This article is about the demographic features of the population of Slovakia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The demographic statistics are from the Statistical Office of the SR, unless otherwise indicated. Population Total population: (as of ). Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2021. One birth every 10 minutes One death every 9 minutes One net migrant every 480 minutes Net gain of one person every 1440 minutes Population overtime Population growth rate -0.08% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 202nd Fertility The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation. 1.45 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 211th Mother's mean age at first birth 27.2 years (2019 est.) Life expectancy total population: 78.07 years male: 74.56 years female: 81.82 years (2021 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 15.13% (male 423,180 /female 400,128) 15-24 years: 10.06% (male 280,284 /female 266,838) 25-54 years: 44.61% (male 1,228,462 /female 1,198,747) 55-64 years: 13.15% (male 342,142 /female 373,452) 65 years and over: 17.05% (male 366,267 /female 561,120) (2020 est.) Median age total: 41.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 41st male: 40.1 years female: 43.6 years (2020 est.) Vital statistics Current vital statistics Deaths January 2022 = 5,664 Deaths January 2023 = 4,915 Languages Slovak (official) 81.77%, Hungarian 8.48%, Roma 1.84%, Rusyn 0.71%, other or unspecified 7.2% (2021 census) Employment and income Unemployment, youth ages 15–24 Total: 19.4%. Country comparison to the world: 81st Male: 18.3% Female: 21.2% (2020 est.) Ethnic groups The majority of the 5.4 million inhabitants of Slovakia are Slovak (83.82%). Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority (7.75%) and are concentrated in the southern and eastern regions of Slovakia. Other ethnic groups include Roma (1.23%), Czechs, Croats, Rusyns, Ukrainians, Germans, Poles, Gorals, Serbs and Jews (about 2,300 remain of the estimated pre-WWII population of 120,000). While both international organizations (the United Nations and the World Bank) and the official Slovak statistics office offer population figures for ethnic groups, these figures seldom come close to agreement. Figures for the Roma population (for a variety of reasons) vary between 1% and 10% of the population. In the most recent survey carried out by the Slovak Government's Roma Plenipotentiary, the figure