How many people live in Žilina?
Eurostat reports 81,940 residents in the city of Žilina on 1 January 2022.
Žilina Population: 81,940 (2022)
The population of Žilina was 81,940 on 1 January 2022, counting the city of Žilina as Eurostat defines it.
Updated September 2026. The population figure is for 1 January 2022. It is the newest population figure in the Eurostat data we retrieved on 1 September 2026 (Eurostat last updated this table on 31 August 2026). Reporting dates and availability vary by area and indicator.
Which Žilina population is this?
| Žilina city area (Eurostat) | 81,940 (2022) This figure |
|---|---|
| Metro population (city plus commuting zone) | Not in our data yet |
This is Eurostat's "city" area: the local administrative unit or units where most people live in the urban centre. It is a different definition from a metro area (a city plus its commuting zone). Municipal, greater-city and metro populations are different ways of defining an area, not a population time series. We have not linked a municipal or metro population to this page; adding one needs a verified area relationship and data approved for display.
Source: Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - cities and greater cities · year 2022
About this data
- Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - cities and greater cities (urb_cpop1)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 31 August 2026; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Population on 1 January, total (DE1001V), 2022, unit: persons. Residents on 1 January of the year shown, for the area Eurostat defines.
- Area
- the city of Žilina, as defined by Eurostat (Eurostat provider code SK006C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
- Treatment
- Values are shown as published, with digit grouping; counts, euro amounts and lengths drop a decimal part that is all zeros. Each figure keeps its own year, so this is not a like-for-like comparison or ranking.
Žilina FAQ
Is this the metro-area population of Žilina?
This is the figure for the city of Žilina. We have not linked a metro-area population to this page. Eurostat defines a metro area (functional urban area) as a city plus its commuting zone.
Why do other sites show a different population for Žilina?
Population figures depend on the area counted (the municipality, a wider greater-city area, or the whole metro area) and on the year. Many sites also show projections for the current year. This page shows the newest population figure in our Eurostat data, for 1 January 2022.
About this page's data
Every figure on this page comes from Eurostat's City Statistics, the EU's official statistics for cities. National statistical offices supply most figures. This page lists 1 of the figures Eurostat publishes for the city of Žilina. Each figure carries its own year, and years differ, so the page is not a ranking or a like-for-like comparison with other cities.
Eurostat and the national statistical offices define the exact area of the city of Žilina; this site does not yet publish a boundary map.
The page name is the label Eurostat uses for this area: Žilina (Eurostat provider code SK006C).
Updated September 2026: we last refreshed these figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each one is the newest figure we can show for this area from that data, and each shows its own year. Reporting dates and availability vary by area and indicator.
Missing figures stay missing. We never fill a gap with a regional or national average. We plan to add which country the area is in and a map, climate and metropolitan-area population once each has passed its own source and rights review.
Source: Eurostat. Cities of Europe selected and reformatted these figures; Eurostat is not responsible for this presentation. Read the methodology, the full source list and our corrections log.