Ptuj has a population of 17,984, making it the 8th largest place we list in Slovenia. It is in Urban Municipality of Ptuj.
Ptuj holds 0.85% of Slovenia's 2,114,573 people. Ljubljana, the largest place we list there, is 15 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 18,141, almost unchanged.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Koper | Urban Municipality of Koper | 25,753 |
| Novo Mesto | Urban Municipality of Novo Mesto | 24,446 |
| Velenje | Urban Municipality of Velenje | 24,327 |
| Trbovlje | Municipality of Trbovlje | 15,163 |
| Kamnik | Municipality of Kamnik | 13,644 |
| Jesenice | Municipality of Jesenice | 13,255 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.