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Population: 5,447,502 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.4% (male 456,105/female 435,154) 15-64 years: 71.5% (male 1,938,846/female 1,955,382) 65 years and over: 12.2% (male 247,728/female 414,287) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.147% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 10.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 9.48 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.992 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.598 male(s)/female total population: 0.942 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 7.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.95 years male: 71 years female: 79.11 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.33 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 200 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.).

Nationality: noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak.

Ethnic groups: Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census).

Religions: Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census).

Languages: Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census).

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2001 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $99.19 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 8.3% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $18,200 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.8% industry: 31.4% services: 64.8% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 2.629 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services 55.9% (2003).

Population below poverty line: 21% (2002).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 20.9% (1996).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.4% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 10.2% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $24.57 billion expenditures: $26.14 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle, poultry; forest products.

Industries: metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products.

Industrial production growth rate: 7.8% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 31.29 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 28.57 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 11.29 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - imports: 8.57 billion kWh (2005).

Exports: $39.64 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004).

Exports - partners: Germany 26.2%, Czech Republic 14.1%, Austria 7.1%, Italy 6.7%, Poland 6.3%, Hungary 5.7% (2005).

Imports: $41.84 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 10.2% (2003).

Imports - partners: Germany 25.1%, Czech Republic 19.3%, Russia 10.5%, Austria 6.1%, Poland 4.7%, Hungary 4.6%, Italy 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $31.5 billion (30 June 2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $12.67 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2007-13).

Currency (code): Slovak koruna (SKK).

Exchange rates: koruny per US dollar - 29.611 (2006), 31.018 (2005), 32.257 (2004), 36.773 (2003), 45.327 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.