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Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Slovakia
Nationality noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak
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Area total: 48,845 sq km land: 48,800 sq km water: 45 sq km
Population: 5,431,363 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups Slovak 85.8% Hungarian 9.7% Roma 1.7% Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1% other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census):
Capital: Bratislava, population - 450,000
Largest Cities Koshice - 240,000 Presov - 9,000 Nitra - 90,000 Jilina - 87,000 Banska Bistricav - 85,000 Official Language Slovak (official) 83.9% Hungarian 10.7% Roma 1.8% Ukrainian 1% other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Religion Roman Catholic 68.9% Protestant 10.8% Greek Catholic 4.1% other or unspecified 3.2% none 13% (2001 census)
Political system: parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $78.89 billion
GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $14,500 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 5.3%
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 3.5% industry: 30.1% services: 66.4% (2004 est.) :
Inflation: 7.5 %
InternetTLD: .sk
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