MigrantoMigration trends in Slovakia
Europe
Slovakia loses more people than it takes in: 389.9K emigrants against 323.9K immigrants. Net balance −66K — 1% of the country's population
5.4M
Population
323.9K
Immigrants
389.9K
Emigrants
−66K
Outflow
1 in 17 residents of Slovakia was born abroad — and 1 in 15 people born in Slovakia lives abroad
#117 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Slovakia
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
41.2K immigrants · 322.9K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 68%
2000
- Without migration, the population would have declined
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2010
- Migration accounted for 82% of the country's population growth
Today
- Ukraine overtook Czech Republic as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 64%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of immigrants from Ukraine — 110.7K new arrivals
- Since 1990: 282.7K more foreign-born residents and 67.1K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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