The population of the Slovak Republic is 5,384,822  (as of December 2004).  77 % of the population is urban. Slovakia’s western regions are the most densely populated, with the southern and eastern provinces being relatively sparsely settled. The ethnic composition of the citizens is as follows:

·          Slovaks (85.8 %)

·          Hungarians (9.7 %)

·          Roma (1.7 %)

·          Czechs (0.8 %)

·          Ruthenians (0.4 %)

·          Ukrainians (0.2 %)

·          Germans (0.1 %)

·          Others (0.2%)

·          Unknown (1.1 %)