Statistics
There are approximately 5.4 million autochthonous Slovaks in Slovakia. Further Slovaks live in the following countries (the list shows estimates of embassies etc. and of associations of Slovaks abroad in the first place, and official data of the countries as of 2000/2001 in the second place).
The list stems from Claude Baláž, a Canadian Slovak, the current plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Slovaks abroad (see e.g.: 6) :
- USA (1 200 000 / 821 325*) - 19th - 21st century emigrants; see also Census.gov
- Czech Republic (350 000 / 183 749*) - due to the existence of former Czechoslovakia
- Hungary (39 266 / 17 693)
- Canada (100 000 / 50 860) - 19th - 21st century migrants
- Serbia (60 000 / 59 021*) - 18th & 19th century settlers
- Poland (2002) (47 000 / 2 000*) - ancient minority and due to border shifts during the 20th century
- Romania (18 000 / 17 199) - ancient minority
- Ukraine (17 000 / 6 397) - ancient minority and due to the existence of former Czechoslovakia
- France (13 000/ n.a.)
- Australia (12 000 / n.a.) - 20th - 21st century migrants
- Austria (10 234 / 10 234) - 20th - 21st century migrants
- United Kingdom (10 000 / n.a.)
- Croatia (5 000 / 4 712) - 18th & 19th century settlers
- other countries
The number of Slovaks living outside Slovakia in line with the above data was estimated at max. 2,016,000 in 2001 (2,660,000 in 1991), implying that, in sum, there were max. some 6 630 854 Slovaks in 2001 (7,180,000 in 1991) in the world. The estimate according to the right-hand site chart yields an approximate population of Slovaks living outside Slovakia of 1.5 million.
Other (much higher) estimates stemming from the Dom zahraničných Slovákov (House of Foreign Slovaks) can be found on SME.
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