Nitra Region

The Nitra Region (Slovak: Nitriansky kraj) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. The capital is Nitra.

Nitra Region Nitriansky kraj
Region
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Nitra Region
Country	Slovakia
Capital	Nitra
Government
• Body	County Council of Nitra Region
• Governor	Branislav Becík
Area [1]
• Total	6,343.73 km2 (2,449.33 sq mi)
Highest elevation	943 m (3,094 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	665,600
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	€8.801 billion (2016)
• Per capita	€12,925 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SK-NI
Website	www.unsk.sk

The region has 7 districts: Komárno, Levice, Nitra, Nové Zámky, Šaľa, Topoľčany and Zlaté Moravce. There are 354 municipalities in the region.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)^[4]

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	718,358	709,350	684,922	665,600
Progress:		-1.25%	-3.44%	-2.82%

Population statistics^[4]

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	668,301	665,600
Progress:		-0.40%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[5][6]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	484,494	71.46%
Hungarian	160,584	23.68%
Not found out	44,853	6.61%
Total	677,900

In year 2021 was 677,900 people by ethnicity 484,494 as Slovak, 160,584 as Hungarian, 44,853 as Not found out, 5478 as Romani, 4290 as Czech, 1971 as Other, 904 as Russian, 583 as Ukrainian, 524 as German, 481 as Polish, 440 as Rusyn, 386 as Vietnamese, 315 as Italian, 268 as Romanian, 170 as Chinese, 169 as English, 166 as Jewish, 164 as Moravian, 156 as Serbian, 153 as Croatian, 147 as Bulgarian, 120 as Turkish, 115 as Austrian, 114 as Albanian, 77 as Greek, 64 as French, 56 as Canadian, 53 as Irish, 18 as Korean, 16 as Silesian and 7 as Iranian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[7]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	413,458	60.99%
None	155,832	22.99%
Not found out	47,485	7%
Calvinist Church	24,210	3.57%
Evangelical Church	17,825	2.63%
Total	677,900

In year 2021 was 677,900 people by religion 413,458 from Roman Catholic Church, 155,832 from None, 47,485 from Not found out, 24,210 from Calvinist Church, 17,825 from Evangelical Church, 4204 from Greek Catholic Church, 2763 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1817 from Ad hoc movements, 1657 from Other, 1522 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 1117 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 975 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 759 from Buddhism, 684 from Baptists Church, 676 from Church of the Brethren, 638 from Apostolic Church, 497 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 462 from Islam, 412 from Old Catholic Church, 309 from United Methodist Church, 181 from Jewish community, 175 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 112 from Hinduism, 52 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 22 from Bahá'i Community and 6 from New Apostolic Church.