| AREA ................................................ | 48.845 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 5.423.567 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 111,0 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Bratislava | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census) | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Euro (EUR) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 14623 $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,599 (42th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Bodrok River 94 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Gerlachovsky Stit 2655 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .sk | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +421 |