Slovenian municipalities in numbers

Slovenia has 212 municipalities and 2,135,107 residents (1 Jan 2026). Half of the municipalities have fewer than 5,018 residents; the smallest, Osilnica, has 326, the largest, Ljubljana, 302,826. The ten largest hold 35% of the population. In 2025 the population grew in 100 municipalities and fell in 109; the net wage is above the Slovenian average (€1,602) in 19.

Slovenia over recent years

The national series from the same SURS tables. Every chart has its own link to share.

Population of Slovenia

2,080,0002,100,0002,120,0002,140,000Slovenia

20192020202120222023202420252026

Slovenia 2019: 2,080,908, 2026: 2,135,107.

The five largest municipalities by population

0100,000200,000300,000400,000LjubljanaMariborKranjKoperCelje

20192020202120222023202420252026

Ljubljana 2019: 292,988, 2026: 302,826. Maribor 2019: 112,065, 2026: 114,872. Kranj 2019: 56,267, 2026: 57,491. Koper 2019: 52,234, 2026: 54,795. Celje 2019: 49,473, 2026: 49,802.

Births and deaths in Slovenia

16,00018,00020,00022,00024,00026,000DeathsLive births

20182019202020212022202320242025

Live births 2018: 19,585, 2025: 16,961. Deaths 2018: 20,485, 2025: 21,223.

Average age of Slovenia's residents

43.043.544.044.545.0Slovenia

20192020202120222023202420252026

Slovenia 2019: 43.4, 2026: 44.6.

Share of foreign citizens among residents

6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%10.0%11.0%Slovenia

20192020202120222023202420252026

Slovenia 2019: 6.6, 2026: 10.5.

Average net wage in Slovenia

€1,000€1,200€1,400€1,600€1,800Average monthly net wage (2023–)Average monthly net wage (–2023)

20162018202020222025

Average monthly net wage 2016: 1,030.2, 2023: 1,445.1. Average monthly net wage 2023: 1,470.1, 2025: 1,602.1.

Tourist overnight stays in Slovenia

05,000,00010,000,00015,000,00020,000,000Tourist overnight staysOvernight stays by foreign tourists

20182019202020212022202320242025

Tourist overnight stays 2018: 15,694,705, 2025: 17,843,311. Overnight stays by foreign tourists 2018: 11,176,010, 2025: 13,358,792.

Rankings

The top five on each indicator, from the latest published year. Every municipality links to its own full profile.

Most residents

Ljubljana 302,826
Maribor 114,872
Kranj 57,491
Koper 54,795
Celje 49,802

Fewest residents

Osilnica 326
Hodoš 335
Solčava 493
Kobilje 502
Kostel 604

Most densely populated

Ljubljana 1,101/km²
Maribor 779/km²
Miklavž na Dravskem polju 584/km²
Izola 576/km²
Domžale 530/km²

Most sparsely populated

Solčava 4.8/km²
Bovec 8.3/km²
Osilnica 9.0/km²
Jezersko 9.9/km²
Kostel 10.8/km²

Youngest (average age)

Oldest (average age)

Osilnica 54.7
Kostel 52.8
Hodoš 51.6
Kranjska Gora 50.3
Šalovci 50.1

Highest net wage

Mengeš €2,032
Ljubljana €1,801
Novo mesto €1,784
Žirovnica €1,771
Dol pri Ljubljani €1,720

Lowest net wage

Mislinja €1,203
Hodoš €1,217
Kuzma €1,219
Šalovci €1,226
Turnišče €1,237

Fastest growing (increase per 1,000)

Fastest shrinking (increase per 1,000)

Largest by area

Kočevje 556 km²
Ilirska Bistrica 480 km²
Tolmin 382 km²
Bovec 367 km²
Črnomelj 340 km²

All municipalities

The columns sort. Every row leads to the municipality's page with all the figures, charts, the map and a photograph.

