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Regions

The population of the regions of Slovakia according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1980-11-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-03	Population Census (C) 2001-05-26	Population Census (C) 2011-05-21	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31
Banskobystrický kraj	BAN	Banská Bystrica	9,455	636,192	659,320	662,121	660,563	625,601	614,356	945500	→
Bratislavský kraj	BRA	Bratislava	2,053	543,800	606,351	599,015	602,436	719,537	732,757	205300	→
Košický kraj	KOS	Košice	6,753	698,825	741,216	766,012	791,723	782,216	779,073	675300	→
Nitriansky kraj	NIT	Nitra	6,343	708,634	716,846	713,422	689,867	677,900	668,301	634300	→
Prešovský kraj	PRE	Prešov	8,993	678,386	739,264	789,968	814,527	808,931	808,810	899300	→
Trenčiansky kraj	TRE	Trenčín	4,501	568,498	600,575	605,582	594,328	577,464	568,102	450100	→
Trnavský kraj	TRN	Trnava	4,148	526,906	541,992	551,003	554,741	566,008	566,114	414800	→
Žilinský kraj	ZIL	Žilina	6,788	629,927	668,771	692,332	688,851	691,613	687,174	678800	→
Slovakia	SVK	Bratislava	49,036	4,991,168	5,274,335	5,379,455	5,397,036	5,449,270	5,424,687		→

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31
1	Bratislava	BRA	478,040
2	Košice	KOS	225,044
3	Prešov	PRE	82,286
4	Žilina	ZIL	80,634
5	Nitra	NIT	76,499
6	Banská Bystrica	BAN	74,065
7	Trnava	TRN	62,955
8	Trenčín	TRE	54,065
9	Martin	ZIL	50,629

