Location: Central Europe, south of Poland
Area:
total area:
48,845 sq km
land area:
48,800 sq km
comparative area:
about twice the size of New Hampshire
Land boundaries:
total 1,355 km ;
Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km,
Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 5,432,383 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
23% (female 609,795; male 638,346)
15-64 years:
66% (female 1,807,312; male 1,778,712)
65 years and over:
11% (female 364,610; male 233,608)
Population growth rate: 0.54% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 14.51 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 9.12 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.24 years
male:
69.15 years
female:
77.57 years
Total fertility rate: 1.93 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
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%
total population:
male:
female:
Names:
conventional long form:
Slovak Republic
conventional short form:
Slovakia
Type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Bratislava
Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)
Constitution:
ratified 1 September 1992,
fully effective 1 January 1993
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $32.8 billion
National product real growth rate: 4.3%
National product per capita: $6,070
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12%
Unemployment rate: 14.6%
Electricity:
capacity:
6,300,000 kW
production:
20.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
3,609 kWh
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