Municipality	Residents	km²	Per km²	Age	Net wage €	Companies	Nights
Ajdovščina	19,977	245	81	43.5	1,529	2,010	50,882
Ankaran	3,444	8	427	47.6	1,654	344	361,981
Apače	3,562	53	67	46.1	1,378	226	759
Beltinci	8,078	62	130	45.7	1,456	553	1,481
Benedikt	2,727	24	113	41.0	1,364	178	1,860
Bistrica ob Sotli	1,334	31	43	46.6	1,466	129	3,909
Bled	8,103	72	112	47.2	1,515	1,487	1,216,324
Bloke	1,563	75	21	44.6	1,367	161	8,661
Bohinj	5,216	334	16	46.6	1,369	1,004	870,632
Borovnica	4,688	42	111	42.5	1,428	380	1,436
Bovec	3,052	367	8	49.3	1,387	592	621,121
Braslovče	5,908	55	107	44.2	1,404	560	1,997
Brda	5,564	72	77	46.9	1,389	527	65,455
Brezovica	13,202	91	145	42.8	1,497	1,633	17,530
Brežice	24,412	268	91	46.1	1,498	2,222	712,297
Cankova	1,748	31	57	46.5	1,343	139	999
Celje	49,802	95	525	44.9	1,554	6,290	62,149
Cerklje na Gorenjskem	8,029	78	103	42.7	1,696	970	92,954
Cerknica	11,899	241	49	44.4	1,369	1,276	28,899
Cerkno	4,445	132	34	46.0	1,249	434	26,101
Cerkvenjak	2,250	25	92	42.1	1,298	150	2,025
Cirkulane	2,357	32	73	46.0	1,422	131	2,902
Črenšovci	3,870	34	115	45.7	1,482	245	756
Črna na Koroškem	3,001	156	19	47.7	1,515	187	1,002
Črnomelj	14,170	340	42	45.9	1,392	1,157	48,306
Destrnik	2,737	34	80	44.0	1,412	173	5,880
Divača	4,604	145	32	44.6	1,469	396	19,584
Dobje	965	18	55	43.0	1,470	72
Dobrepolje	3,946	103	38	44.3	1,332	320
Dobrna	2,347	32	74	42.8	1,513	172	115,386
Dobrova - Polhov Gradec	8,068	118	69	42.1	1,408	872	7,338
Dobrovnik	1,217	31	39	47.8	1,379	109	1,157
Dol pri Ljubljani	6,438	33	193	42.0	1,720	714	5,897
Dolenjske Toplice	3,666	110	33	44.0	1,418	289	129,288
Domžale	38,326	72	530	42.5	1,464	4,741	52,904
Dornava	2,915	28	103	44.4	1,571	192
Dravograd	8,773	105	84	46.0	1,410	742	17,265
Duplek	7,067	40	178	44.8	1,376	534	831
Gorenja vas - Poljane	7,739	153	51	40.2	1,509	763	15,600
Gorišnica	4,212	29	145	44.3	1,283	313
Gorje	2,733	116	24	45.1	1,429	374	77,218
Gornja Radgona	8,555	75	115	46.8	1,440	697	4,044
Gornji Grad	2,534	90	28	47.9	1,288	219	2,546
Gornji Petrovci	1,918	67	29	50.0	1,393	121	2,377
Grad	1,953	37	53	47.4	1,444	120	964
Grosuplje	22,276	134	166	41.6	1,459	2,317	25,563
Hajdina	4,092	22	188	44.7	1,381	381	13,676
Hoče - Slivnica	12,061	54	225	45.6	1,610	1,123	70,884
Hodoš	335	18	19	51.6	1,217	20
Horjul	3,085	32	95	44.2	1,639	325
Hrastnik	8,755	59	150	48.1	1,487	537	955
Hrpelje - Kozina	5,451	195	28	43.9	1,348	526	30,898
Idrija	11,482	293	39	46.6	1,602	1,160	28,313
Ig	7,974	99	81	42.3	1,492	763	6,476
Ilirska Bistrica	13,130	480	27	48.1	1,481	1,113	17,426
Ivančna Gorica	18,272	227	81	41.1	1,424	1,671	11,974
Izola	16,447	29	576	47.0	1,542	2,501	579,980
