In Numbers
Population: 2.100.123 (7, 2020)
Position: Slovenia is a Central European country.
Area: 20,273 km2
Government: Slovenia is a democratic republic founded on the principle of the separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial power.
Capital city: Ljubljana, population: 294.113 (7, 2019).
President of the Republic: Borut Pahor
Prime Minister: Janez Janša
President of the National Assembly: Igor Zorčič
International affiliations: Slovenia has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004 and a member of NATO since 7 April 2004. It is also a member of many other international organisations.
Administrative division: 58 administrative units, 212 municipalities.
Other major cities: Maribor, Kranj, Celje, Koper, Novo mesto, Velenje, Murska Sobota.
Official language: Slovenian, also Hungarian and Italian in their respective ethnically mixed areas
Religion: The majority of the population is Roman Catholic; Slovenia also has 40 other officially registered religious communities.
Currency: euro (EUR), valid since 1 January 2007.
GDP per capita (in EUR): EUR 23.165 (2019)
Registered unemployment rate: 9,1 % (8, 2020)
Average age: 43,4 years (1,2019)
Life expectancy: men 78 years, women 84 years
Average number of children born per woman: 1.6
Climate: Alpine, Pannonian, Mediterranean
Time: Central European Time GMT + 1, in summer GMT + 2
Average temperatures: July 21°C, January 0°C
Mains voltage: 230 V
Units of measurement: metric – metres, kilometres, grams, kilograms. Temperatures are expressed in degrees Celsius.
Length of borders: 330 km with Austria , 280 km with Italy, 102 km with Hungary and 670 km with Croatia; in total 1,382 km
Length of coastline: 46.6 km
Highest peak: Triglav, 2,864 m
Geometric centre of Slovenia: Vače
Average height above sea level: 556.8 m
Universities: Ljubljana, Maribor and Primorska .
More interesting information can be found on the website of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
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