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Croatia: Croatia People Profile 2012

2012/03/06

Croatia People Profile 2012

Croatia's language is Serbo-Croatian. Most Croats are Roman Catholic. Zagreb is the capital and largest city

Population

Value:

4 486 881

Date:

July 2010

Comparison to the world:

122

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

15.3% (male 353,157/female 334,817)

Year:

2010

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

67.8% (male 1,511,931/female 1,529,830)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

16.9% (male 295,279/female 461,867)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

41.2 years

Year:

2010

Name:

male

Value:

39.3 years

Name:

female

Value:

43 years

Population growth rate

Value:

;-0.061%

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

206

Birth rate

Value:

9.63 births/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

198

Death rate

Value:

11.83 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2010

Comparison to the world:

Net migration rate

Value:

1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

Urbanization

Urban population:

57% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

0.4% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.055 male(s)/female

Year:

2010

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

0.99 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.64 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.93 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

6.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

178

Male value:

6.33 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

6.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2010

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

75.58 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

71.95 years

Female value:

79.4 years

Year:

2010

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.43 children born/woman

Year:

2010

Comparison to the world:

193

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

less than 0.1%

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

156

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

200

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

158

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

fewer than 10

Year:

2001

Comparison to the world:

155

Nationality

Noun:

Croat(s), Croatian(s)

Adjective:

Croatian

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma)</p>

Religions

Value:

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

Note:

2001 census

Languages

Languages info:

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

Year:

2001

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

98,1%

Male:

99,3%

Female:

97,1%

Year:

2001

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Total:

14 years

Male:

13 years

Female:

14 years

Year:

2006

Education expenditures

Value:

4.5% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

Year:

2004

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