CROATIA
Population

Cities in CROATIA

Dubrovnik	Porec	Pula
Split	Zadar	Zagreb

Population

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Most of the population (91,6%) consists of Croats (2024), a people of mixed Iranian-Gothic-Slavic origin, who acquired their ethnic identity after the migrations of Ostrogoths, Avars and Slavs (early 7th century) and linguistically the Slavic peoples. In the popular vote of 1991, 12% of the population was Serbs, but their number has decreased rapidly due to emigration from especially the Krajina and Western Slavonia to Serbia as a result of the war in the first half of the 1990s. The share of Serbs in 2024 is 3.2%. Many Croats still live abroad, most of them as guest workers (an estimated 300,000). Many refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina also live in Croatia. Approx. 60% of the population lives in the cities. (2024)

• There are 4,150,000 people living in Croatia. (2024)
• Population growth is -0.46% (2024)
• The structure is as follows:
• 00-14 years 13.8%
• 15-64 years 63.1%
• 65+ 23.1%
• Life expectancy Total population 77.7 - women 81- men 74.6 years (2024)

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Sources

Encarta Encyclopedie

Oliver, J / Croatia
Lonely Planet

Waard, P de / Reishandboek Kroatie
Elmar,

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated February 2025
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