| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
The current population of Croatia is 4,038,665 as of May 31, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Croatia is projected at 4,081,651 or 4.08 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Croatia is projected at 4,105,267 or 4.10 million people for the year 2020. Croatia ranks number 130th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Croatia is ranked 27th among 48 countries in Europe.
Croatia's population peaked in 1989 with 4.78 mn people after Croatia's population decreased year by year. The Croatia population is projected to reach 3.88 million in 2030 and decrease further to 3.36 million in 2050 and 2.18 million by 2100. Croatia accounts for 0.052 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.150% of 1951 and is projected to decline at 0.020% by 2100.
Croatia was at 77th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 146th in 2100.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 2020 | 4,105,267 | -25,037 | -0.61 | 0.053 |
| 2021 | 4,081,651 | -23,616 | -0.58 | 0.052 |
| 2022 | 4,059,286 | -22,365 | -0.55 | 0.051 |
| 2023 | 4,037,689 | -21,597 | -0.53 | 0.050 |
| 2024 | 4,016,136 | -21,553 | -0.53 | 0.050 |
| 2025 | 3,994,074 | -22,062 | -0.55 | 0.049 |
| 2026 | 3,971,384 | -22,690 | -0.57 | 0.048 |
| 2027 | 3,948,253 | -23,131 | -0.58 | 0.047 |
| 2028 | 3,924,753 | -23,500 | -0.60 | 0.047 |
| 2029 | 3,901,051 | -23,702 | -0.60 | 0.046 |
| 2030 | 3,877,272 | -23,779 | -0.61 | 0.045 |
| 2031 | 3,853,402 | -23,870 | -0.62 | 0.045 |
| 2032 | 3,829,375 | -24,027 | -0.62 | 0.044 |
| 2033 | 3,805,174 | -24,201 | -0.63 | 0.043 |
| 2034 | 3,780,747 | -24,427 | -0.64 | 0.043 |
| 2035 | 3,756,068 | -24,679 | -0.65 | 0.042 |
| 2036 | 3,731,135 | -24,933 | -0.66 | 0.042 |
| 2037 | 3,705,969 | -25,166 | -0.67 | 0.041 |
| 2038 | 3,680,581 | -25,388 | -0.69 | 0.041 |
| 2039 | 3,654,980 | -25,601 | -0.70 | 0.040 |
| 2040 | 3,629,201 | -25,779 | -0.71 | 0.039 |
| 2041 | 3,603,243 | -25,958 | -0.72 | 0.039 |
| 2042 | 3,577,119 | -26,124 | -0.73 | 0.038 |
| 2043 | 3,550,860 | -26,259 | -0.73 | 0.038 |
| 2044 | 3,524,486 | -26,374 | -0.74 | 0.037 |
| 2045 | 3,498,032 | -26,454 | -0.75 | 0.037 |
| 2046 | 3,471,514 | -26,518 | -0.76 | 0.036 |
| 2047 | 3,444,931 | -26,583 | -0.77 | 0.036 |
| 2048 | 3,418,300 | -26,631 | -0.77 | 0.035 |
| 2049 | 3,391,584 | -26,716 | -0.78 | 0.035 |
| 2050 | 3,364,800 | -26,784 | -0.79 | 0.035 |
| 2051 | 3,337,946 | -26,854 | -0.80 | 0.034 |
| 2052 | 3,311,032 | -26,914 | -0.81 | 0.034 |
| 2053 | 3,284,080 | -26,952 | -0.81 | 0.033 |
| 2054 | 3,257,097 | -26,983 | -0.82 | 0.033 |
| 2055 | 3,230,096 | -27,001 | -0.83 | 0.032 |
