Croatia Demographics Profile 2013

Population

4,480,043 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.8% (male 339,354/female 321,981)
15-24 years: 12.3% (male 281,115/female 269,016)
25-54 years: 41.6% (male 922,594/female 941,081)
55-64 years: 14.2% (male 311,696/female 325,642)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 303,879/female 463,685) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 41.7 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 43.5 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.092% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

9.57 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

11.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 58% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

ZAGREB (capital) 685,000 (2009)

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: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.99 years
male: 72.38 years
female: 79.8 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.44 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 1% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Nationality

noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian

Ethnic groups

Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

Languages

Croatian (official) 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) 2.9% (2001 census)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.5%
female: 98.2% (2010 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2008)

Education expenditures

4.6% of GDP (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

17 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Health expenditures

7.8% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.59 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

5.49 beds/1,000 population (2007)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

22.3% (2003)