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title: "Slovenia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Slovenia: capital Ljubljana, area 20,273 km², population 2,130,986 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/slovenia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Slovenia

**Slovenia: Capital Ljubljana**

20,273 km² · 2,130,986 people (2025) · Euro

Around sixty percent forest, one of the highest shares in Europe, and about half the country is karst — the landform is named after the Kras plateau here. The Škocjan caves hold one of the largest known underground canyons, and Postojna is over 24 km of passage.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Ljubljana
- **Area:** 20,273 km² — 7,827 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,130,986 (2025)
- **Density:** 105.1 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Slovene
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +386
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** SI · SVN
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 152 of 200
- **By population:** 149 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 21,937 | 10,122,800 |
| El Salvador | 21,041 | 6,365,503 |
| Slovenia ← | 20,273 | 2,130,986 |
| Fiji | 18,274 | 933,154 |
| Kuwait | 17,818 | 4,865,298 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Slovenia?

Ljubljana

### What currency does Slovenia use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Slovenia?

20,273 km², or 7,827 square miles — 152 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Slovenia drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]