Jesenice	21,769	76	287	44.8	1,593	1,520	40,603
Jezersko	679	69	10	44.7	1,354	90	33,694
Juršinci	2,486	36	69	45.9	1,418	142	137
Kamnik	29,830	266	112	43.4	1,463	3,326	96,158
Kanal ob Soči	5,047	147	35	47.3	1,537	404	13,714
Kidričevo	6,606	71	93	45.1	1,484	526	1,842
Kobarid	3,964	193	21	47.6	1,430	461	224,726
Kobilje	502	20	25	48.1	1,551	35	253
Kočevje	15,595	556	28	45.9	1,453	1,092	32,058
Komen	3,476	103	34	48.2	1,354	345	17,069
Komenda	6,800	24	283	40.7	1,611	870	4,900
Koper	54,795	303	181	45.3	1,610	7,119	363,927
Kostanjevica na Krki	2,424	58	42	45.6	1,317	200	3,561
Kostel	604	56	11	52.8	1,409	57	11,370
Kozje	2,996	90	33	46.4	1,426	298	9,588
Kranj	57,491	151	381	43.8	1,597	6,313	139,563
Kranjska Gora	5,143	256	20	50.3	1,432	715	1,012,093
Križevci	3,531	46	76	46.9	1,598	243	4,758
Krško	26,210	287	92	44.0	1,646	2,379	23,458
Kungota	5,018	49	103	45.6	1,312	445	15,981
Kuzma	1,663	23	73	46.8	1,219	81	1,805
Laško	13,023	198	66	46.0	1,378	1,074	275,338
Lenart	8,674	62	140	45.6	1,360	716	3,505
Lendava	10,088	121	83	49.1	1,559	874	101,603
Litija	15,890	221	72	43.6	1,392	1,368	4,436
Ljubljana	302,826	275	1,101	43.2	1,801	50,420	2,844,129
Ljubno	2,476	79	31	44.7	1,431	305	19,323
Ljutomer	10,850	107	101	47.8	1,460	899	68,673
Log - Dragomer	3,895	11	352	45.0	1,375	473	35
Logatec	15,129	173	87	41.7	1,558	1,614	20,164
Loška dolina	3,506	167	21	47.1	1,281	295	10,408
Loški Potok	1,839	135	14	45.9	1,577	132	1,390
Lovrenc na Pohorju	2,981	84	35	46.1	1,388	213	1,622
Luče	1,396	110	13	45.3	1,324	210	19,537
Lukovica	6,193	75	83	41.0	1,637	608	1,732
Majšperk	4,009	73	55	44.9	1,447	293	369
Makole	2,052	37	56	45.2	1,302	151	1,484
Maribor	114,872	148	779	45.3	1,551	13,451	537,564
Markovci	4,050	30	136	44.7	1,472	345	1,587
Medvode	17,580	78	226	43.7	1,528	1,979	18,525
Mengeš	8,812	23	392	43.0	2,032	951	7,338
Metlika	8,552	109	79	45.5	1,390	684	36,351
Mežica	3,536	27	134	46.3	1,556	240	9,379
Miklavž na Dravskem polju	7,300	13	584	44.8	1,293	615	1,192
Miren - Kostanjevica	5,069	63	81	46.1	1,307	501	11,354
Mirna	2,895	31	93	42.7	1,433	234	1,021
Mirna Peč	3,238	48	67	41.7	1,338	205	611
Mislinja	4,489	112	40	45.6	1,203	382	32,539
Mokronog - Trebelno	3,320	73	45	42.5	1,337	246	1,350
Moravče	5,683	61	93	40.9	1,386	484	1,898
Moravske Toplice	5,967	144	41	47.4	1,365	523	541,493
Mozirje	4,438	54	83	43.9	1,408	499	58,857
Murska Sobota	18,317	64	285	48.5	1,549	1,978	23,770
Muta	3,329	39	86	45.6	1,444	272	1,469
Naklo	5,494	28	195	43.8	1,525	656	32,071
Nazarje	2,681	44	62	44.1	1,512	279	1,774
Nova Gorica	31,781	280	114	46.7	1,566	3,940	186,315
Novo mesto	38,678	236	164	43.0	1,784	3,687	71,919
