Slovenia - Country information


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Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
2,009,245 (July 2007 est.)		total population: 76.53 years male: 72.84 years female: 80.47 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)		Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)

Languages		Literacy
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)		definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6%

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
parliamentary republic		Ljubljana

Independance		National day
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)		Independence Day/Statehood Day, 25 June (1991)

Constitution		Legal system
adopted 23 December 1991		based on civil law system

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$37.64 billion (2006 est.)		4.4% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$23,400 (2006 est.)		9.6% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
12.9% (2004)		2.4% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$21.85 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$23.59 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$8.631 billion (2006 est.)		euro (EUR)

Military expenditures
1.7% (2005 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia		20,273 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east		lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests

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