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Slovakia

Slovakia in brief:

Area 48,845 sq km
Capital Bratislava
Language Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%
Population 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.)
Population growth rate 0.143% (2008 est.)
Net migration rate 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Independence 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
GDP per capita – $20,300 (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate 8.4% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line 21% (2002)