Population, Slovenia, 1 January 2018

On 1 January 2018 Slovenia's population 2,066,880 or 985 more than one year earlier

On 1 January 2018 Slovenia had a population of 2,066,880 or 985 more than one year earlier. The number of Slovene citizens decreased while the number of foreign citizens increased and reached 5.9%.

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Fewer citizens of Slovenia, more foreign citizens

According to the Statistical Office of Slovenia, the population of Slovenia increased by 990 in the fourth quarter of 2017. The number of citizens of Slovenia decreased by more than 1,250 (0.1%), while the number of foreign citizens increased by nearly 2,250 (1.9%). On 1 January 2018 the 121,875 foreign citizens represented 5.9% of Slovenia’s population.

Increasing share of women among foreign citizens

On 1 January 2018 the population of Slovenia consisted of 1,027,041 men and 1,039,839 women. The share of women among citizens of Slovenia was 51.3% (this share has been slowly decreasing for a number of years); among foreign citizens there were 35.3% women (their share has increased by 2,5 percentage points in the last four years).

Foreign citizens among population, Slovenia

Source: SURS

Population by groups and sex, Slovenia

	1. 1. 2017	1. 4. 2017	1. 7. 2017	1. 10. 2017	1. 1. 2018
Population	2,065,895	2,064,836	2,066,161	2,065,890	2,066,880
men	1,025,125	1,025,013	1,025,973	1,026,100	1,027,041
women	1,040,770	1,039,823	1,040,188	1,039,790	1,039,839
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia	1,951,457	1,948,995	1,948,525	1,946,257	1,945,005
men	950,811	949,791	949,644	948,652	948,185
women	1,000,646	999,204	998,881	997,605	996,820
Foreign citizens	114,438	115,841	117,636	119,633	121,875
men	74,314	75,222	76,329	77,448	78,856
women	40,124	40,619	41,307	42,185	43,019