| 2056 | 3,203,095 | -27,001 | -0.84 | 0.032 |
| 2057 | 3,176,082 | -27,013 | -0.84 | 0.032 |
| 2058 | 3,149,093 | -26,989 | -0.85 | 0.031 |
| 2059 | 3,122,141 | -26,952 | -0.86 | 0.031 |
| 2060 | 3,095,229 | -26,912 | -0.86 | 0.030 |
| 2061 | 3,068,373 | -26,856 | -0.87 | 0.030 |
| 2062 | 3,041,602 | -26,771 | -0.87 | 0.030 |
| 2063 | 3,014,881 | -26,721 | -0.88 | 0.029 |
| 2064 | 2,988,246 | -26,635 | -0.88 | 0.029 |
| 2065 | 2,961,678 | -26,568 | -0.89 | 0.029 |
| 2066 | 2,935,187 | -26,491 | -0.89 | 0.028 |
| 2067 | 2,908,793 | -26,394 | -0.90 | 0.028 |
| 2068 | 2,882,525 | -26,268 | -0.90 | 0.028 |
| 2069 | 2,856,386 | -26,139 | -0.91 | 0.027 |
| 2070 | 2,830,402 | -25,984 | -0.91 | 0.027 |
| 2071 | 2,804,585 | -25,817 | -0.91 | 0.027 |
| 2072 | 2,778,948 | -25,637 | -0.91 | 0.026 |
| 2073 | 2,753,542 | -25,406 | -0.91 | 0.026 |
| 2074 | 2,728,397 | -25,145 | -0.91 | 0.026 |
| 2075 | 2,703,563 | -24,834 | -0.91 | 0.026 |
| 2076 | 2,679,049 | -24,514 | -0.91 | 0.025 |
| 2077 | 2,654,873 | -24,176 | -0.90 | 0.025 |
| 2078 | 2,631,033 | -23,840 | -0.90 | 0.025 |
| 2079 | 2,607,557 | -23,476 | -0.89 | 0.024 |
| 2080 | 2,584,443 | -23,114 | -0.89 | 0.024 |
| 2081 | 2,561,714 | -22,729 | -0.88 | 0.024 |
| 2082 | 2,539,341 | -22,373 | -0.87 | 0.024 |
| 2083 | 2,517,326 | -22,015 | -0.87 | 0.023 |
| 2084 | 2,495,619 | -21,707 | -0.86 | 0.023 |
| 2085 | 2,474,212 | -21,407 | -0.86 | 0.023 |
| 2086 | 2,453,085 | -21,127 | -0.85 | 0.023 |
| 2087 | 2,432,233 | -20,852 | -0.85 | 0.023 |
| 2088 | 2,411,651 | -20,582 | -0.85 | 0.022 |
| 2089 | 2,391,329 | -20,322 | -0.84 | 0.022 |
| 2090 | 2,371,268 | -20,061 | -0.84 | 0.022 |
| 2091 | 2,351,454 | -19,814 | -0.84 | 0.022 |
| 2092 | 2,331,885 | -19,569 | -0.83 | 0.022 |
| 2093 | 2,312,554 | -19,331 | -0.83 | 0.021 |
| 2094 | 2,293,442 | -19,112 | -0.83 | 0.021 |
| 2095 | 2,274,555 | -18,887 | -0.82 | 0.021 |
| 2096 | 2,255,885 | -18,670 | -0.82 | 0.021 |
| 2097 | 2,237,426 | -18,459 | -0.82 | 0.021 |
| 2098 | 2,219,181 | -18,245 | -0.82 | 0.020 |
| 2099 | 2,201,142 | -18,039 | -0.81 | 0.020 |
| 2100 | 2,183,311 | -17,831 | -0.81 | 0.020 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 1950 | 3,850,297 | - | - | 0.152 |
| 1951 | 3,886,221 | 35,924 | 0.93 | 0.150 |
| 1952 | 3,922,673 | 36,452 | 0.94 | 0.149 |
| 1953 | 3,959,116 | 36,443 | 0.93 | 0.148 |
| 1954 | 3,995,136 | 36,020 | 0.91 | 0.147 |
| 1955 | 4,030,415 | 35,279 | 0.88 | 0.145 |
| 1956 | 4,064,775 | 34,360 | 0.85 | 0.144 |
| 1957 | 4,098,126 | 33,351 | 0.82 | 0.143 |
| 1958 | 4,130,491 | 32,365 | 0.79 | 0.141 |
| 1959 | 4,161,965 | 31,474 | 0.76 | 0.140 |
| 1960 | 4,192,635 | 30,670 | 0.74 | 0.138 |
| 1961 | 4,222,503 | 29,868 | 0.71 | 0.137 |
