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Slovakia
Slovak Republic
Slovakia is a country in Central Europe. Its capital city is Bratislava. About 5.4 million people live there, in an area of 49 037 square kilometres.
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Where is Slovakia?
Slovakia lies in Central Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 5 418 km from the equator.
Slovakia is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 5 countries: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.
How big is Slovakia?
Slovakia covers 49 037 square kilometres.
That is about 19 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 127th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 111.1 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Slovakia?
About 5.4 million people live in Slovakia.
That is the 116th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Slovak.
They pay with the Euro (€).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 74 years.
The land of Slovakia
The land in Slovakia sits on average 458 metres above sea level.
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 5 neighbours first.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Slovakia different?
A dish the country is known for: Bryndzové halušky.
Websites from here often end in .sk.
Slovakia and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.7 live in Slovakia.
It takes up about 0.04 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 27th largest of 45 countries, and the 24th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Slovakia and its neighbours
Ukraine, its largest neighbour, is about 12.3 times bigger.
Ukraine has more people: 44.6 million against 5.4 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 2 live wild in Slovakia: Brown bear and Chamois. The longest river is the Danube, running 2 850 km from source to mouth.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Slovakia?
The capital of Slovakia is Bratislava. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Slovakia?
About 5.4 million people live in Slovakia, which makes it the 116th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Slovakia?
Slovakia borders Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine — 5 neighbours in total.
How big is Slovakia?
Slovakia covers 49 037 square kilometres, making it the 127th largest country in the world. That is about 19 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Slovakia in?
Slovakia is in Europe, in the part called Central Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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