Republic of Slovenia

National name: Republika Slovenija

President: Janez Drnovsek (2002)

Prime Minister: Janez Jansa (2004)

Land area: 7,780 sq mi (20,151 sq km); total area: 7,827 sq mi (20,273 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 2,010,347 (growth rate: 0.0%); birth rate: 9.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.4/1000; life expectancy: 76.3; density per sq mi: 257

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Ljubljana, 258,000

Other large city: Maribor, 92,400

Monetary units: Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Languages: Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 5% (2002)

Ethnicity/race: Slovene 93.1%, Croat 1.8%, Serb 2%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2001)

Religions: Catholic 58% Orthodox 2%, other Christian 1%, Islam 2%, none 10%

Literacy rate: 100% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $42.26 billion; per capita $21,000. Real growth rate: 4%. Inflation: 2.4%. Unemployment: 9.8%. Arable land: 9%. Agriculture: potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle, sheep, poultry. Labor force: 920,000; agriculture 6%, industry 40%, services 54% (2002). Industries: ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools. Natural resources: lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests. Exports: $18.53 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food. Imports: $19.62 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food. Major trading partners: Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 722,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 1 million (2000). Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 805,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 48 (2001). Televisions: 710,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11 (2000). Internet users: 600,000 (2001).

Transportation: Railways: total: 1,201 km (2002). Highways: total: 20,177 km; paved: 20,157 km (including 427 km of expressways); unpaved: 20 km 2000). Waterways: n.a. Ports and harbors: Izola, Koper, Piran. Airports: 16 (2002).

International disputes: Sparliamentarians are far from ratifying the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia.


 

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