Facts and Figures

Full name: Republic of  Slovenia

Nationality
        noun: Slovene(s)
        adjective: Slovenian

Area
        total: 20,273 sq km
        water: 122 sq km
        land: 20,151 sq km 

Population: 2,011,070 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        Slovene 92%
        Croat 1%
        Serb 0.5%
        Hungarian 0.4%
        Bosniak 0.3%
        other 5.8% (1991)

Capital: Ljubljana

Largest Cities
        Maribor(population 120 000)
        Kranj (population 50 000)
        Celje (population 50 000)
        Koper (population 50 000)

Official Language
        Slovenian 92%
        Serbo-Croatian 6.2%
        other 1.8%

Religion
        Roman Catholic (Uniate 2%) 70.8%
        Lutheran 1%
        Muslim 1%
        atheist 4.3%
        other 22.9% 

Political system: parliamentary democratic republic 

GDP: purchasing power parity - $39.41 billion (2004 est.) 
  
GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $19,600 (2004 est.)

Annual growth: 3.9% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 3%
        industry: 36%
        services: 60% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 3.3% (2004 est.)

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