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Slovakia: map and facts
Slovakia is in Eastern Europe. It has about 5.41 million people (2025), the 121st largest population. It covers 49,030 km², the 127th largest by area. That is about 110 people per km². Its highest point is Gerlachovsky stit, at 2,655 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 5,413,813 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 49,030 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bratislava
- Highest point: Gerlachovsky stit, 2,655 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 40.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Slovakia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Vah: 433 km
- Morava: 388 km
- Hron: 298 km
- Hornad: 286 km
- Dunajec: 247 km
- Ipel: 233 km
- Slana: 229 km
- Latorica: 182 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Gerlachovsky stit: 2,655 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Carpathian Mountains and Tatra Mountains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): deciduous broadleaf forest 35%, farmland 31.4%, mixed forest 10.4%, grassland 6.5%, wooded savanna 6.1%, savanna 5.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 39.3%, mountains 38.3%, plains 22.3%.
Forests covered 40.3% of its land in 2024, up from 39.5% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Slovakia shares land borders with Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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