Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Region
- Europe, Central Europe
- Population
- 5,413,813 (2025)
- Area
- 48,845 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Slovak, Hungarian
- Calling code
- +421
- Internet domain
- .sk
- ISO codes
- SK, SVK, 703
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ### ## (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Slovakia covers about 48,845 square kilometres. By area it ranks 132nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Costa Rica and a little larger than Dominican Republic. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 49° north, 20° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 5.41 million people live in Slovakia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 123rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 111 people to each square kilometre. About 53 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 78 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Slovak, Hungarian.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 155 billion (2025), which is about US$ 28,544 for each person (2025).
Time
Slovakia uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Bratislava). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Bratislava | 423,737 |
| Košice | 225,044 |
| Petržalka | 112,380 |
| Nitra | 86,329 |
| Prešov | 82,927 |
| Žilina | 81,219 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Central Europe
Slovenia. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.