| Population : |
4,496,869 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 16.6% (male 383,729; female 364,287)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,497,525; female 1,515,956)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 277,616; female 457,756) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
-0.02% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
9.51 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 74.14 years
male: 70.21 years
female: 78.29 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.39 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
200 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
less than 10 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1% (2001) |
| Religions : |
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001) |
| Languages : |
Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.4%
female: 97.8% (2003 est.) |