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Slovak cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1980-11-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-03	Population Census (C) 2001-05-26	Population Census (C) 2011-05-21	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31	Area
Bánovce nad Bebravou	Town	TRE	15,342	19,893	20,901	19,564	17,311	16,359	2654	→
Banská Bystrica	Town	BAN	62,688	83,698	83,056	80,003	76,018	74,065	10337	→
Bardejov	Town	PRE	23,741	30,812	33,247	33,696	30,840	29,964	7237	→
Bratislava	City	BRA	380,259	442,197	428,672	411,228	475,503	478,040	36758	→
Brezno	Town	BAN	17,872	22,469	22,875	21,894	20,061	19,790	12195	→
Čadca	Town	ZIL	19,319	25,183	26,699	24,959	23,328	22,580	5679	→
Detva	Town	BAN	14,261	15,039	15,122	15,046	13,955	13,629	6808	→
Dolný Kubín	Town	ZIL	13,631	18,715	19,948	19,633	18,095	17,600	5505	→
Dubnica nad Váhom	Town	TRE	15,580	24,446	25,995	25,305	22,595	21,805	4913	→
Dunajská Streda	Town	TRN	18,715	23,236	23,519	22,477	23,044	22,892	3145	→
Galanta	Town	TRN	13,217	16,978	16,365	15,138	15,052	15,339	3391	→
Handlová	Town	TRE	17,777	17,835	18,018	17,766	16,199	15,608	8555	→
Hlohovec	Town	TRN	21,148	23,409	23,729	22,701	20,556	19,774	6412	→
Humenné	Town	PRE	25,883	34,167	35,157	35,053	31,359	30,006	2863	→
Kežmarok	Town	PRE	13,238	16,339	17,383	16,832	15,552	15,238	2483	→
Komárno	Town	NIT	32,520	37,346	37,366	34,349	32,967	32,114	10316	→
Košice	City	KOS	202,368	235,160	236,093	240,433	229,040	225,044	24371	→
Kysucké Nové Mesto	Town	ZIL	12,578	15,793	16,558	15,699	14,660	14,380	2641	→
Levice	Town	NIT	26,710	33,991	36,538	34,844	31,974	30,823	6099	→
Levoča	Town	PRE	11,097	12,678	14,366	14,830	14,256	13,944	6404	→
Liptovský Mikuláš	Town	ZIL	24,520	31,725	33,007	31,921	30,522	30,040	7010	→
Lučenec	Town	BAN	24,436	28,580	28,332	28,475	25,902	25,018	4778	→
Malacky	Town	BRA	15,218	17,573	17,773	17,051	18,935	18,804	2717	→
Martin	Town	ZIL	47,475	58,393	60,133	57,428	52,520	50,629	6773	→
Michalovce	Town	KOS	29,765	38,823	39,948	40,027	36,704	35,584	5280	→
Nitra	Town	NIT	68,852	85,471	87,285	78,916	78,489	76,499	10047	→
Nové Mesto nad Váhom	Town	TRE	18,170	20,956	21,327	20,415	19,644	19,296	3258	→
Nové Zámky	Town	NIT	34,147	42,923	42,262	39,646	37,791	36,410	7256	→
Partizánske	Town	TRE	21,639	25,099	24,907	24,115	21,439	20,607	2237	→
Pezinok	Town	BRA	17,116	20,515	21,082	21,179	24,900	24,506	7275	→
Piešťany	Town	TRN	28,511	31,452	30,606	28,268	27,681	26,668	4420	→
Poprad	Town	PRE	38,077	52,914	56,157	52,862	49,855	48,741	6309	→
Považská Bystrica	Town	TRE	30,444	40,083	42,773	41,241	38,641	37,261	9055	→
Prešov	Town	PRE	68,529	87,765	92,786	91,782	84,824	82,286	7040	→
Prievidza	Town	TRE	40,813	53,424	53,097	48,978	45,017	42,980	4306	→
Púchov	Town	TRE	14,617	18,311	18,833	18,168	17,472	16,922	4149	→
Rimavská Sobota	Town	BAN	19,205	24,771	25,088	24,640	22,048	21,341	7755	→
Rožňava	Town	KOS	14,901	18,632	19,261	19,706	17,569	16,932	4561	→
Ružomberok	Town	ZIL	26,396	29,416	30,417	28,400	27,407	26,548	12671	→
Šaľa	Town	NIT	19,167	24,776	24,564	23,554	21,183	20,239	4496	→
Senec	Town	BRA	10,772	14,357	14,673	17,050	20,116	20,192	3871	→
Senica	Town	TRN	15,515	20,085	21,253	20,255	19,875	19,280	5031	→
Sereď	Town	TRN	14,568	16,612	17,406	16,235	15,737	15,166	3045	→
Skalica	Town	TRN	13,833	14,748	15,013	14,441	15,573	15,461	6000	→
Snina	Town	PRE	13,347	19,170	21,325	20,723	18,712	18,101	5861	→
Spišská Nová Ves	Town	KOS	31,917	39,218	39,193	38,045	35,431	34,544	6667	→
Stará Ľubovňa	Town	PRE	8,866	13,995	16,227	16,341	15,938	15,628	3078	→
Topoľčany	Town	NIT	22,413	28,968	28,968	27,177	25,249	24,086	2757	→
Trebišov	Town	KOS	15,621	20,675	22,342	24,401	23,213	22,812	7015	→
Trenčín	Town	TRE	49,972	56,828	57,854	55,877	54,740	54,065	8199	→
Trnava	Town	TRN	60,750	68,737	70,286	66,358	63,803	62,955	7153	→
Vranov nad Topľou	Town	PRE	16,966	21,330	22,985	23,250	21,248	20,488	3434	→
Žiar nad Hronom	Town	BAN	17,122	19,612	19,945	19,883	17,578	16,879	3908	→
Žilina	Town	ZIL	70,025	83,911	85,400	81,494	82,656	80,634	8002	→
Zvolen	Town	BAN	35,103	41,984	43,789	43,318	40,637	39,453	9872	→

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (web).

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2023)
Males	2,653,217
Females	2,771,470

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	1,030,811
18-64 years	3,398,445
65+ years	995,431

Age Distribution (E 2023)
90+ years	26,829
80-89 years	166,409
70-79 years	463,935
60-69 years	677,828
50-59 years	716,384
40-49 years	882,610
30-39 years	792,153
20-29 years	561,216
10-19 years	560,750
0-9 years	576,573

Urbanization (C 2021)
Rural	2,550,796
Urban	2,898,474

Citizenship (C 2021)
Slovakia	5,387,846
Foreign Citizenship	58,498

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Slovakia	5,221,351
Other country	213,550

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Slovak	4,567,547
Hungarian	422,065
Romani	67,179
Ruthenian	23,746
Czech	28,996
Other ethnic groups	44,179

Mother Tongue (C 2021)
Slovak	4,456,102
Hungarian	462,175
Romani	100,526
Ruthenian	38,679
Czech	33,864
Other language	45,560

Religion (C 2021)
Roman Catholic	3,038,511
Evangelical Church	286,907
Greek Catholic	218,235
Reformed (Calvinists)	85,271
Orthodox	50,677
Other christian church	70,975
Other religion	48,755
No religion	1,296,142