Odranci	1,609	7	232	44.5	1,302	95
Oplotnica	4,203	33	127	43.7	1,278	321
Ormož	11,792	142	83	46.9	1,451	934	16,775
Osilnica	326	36	9	54.7		17	10,508
Pesnica	7,879	76	104	46.3	1,388	640	5,029
Piran	18,206	44	419	47.7	1,395	2,783	1,946,838
Pivka	6,168	223	28	45.6	1,420	591	25,762
Podčetrtek	3,699	61	61	44.3	1,264	352	438,076
Podlehnik	1,828	46	40	47.1	1,548	128	4,255
Podvelka	2,242	104	22	46.4	1,441	152	925
Poljčane	4,327	38	115	47.3	1,287	331
Polzela	6,668	34	199	44.4	1,424	585	2,280
Postojna	17,192	270	64	43.7	1,444	1,636	170,501
Prebold	5,318	41	131	45.0	1,501	481	8,247
Preddvor	3,946	87	45	43.6	1,430	426	21,538
Prevalje	6,668	58	115	46.5	1,465	492	11,332
Ptuj	23,898	67	359	46.5	1,457	2,683	157,699
Puconci	5,800	108	54	46.5	1,576	382	2,697
Rače - Fram	8,363	51	163	42.8	1,364	768	1,681
Radeče	4,046	52	78	46.5	1,470	355	2,050
Radenci	5,064	34	148	49.3	1,429	379	140,031
Radlje ob Dravi	6,229	94	66	45.9	1,465	606	6,402
Radovljica	19,359	119	163	45.5	1,463	2,739	503,658
Ravne na Koroškem	11,179	64	176	46.3	1,562	950	12,726
Razkrižje	1,231	10	125	46.3	1,374	69	1,382
Rečica ob Savinji	2,300	30	76	44.9	1,238	238	76,947
Renče - Vogrsko	4,424	30	150	47.0	1,400	434	16,462
Ribnica	9,825	154	64	43.4	1,475	917	4,676
Ribnica na Pohorju	1,071	60	18	46.6	1,573	75	20,150
Rogaška Slatina	11,679	71	164	45.4	1,355	1,205	195,231
Rogašovci	3,027	40	75	46.0	1,353	165	5,567
Rogatec	3,081	40	78	45.4	1,332	252	4,575
Ruše	7,157	61	118	46.3	1,576	641	5,768
Selnica ob Dravi	4,359	65	68	46.8	1,270	380	10,088
Semič	3,780	147	26	45.3	1,326	273	14,285
Sevnica	17,602	272	65	45.8	1,454	1,371	9,526
Sežana	13,669	217	63	46.6	1,424	1,888	129,999
Slovenj Gradec	17,063	174	98	44.9	1,509	1,884	31,803
Slovenska Bistrica	26,363	260	101	44.1	1,525	2,502	50,325
Slovenske Konjice	15,534	98	159	43.3	1,383	1,504	11,010
Sodražica	2,354	49	48	42.5	1,288	221	2,670
Solčava	493	102	5	46.4	1,432	123	35,635
Središče ob Dravi	1,827	33	56	47.8	1,458	126
Starše	4,111	34	120	46.0	1,304	356	3,415
Straža	4,000	29	140	43.8	1,301	354	3,116
Sveta Ana	2,347	37	63	43.8	1,439	135	1,858
Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih goricah	2,297	26	89	43.9	1,509	159	1,149
Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih goricah	1,191	18	68	42.4	1,247	78	134
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici	2,795	51	55	44.7	1,445	201	10,677
Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih goricah	2,238	31	73	43.4	1,373	118
Sveti Tomaž	1,966	38	52	46.3	1,462	90	725
Šalovci	1,342	58	23	50.1	1,226	88	4,787
Šempeter - Vrtojba	6,451	15	431	47.9	1,629	825	12,623
Šenčur	9,041	40	224	43.2	1,658	1,101	33,739
