Slovakia
Bratislava · Central Europe
Slovakia is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Bratislava, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Slovak.
With a population of roughly 5.4 million people spread over 49,035 km², Slovakia is the 120th most populous country in the world and the 127th largest by area. That works out at about 110 people per square kilometre.
Slovakia shares land borders with Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and Czechia — 5 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Bratislava, Košice and Prešov. The highest point in the country is Gerlachovský štít, at 2,655 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Dominican Republic, while its population is closest to that of Liberia.
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 5,400,000
- Area
- 49,035 km²
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Slovak
- Highest point
- Gerlachovský štít
2,655 m - Land borders
- 5
Slovakia: things worth knowing
- Bratislava is the only national capital that borders two other countries, Austria and Hungary.
- Slovakia has one of the highest numbers of castles and châteaux per person in the world.
- It became an independent state for the first time in the modern era in 1993, on splitting from Czechia.
Slovakia in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Slovakia ranks 25th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.