Žalec has a population of 4,943, making it the 41st largest place we list in Slovenia. It is in Municipality of Žalec.
Žalec holds 0.23% of Slovenia's 2,114,573 people. Ljubljana, the largest place we list there, is 55 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 4,859, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medvode | Municipality of Medvode | 5,380 |
| Bled | Municipality of Bled | 5,181 |
| Rogaška Slatina | Municipality of Rogaška Slatina | 5,111 |
| Šentjur | Sentjur | 4,940 |
| Slovenske Konjice | Municipality of Slovenske Konjice | 4,869 |
| Sevnica | Municipality of Sevnica | 4,660 |
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.