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*After World War II, as Czechoslovakia was reconstituted, more than 80,000 Hungarians and 32,000 Germans were forced to leave Slovakia, in a series of population transfers initiated by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference'''. Out of about 130,000 Carpathian Germans in Slovakia in 1938, by 1947 only some 20,000 remained. The NKVD arrested and deported over 20,000 people to Siberia. | *After World War II, as Czechoslovakia was reconstituted, more than 80,000 Hungarians and 32,000 Germans were forced to leave Slovakia, in a series of population transfers initiated by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference'''. Out of about 130,000 Carpathian Germans in Slovakia in 1938, by 1947 only some 20,000 remained. The NKVD arrested and deported over 20,000 people to Siberia. | ||
*The largest waves of Slovak emigration occurred in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1990 US census, 1.8 million people self-identified as having Slovak ancestry.<ref name="slo"/> | *The largest waves of Slovak emigration occurred in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1990 US census, 1.8 million people self-identified as having Slovak ancestry.<ref name="slo"/> | ||
*There are '''Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine''' and '''sizable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the "Slovak diaspora".'''<br> | |||
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'''Regions with significant populations:'''<br> | |||
*United States: 797,764 | |||
*Czech Republic: 116,817/191,818 - 400,000 | |||
*United Kingdom: 85,000 | |||
*Canada: 72,290 | |||
*Serbia: 52,750 | |||
*Austria: 35,450 | |||
*Hungary: 29,794 | |||
*Germany: 25,200 | |||
*France: 23,000 | |||
*Brazil: 17,200 | |||
*Romania: 17,226 | |||
*Italy: 15,000 | |||
*Australia: 12,000 | |||
*Ireland: 10,801 | |||