Total population is 2,003,584 (September 2005 est.). Slovenia's main ethnic group is Slovene (83%). Ethnic groups from other parts of the former Yugoslavia (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Montenegrin) form 5.3%, and the Hungarian, Albanian, Roma, Italian and other minorities form 2.8% of the population. Ethnic affiliation of 8.9% was either undeclared or unknown.
Languages
The official language is Slovene, which is a member of the South Slavic language group. Hungarian and Italian enjoy the status of official languages in the ethnically mixed regions along the Hungarian and Italian borders.
Slovenian National Institutions for Language
Ministrstvo za kulturo - Sektor za slovenski jezik
Janez Dular
Head of department
Maistrova ulica 10
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
+386-1-4787959
Janez.Dular@gov.si
