Slovenia Demographics

What is the population of Slovenia?

Population	2,102,678
Population Growth Rate	-0.21%
Urban Population	49.9%
Population in Major Urban Areas	LJUBLJANA (capital) 273,000
Nationality Noun	Slovene(s)
Nationality Adjective	Slovenian
Ethnic Groups	Slovene 92%, Croat 1%, Serb 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Bosniak 0.3%, other 5.8% (1991)
Languages Spoken	Slovenian 92%, Serbo-Croatian 6.2%, other 1.8%
Language Note	The official language is Slovene, a Slavic language. The language has a special language construct that indicates two people or things, separate to singular and plural. Slovene uses Roman characters, but excludes q,w,and x. The oldest documents preserved date back to 1000 AD. Slovene resisted the pressure to "Germanize" the language. The next most used language is English.

Slovenia Health Information

What are the health conditions in Slovenia?

Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population	11.12
Drinking Water Source - percent of rural population improved	99.4%
Drinking Water Source - percent of total population unimproved	0.4%
Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved	99.8%
Health Expenditures - percent of GDP	9%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.07%
HIV/Aids Deaths	90
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population	4.6
Infant Mortality Rate - female deaths/1,000 live births	3.52
Infant Mortality Rate - male deaths/1,000 live births	4.61
Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births	4.08
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births	12
Mean Age for Mother's First Birth	28.7
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	28.6%
People Living with HIV/AIDS	750
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population	2.54
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved	100%
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of rural population improved	100%
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman	1.32

Slovenia Life Expectancy

How long do people live in Slovenia?

Life Expectancy at Birth	77 Years
Life Expectancy at Birth - female	81 Years
Life Expectancy at Birth - male	74 Years
Median Age	43 Years
Median Age - female	44 Years
Median Age - male	41 Years

Slovenia Infant Mortality - per 1,000 live births

Slovenia median age, birth rate and death rates

Birth Rate - births/1,000 population	9
Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population	11.12
Median Age	43 Years
Median Age - female	44 Years
Median Age - male	41 Years
Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population	.38
Population Growth Rate	-0.21%
Sex Ratio 0-14 Years - male/female	1.06
Sex Ratio 15-24 Years - male/female	1.05
Sex Ratio 25-54 Years - male/female	1.02
Sex Ratio 55-64 Years - male/female	.95
Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female	1.07
Sex Ratio of Total Population - male/female	.95
Sex Ratio Over 64 Years - male/female	.66

Slovenia Medical Information

What are the health conditions in Slovenia?

Medical Facilities and Health Information

Adequate medical care is readily available. Travelers to Slovenia may obtain a list of English-speaking physicians on the U.S. Embassy’s website. Antibiotics, as well as other U.S.-equivalent prescription medications are available at local pharmacies. In Slovenia all medications, including drugs considered over-the-counter and first aid supplies, are dispensed through pharmacies (called “lekarna”). Please see the Embassy’s website for a list of pharmacies open 24 hours.

Persons who engage in outdoor activities may wish to take a vaccine to prevent tick-borne encephalitis.

Slovenia Education

What is school like in Slovenia?

Education Expenditures - percent of GDP	5.7%
Literacy - female	99.6%
Literacy - male	99.7%
Literacy - total population	99.7%
School Life Expectancy - female	18 Years
School Life Expectancy - male	16 Years
Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)	17 Years

Slovenia Literacy

Can people in Slovenia read?

Literacy - female	99.6%
Literacy - male	99.7%
Literacy - total population	99.7%
Predominant Language	Slovenian 92%, Serbo-Croatian 6.2%, other 1.8%

Slovenia Crime

Is Slovenia a safe place to visit?

Crime Information

Slovenia’s overall crime rate is low and violent crimes are relatively uncommon. Most crimes tend to be directed towards obtaining personal property, such as purse snatching, pick-pocketing, and residential and vehicle break-ins. Visitors should take normal security precautions and report any incidents to the local police.

Vehicle break-in/theft is a continuing problem in Slovenia. You should always lock your vehicles, use vehicle anti-theft devices, park in well-lighted areas, and if possible, secure vehicles in residential or hotel garages. To guard against residential burglaries, it is advisable to implement preventative security measures such as rolling down shutters and locking windows and doors when not at home and keeping garage doors closed.

We urge U.S. citizens to exercise caution with so-called "gentlemen's clubs." A few such establishments have presented foreign customers with grossly inflated bar bills, sometimes in the thousands of dollars, and threatened those customers who refuse to pay.

Incidents of violent crime, while still relatively infrequent, are possible. U.S. citizens have reported incidents of sexual assault in at least one nightclub in recent years. Use caution when accepting open drinks at bars or clubs, and don’t leave your drinks unattended.

Don’t buy counterfeit and pirated goods, even if they are widely available. Not only are the bootlegs illegal in the United States, if you purchase them you may also be breaking local law.

Slovenia Penalties for Crime

Criminal Penalties

While you are traveling in Slovenia, you are subject to its laws even if you are a U.S. citizen. Foreign laws and legal systems can be vastly different from our own, and criminal penalties vary from country to country. If you break local laws in Slovenia, your U.S. passport won’t help you avoid arrest or prosecution. It’s very important to know what’s legal and what’s not in countries where you will be traveling. And certain crimes may result in you being prosecuted both in a foreign country and in the United States. For instance, engaging in sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography is illegal in Slovenia and these actions are also prosecutable in the United States. Persons violating Slovenian laws, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested, or imprisoned. Penalties for possessing, using, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Slovenia are severe, and convicted offenders can expect long jail sentences and heavy fines.

Based on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, bilateral agreements with certain countries, and customary international law, if you are arrested in Slovenia, you have the option to request that the police, prison officials, or other authorities alert the Embassy to your arrest, and to have communications from you forwarded to the Embassy.

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