Country profile: Slovenia
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Geography, population and living standards |
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Area (sq. km) |
20 273 |
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Population |
2 064 840 |
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Population density (sq. km) |
101.8 |
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Urban population |
49.6% |
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Population growth rate |
0.1% (2016 est.) |
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Total fertility rate |
1.55 (2014 est.) |
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Life expectancy |
78.2 years |
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Ethnic groups |
83.06% Slovene, 1.98% Serb, 1.81% Croat, 1.10% Bosniak, 4.85% other minorities, 8.9% other (2002) |
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Government |
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State structure |
Parliamentary republic |
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Executive |
President elected by popular vote every 5 years The prime minister of Slovenia is appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia |
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Legislative |
Asymmetric Bicameral National Assembly: 90 Members of parliament (including 1 representing the Italian minority and 1 representing the Hungarian minority) National Council: 40 Councillors National Assembly members serve 4-year terms and National Council members serve 5-year terms. |
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Elections |
Last parliamentary elections were held on 13 July 2014 (next to be held in July 2018) Last presidential elections were held on 22 December 2012 (next to be held in December 2017) |
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Political situation |
The Modern Centre Party led by Miror Cerar won 36 seats with the Slovenian Democratic Party in second with 21 seats. The current government is a centre/centre-left coalition of the Modern Centre Party, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia and Social Democrats. |
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Legal system |
Civil law system; legal appeals are made to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia |
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Administrative-territorial structure |
Slovenia has 212 municipalities and 11 urban areas. Each municipality has a mayor and a municipal council normally elected by proportional representation once every four years. |
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Source: Eurostat database; the World Bank database; Economist Intelligence Unit; The CIA World Factbook. |
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