Demographics of Croatia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Croatia is projected at 4.08 million, down by 0.58% compared with 4.11 million in 2020. Croatia is ranked 130th in terms of population and 228th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.03 million births in Croatia in 2021. That is 95 per day, which is ranked 145th. The crude birth rate is 8.48 per 1000 people. There are 0.05 million deaths in Croatia in 2021. That is 149 per day, which is ranked 104th. The crude death rate is 13.31 per 1000 people.

2.37 million people are living in urban areas, which is 57.88% of Croatia population. Croatia is ranked 135th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Croatia in 2021 is 93.21 males per 100 females. There are 1.97 million males and 2.11 million females in Croatia. The percentage of female population is 51.76% compare to 48.24% male population. Croatia has 0.14 million more females than males. Croatia is at 25th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Croatia population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,850,294-
19554,030,4200.88
19604,192,6410.74
19654,328,9280.56
19704,423,0690.37
19754,500,8710.36
19804,598,1250.48
19854,716,1230.48
19904,776,370-0.09
19954,616,763-0.88
20004,428,075-0.64
20054,378,066-0.13
20104,328,163-0.30
20154,232,874-0.53
20164,208,611-0.57
20174,182,847-0.61
20184,156,407-0.63
20194,130,299-0.63
20204,105,268-0.61
20214,081,657-0.58
  • Total
  • Crude

Croatia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195054,99792,10214.1923.78
195549,62984,12912.3220.88
196046,50076,47911.0918.24
196545,94368,50310.6215.85
197046,76165,59510.5814.83
197548,73266,43610.8214.75
198051,73666,16311.2414.37
198552,89463,16311.2213.40
199052,82153,98911.1411.38
199550,78849,05611.0010.64
200049,77245,06111.1810.11
200551,40142,31511.759.68
201051,86042,79012.009.90
201553,65539,16712.699.26
202054,59935,34113.288.60
202154,41134,65013.318.48
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Croatia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950858,4212,991,876-22.295
19551,049,2012,981,2133.9926.032
19601,264,2382,928,3963.6730.154
19651,514,1282,814,7923.5334.977
19701,777,9162,645,1563.1140.196
19751,974,2642,526,6011.9443.864
19802,174,2042,423,9251.9747.285
19852,324,4142,391,7031.2049.287
19902,437,7302,338,6420.6051.037
19952,413,5782,203,185-0.4452.279
20002,365,8332,062,239-0.2153.428
20052,377,9552,000,1020.1854.315
20102,387,1791,940,9740.0155.155
20152,378,7261,857,290-0.0956.155
20202,368,8331,747,114-0.0557.553
20212,368,6021,723,776-0.0157.878
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Croatia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 92,979 87,985 180,964 4.43 105.676
05-09 102,356 95,717 198,073 4.85 106.936
10-14 108,651 102,938 211,589 5.18 105.550
15-19 100,433 95,037 195,470 4.79 105.678
20-24 117,773 111,761 229,534 5.62 105.379
25-29 120,144 114,790 234,934 5.76 104.664
30-34 127,863 123,817 251,680 6.17 103.268
35-39 140,902 136,339 277,241 6.79 103.347
40-44 146,665 142,099 288,764 7.07 103.213
45-49 135,789 134,318 270,107 6.62 101.095
50-54 136,164 139,242 275,406 6.75 97.789
55-59 143,449 152,607 296,056 7.25 93.999
60-64 136,667 151,030 287,697 7.05 90.490
65-69 130,005 148,053 278,058 6.81 87.810
70-74 93,302 120,779 214,081 5.24 77.250
75-79 60,767 94,394 155,161 3.80 64.376
80-84 46,250 83,635 129,885 3.18 55.300
85-89 21,654 52,781 74,435 1.82 41.026
90-94 6,412 21,227 27,639 0.68 30.207
95-99 872 3,770 4,642 0.11 23.130
100+ 45 196 241 0.01 22.959
Total 1,969,142 2,112,515 4,081,657 93.213