| 1962 | 4,251,421 | 28,918 | 0.68 | 0.135 |
| 1963 | 4,279,061 | 27,640 | 0.65 | 0.133 |
| 1964 | 4,304,988 | 25,927 | 0.61 | 0.131 |
| 1965 | 4,328,923 | 23,935 | 0.56 | 0.130 |
| 1966 | 4,350,816 | 21,893 | 0.51 | 0.128 |
| 1967 | 4,370,859 | 20,043 | 0.46 | 0.126 |
| 1968 | 4,389,321 | 18,462 | 0.42 | 0.124 |
| 1969 | 4,406,606 | 17,285 | 0.39 | 0.122 |
| 1970 | 4,423,073 | 16,467 | 0.37 | 0.120 |
| 1971 | 4,438,815 | 15,742 | 0.36 | 0.118 |
| 1972 | 4,453,988 | 15,173 | 0.34 | 0.116 |
| 1973 | 4,469,038 | 15,050 | 0.34 | 0.114 |
| 1974 | 4,484,523 | 15,485 | 0.35 | 0.112 |
| 1975 | 4,500,867 | 16,344 | 0.36 | 0.110 |
| 1976 | 4,518,102 | 17,235 | 0.38 | 0.109 |
| 1977 | 4,536,199 | 18,097 | 0.40 | 0.107 |
| 1978 | 4,555,419 | 19,220 | 0.42 | 0.106 |
| 1979 | 4,576,033 | 20,614 | 0.45 | 0.104 |
| 1980 | 4,598,130 | 22,097 | 0.48 | 0.103 |
| 1981 | 4,621,419 | 23,289 | 0.51 | 0.102 |
| 1982 | 4,645,413 | 23,994 | 0.52 | 0.101 |
| 1983 | 4,669,614 | 24,201 | 0.52 | 0.099 |
| 1984 | 4,693,431 | 23,817 | 0.51 | 0.098 |
| 1985 | 4,716,117 | 22,686 | 0.48 | 0.097 |
| 1986 | 4,737,948 | 21,831 | 0.46 | 0.096 |
| 1987 | 4,758,151 | 20,203 | 0.43 | 0.094 |
| 1988 | 4,773,682 | 15,531 | 0.33 | 0.093 |
| 1989 | 4,780,628 | 6,946 | 0.15 | 0.091 |
| 1990 | 4,776,374 | -4,254 | -0.09 | 0.090 |
| 1991 | 4,760,003 | -16,371 | -0.34 | 0.088 |
| 1992 | 4,732,862 | -27,141 | -0.57 | 0.086 |
| 1993 | 4,697,538 | -35,324 | -0.75 | 0.084 |
| 1994 | 4,657,803 | -39,735 | -0.85 | 0.082 |
| 1995 | 4,616,766 | -41,037 | -0.88 | 0.080 |
| 1996 | 4,574,888 | -41,878 | -0.91 | 0.079 |
| 1997 | 4,532,401 | -42,487 | -0.93 | 0.077 |
| 1998 | 4,491,907 | -40,494 | -0.89 | 0.075 |
| 1999 | 4,456,437 | -35,470 | -0.79 | 0.073 |
| 2000 | 4,428,075 | -28,362 | -0.64 | 0.072 |
| 2001 | 4,408,075 | -20,000 | -0.45 | 0.071 |
| 2002 | 4,395,799 | -12,276 | -0.28 | 0.070 |
| 2003 | 4,388,895 | -6,904 | -0.16 | 0.069 |
| 2004 | 4,383,882 | -5,013 | -0.11 | 0.068 |
| 2005 | 4,378,058 | -5,824 | -0.13 | 0.067 |
| 2006 | 4,370,777 | -7,281 | -0.17 | 0.066 |
| 2007 | 4,362,426 | -8,351 | -0.19 | 0.065 |
| 2008 | 4,352,636 | -9,790 | -0.22 | 0.064 |
| 2009 | 4,341,264 | -11,372 | -0.26 | 0.063 |
| 2010 | 4,328,165 | -13,099 | -0.30 | 0.062 |
| 2011 | 4,313,099 | -15,066 | -0.35 | 0.061 |
| 2012 | 4,295,878 | -17,221 | -0.40 | 0.060 |
| 2013 | 4,276,598 | -19,280 | -0.45 | 0.059 |
| 2014 | 4,255,512 | -21,086 | -0.49 | 0.058 |
| 2015 | 4,232,874 | -22,638 | -0.53 | 0.057 |
| 2016 | 4,208,602 | -24,272 | -0.57 | 0.056 |
| 2017 | 4,182,857 | -25,745 | -0.61 | 0.055 |
| 2018 | 4,156,405 | -26,452 | -0.63 | 0.054 |
| 2019 | 4,130,304 | -26,101 | -0.63 | 0.054 |