ABSTRACT
POPULATION: (98e) 1,942,000: 1,795,000 Slovenes in Slovenia and another 125,000 in adjacent areas of Austria and Italy. MAJOR NATIONAL GROUPS: (98e) Slovene (including Istrian) 90.6%, Croat 2.5%, Serb 2.1%, Muslim 1.4%, Italian, German, Slovak, Friuli, Czech. MAJOR LANGUAGES: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German. MAJOR RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 72%, Orthodox 2.5%, Uniate 2%, Muslim 1.5%, Protestant 1%. MAJOR CITIES: (98e) Ljubljana 264,000 (337,000), Maribor 116,000 (198,000), Celje 46,000, Kranj 38,000, Koper 24,000, Trbovlje 18,000, Velenje 15,000.
