Stredné Slovensko

Central Slovakia (Slovak: Stredné Slovensko) is one of the four NUTS-2 Regions of Slovakia. It was created at the same time as were the Žilina and the Banská Bystrica regions. Central Slovakia is the largest of the four regions of Slovakia and its GDP per capita is 61% of the European Union average (€18,200 per year).

Central Slovakia Stredné Slovensko
Region
Country	Slovakia
Area [1]
• Total	16,263.1 km2 (6,279.2 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• Total	1,301,530
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	€19.692 billion (2021)
NUTS code	SK03
HDI (2022)	0.836[4] very high · 3rd

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	1,169,321	—
1980	1,266,119	+8.3%
1991	1,328,112	+4.9%
2001	1,354,453	+2.0%
2011	1,349,414	−0.4%
2021	1,317,214	−2.4%
Source: Censuses[5][6]