Slovenia
Ljubljana · Central Europe
Slovenia is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Ljubljana, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Slovene.
With a population of roughly 2.1 million people spread over 20,273 km², Slovenia is the 147th most populous country in the world and the 150th largest by area. That works out at about 104 people per square kilometre.
Slovenia shares land borders with Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy — 4 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje. The highest point in the country is Triglav, at 2,864 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as El Salvador, while its population is closest to that of North Macedonia.
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population
- 2,100,000
- Area
- 20,273 km²
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Slovene
- Highest point
- Triglav
2,864 m - Land borders
- 4
Slovenia: things worth knowing
- More than half of Slovenia is forested, one of the highest shares in Europe.
- The word 'karst', used worldwide for limestone cave landscapes, comes from Slovenia's Kras region.
- Its coastline on the Adriatic is only about 47 kilometres long.
Slovenia in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Slovenia ranks 33rd among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.