Urban population — all countries

Urban population — Slovakia

Urban population in Slovakia in 2025 — 2,879,826 people. Ranked 126 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 112.1%.

2025 2.88M people −0.15% vs 2024
World rank 126of 217
Period maximum 3.04M people1997
Period minimum 1.36M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Urban population — Slovakia, 1960–20251M1.5M2M2.5M3M3.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,357,828 people1962: 1,459,168 people1964: 1,549,202 people1966: 1,650,767 people1968: 1,757,173 people1970: 1,861,163 people1972: 1,976,362 people1974: 2,126,005 people1976: 2,287,653 people1978: 2,445,194 people1980: 2,577,398 people1982: 2,684,136 people1984: 2,788,336 people1986: 2,883,323 people1988: 2,959,275 people1990: 3,009,768 people1992: 3,013,630 people1994: 3,031,521 people1996: 3,037,810 people1998: 3,036,337 people2000: 3,023,389 people2002: 3,004,490 people2004: 2,986,149 people2006: 2,968,420 people2008: 2,952,980 people2010: 2,941,837 people2012: 2,935,042 people2014: 2,926,228 people2016: 2,918,507 people2018: 2,913,377 people2020: 2,906,727 people2022: 2,889,164 people2024: 2,884,105 people2025: 2,879,826 people
Change over the period: +1.52M (+112.09%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Slovakia

Slovakia 2.88M people
World 4.75B people
Europe & Central Asia 691M people
Eastern Europe computed 198M people
High-income countries computed 1.12B people
Urban population — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.88M −4,279 −0.15%
2024 2.88M −2,422 −0.08%
2023 2.89M −2,637 −0.09%
2022 2.89M −8,235 −0.28%
2021 2.9M −9,328 −0.32%
2020 2.91M −3,969 −0.14%
2019 2.91M −2,681 −0.09%
2018 2.91M −2,737 −0.09%
2017 2.92M −2,393 −0.08%
2016 2.92M −3,298 −0.11%
2015 2.92M −4,423 −0.15%
2014 2.93M −4,496 −0.15%
2013 2.93M −4,318 −0.15%
2012 2.94M −2,583 −0.09%
2011 2.94M −4,212 −0.14%
2010 2.94M −5,929 −0.2%
2009 2.95M −5,214 −0.18%
2008 2.95M −6,864 −0.23%
2007 2.96M −8,576 −0.29%
2006 2.97M −9,135 −0.31%
2005 2.98M −8,594 −0.29%
2004 2.99M −8,894 −0.3%
2003 3M −9,447 −0.31%
2002 3M −7,506 −0.25%
2001 3.01M −11,393 −0.38%
2000 3.02M −10,085 −0.33%
1999 3.03M −2,863 −0.09%
1998 3.04M −1,688 −0.06%
1997 3.04M +215 +0.01%
1996 3.04M +1,569 +0.05%
1995 3.04M +4,720 +0.16%
1994 3.03M +8,636 +0.29%
1993 3.02M +9,255 +0.31%
1992 3.01M −83 −0%
1991 3.01M +3,945 +0.13%
1990 3.01M +21,581 +0.72%
1989 2.99M +28,912 +0.98%
1988 2.96M +35,483 +1.21%
1987 2.92M +40,469 +1.4%
1986 2.88M +45,547 +1.61%
1985 2.84M +49,440 +1.77%
1984 2.79M +51,269 +1.87%
1983 2.74M +52,931 +1.97%
1982 2.68M +53,937 +2.05%
1981 2.63M +52,801 +2.05%
1980 2.58M +60,380 +2.4%
1979 2.52M +71,824 +2.94%
1978 2.45M +76,991 +3.25%
1977 2.37M +80,550 +3.52%
1976 2.29M +81,351 +3.69%
1975 2.21M +80,297 +3.78%
1974 2.13M +77,455 +3.78%
1973 2.05M +72,188 +3.65%
1972 1.98M +64,546 +3.38%
1971 1.91M +50,653 +2.72%
1970 1.86M +49,154 +2.71%
1969 1.81M +54,836 +3.12%
1968 1.76M +53,504 +3.14%
1967 1.7M +52,902 +3.2%
1966 1.65M +51,672 +3.23%
1965 1.6M +49,893 +3.22%
1964 1.55M +47,157 +3.14%
1963 1.5M +42,877 +2.94%
1962 1.46M +39,421 +2.78%
1961 1.42M +61,919 +4.56%
1960 1.36M

About the indicator

The population living in urban settlements, by national definitions of urban areas. The indicator complements the urban population share: a country with a modest urbanization percentage can hold one of the largest urban populations in the world simply because of its overall size.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.