European Union vs. Croatia
Demographics
| European Union | Croatia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 450,131,902 (July 2021 est.) rank by population:
| 4,208,973 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.05% (male 34,978,216/female 33,217,600) 15-24 years: 10.39% (male 24,089,260/female 22,990,579) 25-54 years: 40.54% (male 92,503,000/female 91,144,596) 55-64 years: 13.52% (male 29,805,200/female 31,424,172) 65 years and over: 20.5% (male 39,834,507/female 53,020,673) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 14.16% (male 308,668/female 289,996) 15-24 years: 10.76% (male 233,602/female 221,495) 25-54 years: 39.77% (male 841,930/female 839,601) 55-64 years: 14.24% (male 290,982/female 310,969) 65 years and over: 21.06% (male 364,076/female 526,427) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 44 years male: 42.6 years female: 45.5 years (2020 est.) | total: 43.9 years male: 42 years female: 45.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.69% 0.10% (2021 est.) | -0.48% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) | 8.68 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 12.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 8.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.63 years male: 72.98 years female: 82.51 years (2021 est.) | total population: 76.97 years male: 73.83 years female: 80.3 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.62 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.44 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | note - see individual entries of member states | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | note - see individual entries of member states | 1,700 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.) | Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | note - see individual entries of member states | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Languages | Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 29% of the EU population is conversant with it (2020) | Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): Knjiga svjetskih cinjenica, nuzan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Major infectious diseases | note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring regionally; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the European Union's Schengen Area (comprised of the following 26 European states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures | degree of risk: intermediate (2020) vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis |
| Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2017) | 3.9% of GDP (2017) |
| Health expenditures | 9.9% (2016) | 6.8% (2018) |
Source: CIA Factbook