Šentilj	8,371	65	129	45.1	1,570	506	20,553
Šentjernej	7,446	96	78	41.8	1,581	588	983
Šentjur	19,757	222	89	44.4	1,366	1,852	9,214
Šentrupert	2,915	49	59	43.0	1,610	225	473
Škocjan	3,531	61	58	40.6	1,517	238	7,025
Škofja Loka	23,850	146	163	43.2	1,526	2,439	47,653
Škofljica	12,199	44	280	42.1	1,569	1,271	9,371
Šmarje pri Jelšah	10,575	108	98	44.5	1,468	965	7,980
Šmarješke Toplice	3,606	34	106	44.3	1,485	259	120,722
Šmartno ob Paki	3,436	18	190	44.4	1,405	289	984
Šmartno pri Litiji	5,854	95	62	43.4	1,292	442	1,048
Šoštanj	9,007	96	94	44.2	1,482	694	88,545
Štore	4,542	28	162	45.8	1,619	362	1,719
Tabor	1,833	35	53	41.5	1,307	170
Tišina	3,908	39	101	46.4	1,401	244
Tolmin	10,661	382	28	47.9	1,478	1,342	208,280
Trbovlje	15,935	58	274	47.3	1,597	1,267	4,154
Trebnje	13,855	163	85	42.0	1,527	1,283	24,224
Trnovska vas	1,400	23	61	42.2	1,353	92	529
Trzin	4,000	9	464	44.7	1,619	1,040	6,930
Tržič	15,044	155	97	45.8	1,430	1,473	28,051
Turnišče	3,070	24	129	46.4	1,237	162
Velenje	33,873	84	403	44.5	1,508	2,742	40,788
Velika Polana	1,379	19	74	49.0	1,241	84
Velike Lašče	4,546	103	44	43.3	1,302	508	3,757
Veržej	1,361	12	113	46.5	1,418	114	105,208
Videm	5,612	80	70	45.1	1,371	368	7,276
Vipava	5,866	107	55	43.7	1,435	627	25,841
Vitanje	2,200	59	37	44.5	1,352	154	6,391
Vodice	5,291	31	169	41.6	1,332	601	5,737
Vojnik	9,360	75	124	44.6	1,521	853	4,522
Vransko	2,792	53	53	43.3	1,386	246	22,115
Vrhnika	18,296	116	158	43.0	1,499	1,976	13,195
Vuzenica	2,594	50	52	44.8	1,534	213	590
Zagorje ob Savi	16,347	147	111	45.2	1,467	1,280	11,882
Zavrč	1,453	19	76	46.0	1,527	84	1,835
Zreče	6,657	67	99	43.8	1,471	607	256,016
Žalec	21,737	117	186	45.3	1,474	2,408	33,422
Železniki	6,629	164	41	42.5	1,430	566	25,014
Žetale	1,299	38	34	44.4	1,411	63	1,495
Žiri	5,159	49	105	43.1	1,454	461	1,879
Žirovnica	4,515	43	106	45.3	1,771	532	41,232
Žužemberk	4,708	164	29	42.2	1,407	345	6,208

Source: SURS, SiStat (CC BY 4.0). Population as at 1 January of the latest published half-year; wages, companies and tourism are the latest published year.

Frequently asked questions

Which Slovenian municipality has the most residents?

Ljubljana, with 302,826 residents (1 Jan 2026); Maribor and Kranj follow.

Which is the smallest Slovenian municipality by population?

Osilnica, with 326 residents (1 Jan 2026).

Where in Slovenia are wages highest?

Mengeš has the highest average net wage per employee (€2,032 in 2025); the Slovenian average is €1,602.

How many municipalities does Slovenia have?

212, twelve of them urban. Each has its own SURS-based profile on this page.

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