Population of Croatia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change

Croatia population projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
20204,105,267-25,037-0.610.053
20214,081,651-23,616-0.580.052
20224,059,286-22,365-0.550.051
20234,037,689-21,597-0.530.050
20244,016,136-21,553-0.530.050
20253,994,074-22,062-0.550.049
20263,971,384-22,690-0.570.048
20273,948,253-23,131-0.580.047
20283,924,753-23,500-0.600.047
20293,901,051-23,702-0.600.046
20303,877,272-23,779-0.610.045
20313,853,402-23,870-0.620.045
20323,829,375-24,027-0.620.044
20333,805,174-24,201-0.630.043
20343,780,747-24,427-0.640.043
20353,756,068-24,679-0.650.042
20363,731,135-24,933-0.660.042
20373,705,969-25,166-0.670.041
20383,680,581-25,388-0.690.041
20393,654,980-25,601-0.700.040
20403,629,201-25,779-0.710.039
20413,603,243-25,958-0.720.039
20423,577,119-26,124-0.730.038
20433,550,860-26,259-0.730.038
20443,524,486-26,374-0.740.037
20453,498,032-26,454-0.750.037
20463,471,514-26,518-0.760.036
20473,444,931-26,583-0.770.036
20483,418,300-26,631-0.770.035
20493,391,584-26,716-0.780.035
20503,364,800-26,784-0.790.035
20513,337,946-26,854-0.800.034
20523,311,032-26,914-0.810.034
20533,284,080-26,952-0.810.033
20543,257,097-26,983-0.820.033
20553,230,096-27,001-0.830.032
20563,203,095-27,001-0.840.032
20573,176,082-27,013-0.840.032
20583,149,093-26,989-0.850.031
20593,122,141-26,952-0.860.031
20603,095,229-26,912-0.860.030
20613,068,373-26,856-0.870.030
20623,041,602-26,771-0.870.030
20633,014,881-26,721-0.880.029
20642,988,246-26,635-0.880.029
20652,961,678-26,568-0.890.029
20662,935,187-26,491-0.890.028
20672,908,793-26,394-0.900.028
20682,882,525-26,268-0.900.028
20692,856,386-26,139-0.910.027
20702,830,402-25,984-0.910.027
20712,804,585-25,817-0.910.027
20722,778,948-25,637-0.910.026
20732,753,542-25,406-0.910.026
20742,728,397-25,145-0.910.026
20752,703,563-24,834-0.910.026
20762,679,049-24,514-0.910.025
20772,654,873-24,176-0.900.025
20782,631,033-23,840-0.900.025
20792,607,557-23,476-0.890.024
20802,584,443-23,114-0.890.024
20812,561,714-22,729-0.880.024
20822,539,341-22,373-0.870.024
20832,517,326-22,015-0.870.023
20842,495,619-21,707-0.860.023
20852,474,212-21,407-0.860.023
20862,453,085-21,127-0.850.023
20872,432,233-20,852-0.850.023
20882,411,651-20,582-0.850.022
20892,391,329-20,322-0.840.022
20902,371,268-20,061-0.840.022
20912,351,454-19,814-0.840.022
20922,331,885-19,569-0.830.022
20932,312,554-19,331-0.830.021
20942,293,442-19,112-0.830.021
20952,274,555-18,887-0.820.021
20962,255,885-18,670-0.820.021
20972,237,426-18,459-0.820.021
20982,219,181-18,245-0.820.020
20992,201,142-18,039-0.810.020
21002,183,311-17,831-0.810.020

Croatia population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
19503,850,297--0.152
19513,886,22135,9240.930.150
19523,922,67336,4520.940.149
19533,959,11636,4430.930.148
19543,995,13636,0200.910.147
19554,030,41535,2790.880.145
19564,064,77534,3600.850.144
19574,098,12633,3510.820.143
19584,130,49132,3650.790.141
19594,161,96531,4740.760.140
19604,192,63530,6700.740.138
19614,222,50329,8680.710.137
19624,251,42128,9180.680.135
19634,279,06127,6400.650.133
19644,304,98825,9270.610.131
19654,328,92323,9350.560.130
19664,350,81621,8930.510.128
19674,370,85920,0430.460.126
19684,389,32118,4620.420.124
19694,406,60617,2850.390.122
19704,423,07316,4670.370.120
19714,438,81515,7420.360.118
19724,453,98815,1730.340.116
19734,469,03815,0500.340.114
19744,484,52315,4850.350.112
19754,500,86716,3440.360.110
19764,518,10217,2350.380.109
19774,536,19918,0970.400.107
19784,555,41919,2200.420.106
19794,576,03320,6140.450.104
19804,598,13022,0970.480.103
19814,621,41923,2890.510.102
19824,645,41323,9940.520.101
19834,669,61424,2010.520.099
19844,693,43123,8170.510.098
19854,716,11722,6860.480.097
19864,737,94821,8310.460.096
19874,758,15120,2030.430.094
19884,773,68215,5310.330.093
19894,780,6286,9460.150.091
19904,776,374-4,254-0.090.090
19914,760,003-16,371-0.340.088
19924,732,862-27,141-0.570.086
19934,697,538-35,324-0.750.084
19944,657,803-39,735-0.850.082
19954,616,766-41,037-0.880.080
19964,574,888-41,878-0.910.079
19974,532,401-42,487-0.930.077
19984,491,907-40,494-0.890.075
19994,456,437-35,470-0.790.073
20004,428,075-28,362-0.640.072
20014,408,075-20,000-0.450.071
20024,395,799-12,276-0.280.070
20034,388,895-6,904-0.160.069
20044,383,882-5,013-0.110.068
20054,378,058-5,824-0.130.067
20064,370,777-7,281-0.170.066
20074,362,426-8,351-0.190.065
20084,352,636-9,790-0.220.064
20094,341,264-11,372-0.260.063
20104,328,165-13,099-0.300.062
20114,313,099-15,066-0.350.061
20124,295,878-17,221-0.400.060
20134,276,598-19,280-0.450.059
20144,255,512-21,086-0.490.058
20154,232,874-22,638-0.530.057
20164,208,602-24,272-0.570.056
20174,182,857-25,745-0.610.055
20184,156,405-26,452-0.630.054
20194,130,304-26,101-0.630.054