Slovenia's population up again due to immigration
Ljubljana, 26 April - Slovenia had a population of 2,095,861 on 1 January 2020, up 14,953, or 0.7%, from a year earlier. The number of Slovenian citizens dropped in 2019 as the multi-year downward trend continued, with the number of immigrants increasing again.
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Slovenia's population rising due to immigration, number of citizens falling.
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The number of Slovenian citizens in 2019 dropped by 3,205, or 0.2%, to 1,939,510, which is a slightly bigger drop than in 2018, Statistics Office figures show.
The number of foreign citizens residing in Slovenia meawhile increased by 18,158, or 13.1%, a rise roughly on a par with 2018.
On the first day of this year, a total of 156,351 foreigners made up 7.5% of Slovenia's population, a rise from 6.6% a year earlier.
The number of men (1,051,066) exceeded the number of women (1,044,795) on that day.
The share of women among Slovenian citizens, which keeps decreasing, stood at 51%.
Only a third of all foreign citizens were meanwhile women.
The low share of women immigrants is attributed to the fact that the majority of foreigners coming to Slovenia in recent years are workers working in industries such as construction.