Background: In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia.
Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation
within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and
Czechoslovakia once more became free. The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to
separate peacefully on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in
the spring of 2004.
Location: Central Europe, south of Poland
Population: 5,431,363 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.1% (male 475,263/female 453,340)
15-64 years:
71% (male 1,919,222/female 1,939,097)
65 years and over: 11.9% (male
241,610/female 402,831) (2005 est.)
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