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PEOPLE

Language
German and several local dialects. Serbo-Croatian, Romani, Slovene and Hungarian are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	8.4 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	8.4 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	8.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	8.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	8.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	8.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	8.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	8.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	8.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
8.5 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
People are mostly of Germanic origin. There are Slav, Polish, Hungarian and Roma minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholics 84 percent, Protestants 6 percent, Lutheran Evangelists 5 percent, and 4 percent Muslims
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	66.2 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	66.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	66.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	65.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	65.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	65.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	65.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	65.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1918
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2007)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	15.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	15.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	16.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	16.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	16.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	16.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2

Climate description
Temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers

Currency
Euro

Telephone dialling code
(+) 43

Driving (left/right)
Right

STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy

2005	79.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	79.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	79.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	78.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	78.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	76.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	76.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	76.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	82.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	82.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	81.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	81.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	81.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	81.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	4 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	4 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	15	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	17	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	16	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	14	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	401 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	410 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	436 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	454 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	467 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	477 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	480 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	497 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	499 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1297 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1193 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	1122 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	1053 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	976 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	894 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	833 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	814 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	764 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	590 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	670 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	610 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	550 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	520 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	410 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	370 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	388 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	334 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	12 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	15	Transparency International 2007
2006	11 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	10	Transparency International
2004	13 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	14 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	15	Transparency International
2001	15	Transparency International
2000	15 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

ECONOMY & AID

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	41960 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	39390 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	37180 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	32570 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	27170 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	24120 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	24500 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	26010 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	373.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	323.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	305.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	293.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	255.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	207.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	193.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	193.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.3 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
23.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

HEALTH

Physicians

2000-2004	338 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	338 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	323 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	302 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	12 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	13 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	13 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	13 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	13 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	14 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	14 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	14 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here

2008	14	UNHCR
2007	23	UNHCR
2006	34	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	66	UNHCR
2004	48	UNHCR
2003	66	UNHCR
2002	72	UNHCR
2001	29	UNHCR
2000	35	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	37557	UNHCR
2007	30773	UNHCR
2006	25486	UNHCR
2005	21230	UNHCR
2004	17795	UNHCR
2003	16109	UNHCR
2002	14130	UNHCR
2001	14390	UNHCR
2000	15492	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	5.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	5.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	7.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	5.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	5.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	5.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003