Slovenia

Interesting Facts About Slovenia

• Slovenia has a population of approximately 2.1 million people spread across a mostly mountainous and forested country of 20,271 square kilometres.
• The country ranks low among European nations in population density at 105 inhabitants per square kilometre, making it one of the least densely populated EU countries.
• Slovene is the official language and is spoken as a native language by around 88% of the population, making Slovenia among the most linguistically homogeneous countries in the EU.
• Slovene is a highly diverse Slavic language with between seven and fifty distinct dialects depending on how they are classified.
• The largest ethnic group in Slovenia are Slovenes at 83.1%, with smaller communities including Serbs (2.0%), Croats (1.8%), and Bosniaks (1.6%).
• Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, except in the Slovene Littoral and Julian Alps regions.
• Between 65% and 79% of Slovenia's population lives in wider urban areas, with Ljubljana being the only large town and capital city.

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