In 2001, the town had a population of 37,366. 60% of the inhabitants are
Hungarians and Slovaks made up 34.7%. In 2004 the first Hungarian-language
university in Slovakia since 1919, the J. Selye University was established in
Komárno. Serbs of Slovakia have their seat in the town since the 17th century
Great Serb Migrations into the former Habsburg Empire