Poprad

Poprad (pronunciation ; Hungarian: Poprád, German: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the bottom of the High Tatra Mountains. It is the biggest town in the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia. As of 2024, 48,352 people live in Poprad.^[1]

The city has a historic centre, an international airport and is the starting point of the Tatranská elektrická železnica (Tatra Electric Railway) - a set of special narrow-gauge trains (trams) connecting the resorts in the High Tatra Mountains with each other and with Poprad. Main line trains link Poprad to other destinations in Slovakia and beyond, through trains run to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)^[2]

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	54,803	55,404	52,316	48,352
Progress:		+1.09%	-5.57%	-7.57%

Population statistics^[2]

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	48,741	48,352
Progress:		-0.79%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[3][4]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	46,436	93.14%
Not found out	2835	5.68%
Romani	740	1.48%
Total	49,855

In year 2021 was 49,855 people by ethnicity 46,436 as Slovak, 2835 as Not found out, 740 as Romani, 497 as Czech, 482 as Rusyn, 194 as Other, 140 as Hungarian, 131 as German, 99 as Ukrainian, 89 as Polish, 74 as Russian, 64 as Vietnamese, 26 as Chinese, 24 as English, 21 as Jewish, 21 as Italian, 20 as Canadian, 14 as Moravian, 14 as Croatian, 11 as Irish, 11 as Albanian, 9 as Turkish, 9 as Serbian, 9 as Austrian, 5 as Bulgarian, 4 as Romanian, 4 as French, 3 as Silesian, 3 as Greek and 2 as Korean.

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+ %)^[5]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	26,847	53.85%
None	12,829	25.73%
Not found out	3492	7%
Evangelical Church	2954	5.93%
Greek Catholic Church	1947	3.91%
Total	49,855

In year 2021 was 49,855 people by religion 26,847 from Roman Catholic Church, 12,829 from None, 3492 from Not found out, 2954 from Evangelical Church, 1947 from Greek Catholic Church, 383 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 220 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 215 from Ad hoc movements, 206 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 149 from Other, 126 from Baptists Church, 79 from Buddhism, 72 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 60 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 58 from Apostolic Church, 53 from Calvinist Church, 43 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 from Islam, 24 from United Methodist Church, 18 from Jewish community, 18 from Old Catholic Church, 12 from Hinduism, 6 from New Apostolic Church, 5 from Bahá'i Community, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 3 from Church of the Brethren and 3 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.