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Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Croatia andItaly

Area:
total area: 20,296 sq km
land area: 20,296 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than New Jersey

Land boundaries: total 1,045 km, Austria 262 km, Croatia 501 km, Italy 199 km, Hungary83 km

Coastline: 32 km


People

Population: 2,051,522 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (female 191,318; male 200,957)
15-64 years: 69% (female 701,082; male 708,482)
65 years and over: 12% (female 160,662; male 89,021)

Population growth rate: 0.24% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 11.85 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 9.27 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.73 years
male: 70.91 years
female: 78.76 years

Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Slovene 91%, Croat 3%, Serb 2%, Muslim 1%, other 3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 96% (including 2% Uniate), Muslim 1%, other 3%

Languages: Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 7%, other 2%

Literacy: NA%
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Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Slovenia
conventional short form: Slovenia

Type: emerging democracy

Capital: Ljubljana

Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

Constitution: adopted 23 December 1991, effective 23 December 1991


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $16 billion

National product real growth rate: 4%

National product per capita: $8,110

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20%

Unemployment rate: 9%

Electricity:
capacity: 2,700,000 kW
production: 8.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 4,470 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.