Population

Population according to gender:

Male     2.627.772 (48,7 %)

Female     2.769.264 (51,3 %)    (census 2011 - on 21.5.2011 - source Statistical Office of Slovakia)

Population according to ethnic group:

Slovaks (80,7 %),

Hungarians (8,5 %),

Romani (2 %),

Czech, Moravians (0,7 %),

Ruthenians (0,6 %)

Ukrainians (0,1 %)

Germans (0,1 %)

Poles (0,1 %)

other (0,2 %)

not stated  (7 %)    (census 2011 - on 21.5.2011 - source Satistical Office of Slovakia)

Population according to religion:

religious (76 %) therefrom: Roman Catholic Church (62 %),

                                   Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (5,9 %),

                                   Greek Catholic Church (3,8 %),

                                   Reformed Christian Church (1,8 %),

                                   Orthodox Church (0,9 %)

                                   smaller churches (1,1 %),

                                   other churches (0,5 %),

not stated (10,6 %),

without religion (13,4 %)    (census 2011 - on 21.5.2011 - source Statistical Office of Slovakia)