People in Slovenia

Population: 2,011,070 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 14% (male 145,016; female 137,012)

15-64 years: 70.6% (male 715,629; female 704,079)

65 years and over: 15.4% (male 118,298; female 191,036) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.03% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 8.95 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 10.22 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 76.14 years

male: 72.42 years

female: 80.1 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.24 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Slovene(s)

adjective: Slovenian

Ethnic groups: Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)

Religions: Catholic 57.8%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 2.4%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)

Languages: Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)

Literacy:

definition: NA

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.7%

female: 99.6% (2003 est.)