%
forest and woodland: 45%
other: 23%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial
waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic
chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating
at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain
natural hazards: flooding and earthquakes
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Climate Change,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air
Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea

People
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Population: 1,951,443 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 172,778; female 163,695)
15-64 years: 70% (male 682,501; female 678,781)
65 years and over: 13% (male 91,819; female 161,869) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.27% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 8.27 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.57 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.94 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.09 years
male: 71.4 years
female: 79 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.13 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Slovene(s)
adjective: Slovenian

Ethnic divisions: Slovene 91%, Croat 3%, Serb 2%, Muslim 1%, other
3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 96% (including 2% Uniate), Muslim 1%,
other 3%

Languages: Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 7%, other 2%

Literacy: NA

Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of Slovenia
conventional short form: Slovenia
local long form: Republika Slovenije
local short form: Slovenija

Data code: SI

Type of government: emerging democracy

Capital: Ljubljana

Administrative divisions: 60 provinces (pokajine, singular -
pokajina) Ajdovscina, Brezice, Celje, Cerknica, Crnomelj, Dravograd,
Gornja Radgona, Grosuplje, Hrastnik Lasko, Idrija, Ilirska Bistrica,
Izola, Jesenice, Kamnik, Kocevje, Koper, Kranj, Krsko, Lenart,
Lendava, Litija, Ljubljana-Bezigrad, Ljubljana