| Population: |
4,493,312 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 16% (male 368,639/female 349,703)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,499,354/female 1,515,932)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 292,526/female 467,158) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
-0.035% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
9.63 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
11.57 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.989 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.626 male(s)/female
total population: 0.926 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 74.9 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 78.75 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.41 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
200 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 10 (2001 est.) |
| 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 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97.1% (2001 census) |
