Slovakia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 49,035 sq. km (18,933 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 5,445,802 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.01% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 77.1 years (2016)
  • Languages: Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 8.2%, Greek Catholic 3.8%, other or unspecified 12.5%, none 13.4%
  • Formal name: Slovak Republic
  • Alternate names: Slovak Republic, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovenská Republika, Slovenská Socialistická Republika, Slovenské Kraje, Slovensko
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Andrej KISKA; head of government: Prime Minister Robert FICO
  • Capital: Bratislava
  • Administrative divisions: 8 regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $29,700 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: vehicles and related parts 27%, machinery and electrical equipment 20%, nuclear reactors and furnaces 12%, iron and steel 4%, mineral oils and fuels 5% (2015 est.)
  • Imports: machinery and electrical equipment 20%, vehicles and related parts 14%, nuclear reactors and furnaces 12%, fuel and mineral oils 9% (2015 est.)
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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