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Geography

Location: Central Europe, south of Poland

Area:
total area: 48,845 sq km
land area: 48,800 sq km
comparative area: about twice the size of New Hampshire

Land boundaries: total 1,355 km, Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 5,432,383 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23% (female 609,795; male 638,346)
15-64 years: 66% (female 1,807,312; male 1,778,712)
65 years and over: 11% (female 364,610; male 233,608)

Population growth rate: 0.54% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 14.51 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 9.12 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.24 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 77.57 years

Total fertility rate: 1.93 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Slovak 85.7%, Hungarian 10.7%, Gypsy 1.5% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community, which could reach 500,000 or more), Czech 1%, Ruthenian 0.3%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, other 0.3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%,other 17.5%

Languages: Slovak (official), Hungarian

Literacy: NA%
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Government

Names:
conventional long form: Slovak Republic
conventional short form: Slovakia

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Bratislava

Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)

Constitution: ratified 1 September 1992, fully effective 1 January 1993


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $32.8 billion

National product real growth rate: 4.3%

National product per capita: $6,070

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12%

Unemployment rate: 14.6%

Electricity:
capacity: 6,300,000 kW
production: 20.9 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 3,609 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).