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5. October 2020Danila Golob

Children in Slovenia

According to the definition of the UN, a child is any human being below the age of eighteen years.

Children in Slovenia
  • CHILDREN IN SLOVENIA: At the beginning of 2020, the population of children in Slovenia amounted to 371,395 or 17.7% of the total population. The most popular names for girls younger than 18 years are Eva, Sara, Nika, Lara, Ana, while the most popular names for boys of the same age are Luka, Nik, Jan, Žan, Nejc. In the school year 2019-2020, 82.7% of children between the ages of one and five attended kindergarten, 97.2% of all children between the ages of six anf fourteen were enrolled in elementary school and 92% of children between the ages of fifteen and seventeen in secondary school. Infographic: Irena Kogoj
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