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Croatia vs Denmark statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 5.98M in Denmark (ranked 114/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 15,444 sq mi for Denmark (ranked 123rd vs. 130th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Denmark
Population
3839202
6018959
Population rank 129/197 114/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$429B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 38/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$71,852
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 12/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$79,514
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$120B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
26.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$20,114
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 31/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$50,067
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
15,444 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
387 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
42.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.2 years
2025

Croatia and Denmark: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Denmark economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Denmark
Year GDP
Croatia Denmark
1960 - $6,361,166,545
1961 - $7,058,361,229
1962 - $7,953,274,741
1963 - $8,466,044,980
1964 - $9,677,401,337
1965 - $10,870,670,865
1966 - $11,931,740,293
1967 - $13,059,064,806
1968 - $13,505,574,133
1969 - $15,414,902,667
1970 - $17,075,457,733
1971 - $19,086,192,720
1972 - $23,230,667,549
1973 - $30,718,181,337
1974 - $34,125,712,481
1975 - $40,418,967,666
1976 - $44,503,607,444
1977 - $49,711,709,588
1978 - $60,320,089,218
1979 - $70,393,030,603
1980 - $70,811,287,816
1981 - $61,459,941,461
1982 - $60,084,214,872
1983 - $60,331,158,447
1984 - $58,868,891,335
1985 - $62,452,421,011
1986 - $87,748,695,217
1987 - $109,183,446,340
1988 - $115,540,189,705
1989 - $112,312,200,761
1990 $25,650,213,280 $138,217,740,684
1991 $18,760,386,775 $139,180,507,778
1992 $10,621,169,291 $152,966,494,260
1993 $11,259,647,874 $143,111,306,004
1994 $15,062,911,617 $156,017,919,221
1995 $22,772,394,547 $184,848,481,008
1996 $24,150,978,347 $187,481,157,846
1997 $24,175,764,812 $173,241,365,735
1998 $25,890,228,430 $176,877,077,513
1999 $23,777,026,779 $177,887,720,536
2000 $22,134,411,297 $164,043,817,224
2001 $23,066,883,850 $164,881,594,415
2002 $26,757,722,429 $178,788,209,558
2003 $35,245,317,002 $218,421,193,436
2004 $41,836,292,157 $251,986,155,631
2005 $45,013,119,282 $265,150,087,712
2006 $49,590,197,657 $283,386,151,544
2007 $59,298,265,770 $320,213,157,595
2008 $68,478,776,206 $354,979,471,960
2009 $62,321,642,125 $322,619,152,195
2010 $58,981,738,869 $322,345,594,075
2011 $62,903,737,380 $344,315,595,263
2012 $57,551,963,753 $326,792,574,245
2013 $59,852,401,272 $344,631,016,965
2014 $59,612,144,078 $352,832,602,064
2015 $51,005,200,670 $301,758,922,338
2016 $52,654,855,638 $312,181,849,372
2017 $56,186,190,438 $331,610,593,962
2018 $61,668,130,123 $355,293,374,912
2019 $61,467,582,194 $345,401,473,013
2020 $57,963,370,885 $355,631,021,932
2021 $69,006,802,299 $408,378,204,640
2022 $71,198,635,102 $401,945,576,108
2023 $84,393,795,502 $407,091,920,305
2024 $92,526,176,109 $429,457,372,072

