Posted by Population: Slovenia has about 2.05 million inhabitants. This is about 40 times less than Germany. 5 of the 28 countries of the EU have a smaller population than Slovenia. These are Malta, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Estonia and Latvia.
Area: Slovenia is 20,273 square kilometres. Germany is more than 17 times larger. The area of Slovenia corresponds roughly to an average German federal state. Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt or Rhineland-Palatinate have about the same area as Slovenia.
Population density: The country has about 101 inhabitants per square kilometre. That is significantly less than Germany. It is less than half that of Germany (226 inhabitants / km²). However, Germany is very densely populated. In a European comparison, Slovenia’s population density is about average.
GDP per capita: About $23,000 per capita. Slovenia is thus one of the richest countries in Eastern Europe. However, the GDP per capita is only slightly more than half that of Germany.
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You can book many great day trips within Slovenia by bus online.
Many of these tickets are available on the well-known website Getyourguide.com
– Bus tours to the Postojna Caves: click here
– Tours to and from Lake Bled: click here
– Tours and bus trips Ljubljana: click here
Time zone Slovenia: The country always has the same time as Germany. So summer time and winter time are also changed on the same night.
National parks: There is only one national park, Triglav in the Alps in the north of the nation. However, it is a relatively large national park, covering over 4% of Slovenia’s total area.
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Largest cities: The capital Ljubljana has about 250,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in Slovenia. Maribor is the only other city with over 100,000 inhabitants (about 112,000). Kranj, Koper and Celje each have about 50,000 inhabitants. All other cities are small towns with a maximum population of 30,000.
Number of municipalities: 212 (about 11,000 in Germany). Only 11 municipalities are cities. There are no districts or federal states in Slovenia.
Airports: 3. One major airport is north of Ljubljana. Slovenia also has two smaller airports (Portoroz by the sea and Maribor in the east).
Railways: The railway network is about 1,300 km long, about 500 km of which are electrified.
Book day tours Slovenia online
You can book many great day trips within Slovenia by bus online.
Many of these tickets are available on the well-known website Getyourguide.com
– Bus tours to the Postojna Caves: click here
– Tours to and from Lake Bled: click here
– Tours and bus trips Ljubljana: click here
Islands: 1. There is only one island in the whole country! It is an inland island in Lake Bled. There is not a single island in the sea of Slovenia, unlike its neighbour Croatia.
Length: The country is about 220 km long from east to west.
Width: Slovenia is about 115 kilometres wide from north to south.
Life expectancy: On average, people in Slovenia and Germany live about the same length of time; in both countries people live to be about 80.5 years old.