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Demography

Population: 1,964,036 (Census 2002)

Population growth rate: 0.14% (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 280 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

Ethnic groups: Slovene 83,06 %, Serb 1,98%, Croat 1,81 %, Bosniak 1,1%, Hungarian 0.32%, other 1,73% (Census 2002)

Religions: Roman Catholic 69,1 %, Evangelical 1,1 %, Orthodox 0, 6%, Muslim 0,6 %, atheist 5,3%, did not want to reply 14, 1 %, Unknown 6,3 %

Literacy: 99.7% of the total population