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POPULATION Slovenia has 2 million inhabitants. Its population is slowly declining as in most of other European countries. However, the infant mortality rate is among the lowest in the world (3.7 per 1,000 liveborns). Life expectancy is 73.5 years for men and 80.7 for women. There is nearly 100% literacy in Slovenia (99.6%).The Slovene language has played a special role throughout Slovenia's history and is still considered as one of the foundations of national identity. It is a Southern Slavonic language spoken by only two million people. In spite of various influences, in particular Germanic, it has preserved its special features. The most notable of them is the dual form (next to singular and plural), nowadays very rare in other languages. Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2007 |
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