Foreigners most often move to Slovenia for work (58% in 2024), followed by family reunification (25%).
People
- 231,074 foreign citizens live in Slovenia, 10.8% of the population (Q3 2026); in 2008 they were 2.9%.
- In 2025, more people died in Slovenia than were born (natural change −4,262), but migration from abroad made up for it (net migration +8,519).
- In Zasavska, only 47% of employed people work in their home region – the rest commute elsewhere; in Osrednjeslovenska, 89% do (2025).
- Osrednjeslovenska has 246 people per km², Primorsko-notranjska only 37 – a 6.7-fold difference (2026).