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Slovakia is an average size country in eastern Europe.

Slovakia is a landlocked country with no coastline.

The land is mountainous in the north and centre with lowlands in the south.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Slovakia, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 48 40N
Longitude - 19 30E

The capital of Slovakia is Bratislava.

Slovakia is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote.

The currency in Slovakia is the euro. Slovakia is a member of the European Union, having joined in 2004.

Slovak is the official language.

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The Slovakian flag is 3 equal horizontal stripes of white, blue and red. The Slovakian coat of arms is in the centre but slightly offset to the left. The coat of arms is a red shield with a white border with the double barred cross of St Cyril and St Methodius on top of 3 blue hills.

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These are the words to the Slovakian National Anthem called Storm over the Tatras. It was adopted in 1993. This is a translation of the words.

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 There’s lightning over the Tatras,
thunderclaps wildly beat.
There’s lightning over the Tatras,
thunderclaps wildly beat.
Let us stop them, brothers,
They’ll just disappear,
the Slovaks will revive.
Let us stop them, brothers,
They’ll just disappear,
the Slovaks will revive.

That Slovakia of ours
has been fast asleep so far.
That Slovakia of ours
has been fast asleep so far.
But the thunder’s lightning
is rousing it
to come awake.
But the thunder’s lightning
is rousing it
to come awake.

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The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media

The total land area of Slovakia is 48,105 sq kms which is the 26th largest in Europe.

Slovakia has lakes, rivers and canals which total 930 sq kms.

Slovakia has boundaries with 5 countries

• Hungary 627 kms
• Poland 541 kms
• Czech Republic 241 kms
• Austria 105 kms
• Ukraine 97 kms

Slovakia has no coastline.

The highest point in Slovakia is Gerlachovsky Stit at 2,655 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.

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The total population of Slovakia is 5.45 million people, making it the 23rd largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 2.81 million are females and 2.64 million are males.

A person from Slovakia is called a Slovakian.

To be a citizen of Slovakia, one of your parents must be a citizen of Slovakia. It is not sufficient to be born in Slovakia. You have to live in Slovakia for 5 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Slovakia, by population are:-

• Bratislava 423,737 people
• Kosice 236,563
• Presov 94,718
• Nitra 86,329
• Zilina 85,985

For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. Each little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.



53.6% of the people live in cities or towns.

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The birth rate in Slovakia is 9.8 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Slovakia is 9.8 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 4.5 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 5.8 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 41.9 and for males is 38.4. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 27.8.

The elderly dependency ratio is 19.9. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 5.0. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Slovakia spends 8.1% of its total income on health care.

There are 3.32 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 6.0 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

20.5% of the population are estimated as obese.

100% of Slovakians have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

99.4% of the urban population and 98.2% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.

Slovakia releases 33.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 25th highest in Europe.

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Slovakia spends 4.1% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 6 in Slovakia. Primary education is for nine years until age 15. Upper secondary education can continue to 18/19. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts at the end of August and finishes at the end of June. There is usually a 2 week break at Christmas, 1 week at Easter, and a one week break in the middle of each of the first two terms.

We have no figures for the number of people who are able to read and write by the age of 15.

22.2% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 26.3% are unemployed while with males 19.8% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Slovakia is 2.73 million.

They work in the following sectors.

• Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
• Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
• Services is everything else

9.8% of the workforce are unemployed.

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There are 21 paved airports in Slovakia, which is the 24th highest number in Europe.


There are 3,624 kilometres of railways in Slovakia, which is the 19th longest in Europe.


There are 54,869 kilometres of roads in Slovakia, which means Slovakia is in 23rd place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.

There are 4 major national newspapers in Slovakia.

There are 6.68 million mobile phone users.

16.0% of the people have a fixed landline.



4.63 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).

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