Croatia's population fell from 4.56M in 1996 to 3.88M in 2025.
Croatia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Croatia's population growth rose from -1.4 % in 1996 to 0.3 % in 2025.
Croatia's population density fell from 83.2 in 1994 to 69.0 in 2023.
Croatia's population, female (% of total) fell from 52.0 % in 1996 to 51.7 % in 2025.
Croatia's urbanisation rose from 55.3 % in 1996 to 57.8 % in 2025.
Croatia's urban population fell from 2.52M in 1996 to 2.24M in 2025.
Croatia's rural population fell from 2.04M in 1996 to 1.64M in 2025.
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- Fertilityunchanged +0.0 %160th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %182nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.8 %10th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.0 %44th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs14th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts202nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts141st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts10th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts77th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts11th of 217
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- Net migrationup +32.9 %132nd of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts66th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +14.7 %75th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.5 yrs59th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs58th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.7 yrs60th of 217