Croatia: Introduction

Total Population: 4,424,161

Natural Increase: -0.1%

Density: 79 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 57.8%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Zagreb (690,000); Split (190,000); Rijeka (145,000); Osijek (90,000); Zadar (70,000).

Ethnic Origins: Croats: 89.63%; Serbs: 4.54%; Bosnians: 0.47%; Italians: 0.44%; Hungarians: 0.37%; Albanians: 0.34%; Slovenians: 0.3%; Others: 3.91%.

Official Language: Croatian.

Other Languages Spoken: The country has national minorities; Serb, Slovenian are spoken, as well as Italian, specially along the sea side, also German and Hungarian. Otherwise, especially in bigger cities and in tourist resorts along the coast a lot of people do understand at least the basics of English, Italian and German.

Business Language(s): English (particularly used in the region of the capital Zagreb), along the coast also Italian and German may be used.

Religion: Catholics 87.83%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslims 1.3%, Protestants 0.3%, Others 6.17%.

Literacy Rate: 98.1%

Area: 56,590 km²

Type of State: Republic based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of Economy: Upper-middle-income economy, Ex-Transition country..
Importance of the tourism sector in making a success of its economic development.

HDI*: 0.767/1

HDI (World Rank): 51/169

Telephone Code:
To Make a Call From Croatia, Dial 00
To Make a Call to Croatia, Dial +385

Internet Suffix: .hr

Computers: 19.1 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 41.9 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 50.8 per 100 Inhabitants