Western Slovakia
Western Slovakia Západné Slovensko | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,992.4 km2 (5,788.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 1,802,517 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €29.840 billion (2021) |
| NUTS code | SK02 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.843[4] very high · 2nd |
Western Slovakia (Slovak: Západné Slovensko) is one of the four NUTS-2 Regions of Slovakia. It was created at the same time as were the Nitra, Trnava and Trenčín regions. Western Slovakia is the most populated of the four regions of Slovakia and its GDP per capita is 69% of the European Union average (€20,600 per year).
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,679,965 | — |
| 1980 | 1,804,038 | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 1,859,413 | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 1,870,007 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,838,936 | −1.7% |
| 2021 | 1,821,372 | −1.0% |
| Source: Censuses[5][6] | ||
References
- ^ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions - km2
- ^ "Number of inhabitants by gender (annually)".
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011" (PDF) (in Slovak).
- ^ "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-01-01.