.33 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 9.73 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 73.19 years

male: 69.41 years

female: 77.15 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.27 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Slovak(s)

adjective: Slovak

Ethnic groups: Slovak 85.7% Hungarian 10.7% Gypsy 1.5% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community which could reach 500 000 or more) Czech 1% Ruthenian 0.3% Ukrainian 0.3% German 0.1% Polish 0.1% other 0.3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 60.3% atheist 9.7% Protestant 8.4% Orthodox 4.1% other 17.5%

Languages: Slovak (official) Hungarian

Literacy: NA