At independence, Slovenia had fewer than 2 million inhabitants, of whom, according to data from the 1991 population census, 88.3% spoke Slovene as their mother tongue.
Ob osamosvojitvi je Slovenija imela nekaj manj kot 2 milijona prebivalcev, od tega je po podatkih iz popisa prebivalstva 1991 bila slovenščina materni jezik 88,3% prebivalcev.