Environment - current issues: Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain
Environment - international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography - note:
despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some
of Europe's major transit routes
People Slovenia
Population:
2,010,347 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 143,079/female 135,050)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 714,393/female 702,950)
65 years and over: 15.7% (male 121,280/female 193,595) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 40.6 years
male: 39 years
female: 42.2 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.05% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
8.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
10.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)