Croatia and Denmark economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Denmark
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Denmark
1960 - $1,389
1961 - $1,531
1962 - $1,711
1963 - $1,807
1964 - $2,049
1965 - $2,284
1966 - $2,487
1967 - $2,701
1968 - $2,776
1969 - $3,151
1970 - $3,464
1971 - $3,846
1972 - $4,654
1973 - $6,117
1974 - $6,764
1975 - $7,988
1976 - $8,773
1977 - $9,770
1978 - $11,818
1979 - $13,757
1980 - $13,822
1981 - $12,000
1982 - $11,740
1983 - $11,797
1984 - $11,517
1985 - $12,213
1986 - $17,137
1987 - $21,296
1988 - $22,525
1989 - $21,882
1990 $5,369 $26,886
1991 $4,001 $27,003
1992 $2,321 $29,579
1993 $2,448 $27,582
1994 $3,238 $29,968
1995 $4,929 $35,321
1996 $5,300 $35,622
1997 $5,331 $32,780
1998 $5,713 $33,346
1999 $5,269 $33,426
2000 $4,954 $30,722
2001 $5,365 $30,768
2002 $6,220 $33,257
2003 $8,190 $40,519
2004 $9,719 $46,625
2005 $10,444 $48,926
2006 $11,503 $52,119
2007 $13,758 $58,632
2008 $15,889 $64,617
2009 $14,476 $58,413
2010 $13,731 $58,105
2011 $14,695 $61,810
2012 $13,509 $58,444
2013 $14,136 $61,378
2014 $14,188 $62,520
2015 $12,285 $53,094
2016 $12,821 $54,501
2017 $13,903 $57,522
2018 $15,460 $61,325
2019 $15,564 $59,404
2020 $14,808 $60,985
2021 $17,790 $69,728
2022 $18,466 $68,091
2023 $21,865 $68,454
2024 $23,931 $71,852

Croatia vs. Denmark life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Denmark
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Denmark
1950 58.5 70.3
1951 59 70.9
1952 59.8 70.8
1953 61.5 71.2
1954 62.2 71.3
1955 63.1 71.9
1956 63.6 72
1957 64.4 71.8
1958 65 72.2
1959 65.5 72.2
1960 65.9 72.2
1961 66.5 72.5
1962 67.3 72.4
1963 67.6 72.4
1964 68 72.5
1965 68.5 72.4
1966 68.9 72.5
1967 69 73
1968 68.9 73.1
1969 69 73.2
1970 69.2 73.4
1971 69.4 73.4
1972 69.8 73.5
1973 70.1 73.7
1974 70.6 73.8
1975 71 74.1
1976 71.4 73.8
1977 71.4 74.7
1978 71.3 74.4
1979 71.1 74.2
1980 71 74.1
1981 70.9 74.3
1982 70.7 74.6
1983 70.7 74.5
1984 71 74.6
1985 71.5 74.5
1986 71.8 74.6
1987 71.9 74.7
1988 72.2 74.8
1989 72.5 74.9
1990 72.2 74.9
1991 70.6 75.2
1992 71.7 75.3
1993 72.3 75.2
1994 72.6 75.4
1995 72.6 75.3
1996 73 75.7
1997 73 76
1998 73.2 76.4
1999 73.6 76.6
2000 74 76.8
2001 74.4 77
2002 74.6 77.1
2003 74.7 77.4
2004 75.3 77.8
2005 75.6 78.2
2006 75.7 78.2
2007 75.9 78.3
2008 76 78.7
2009 76.3 79
2010 76.7 79.2
2011 77 79.8
2012 77.3 80.1
2013 77.5 80.3
2014 77.5 80.6
2015 77.6 80.7
2016 77.6 80.9
2017 77.7 81.1
2018 77.9 81
2019 78.2 81.4
2020 77.5 81.5
2021 77.1 81.4
2022 78.3 81.3
2023 78.6 81.9
2024 78.8 82.1
2025 78.9 82.2

Croatia and Denmark population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Denmark
Year Population
Croatia Denmark
1960 4,140,181 4,579,603
1961 4,167,292 4,611,687
1962 4,196,712 4,647,727
1963 4,225,675 4,684,483
1964 4,252,876 4,722,072
1965 4,280,923 4,759,012
1966 4,310,701 4,797,381
1967 4,338,683 4,835,354
1968 4,365,628 4,864,883
1969 4,391,490 4,891,860
1970 4,412,252 4,928,757
1971 4,431,275 4,963,126
1972 4,450,564 4,991,596
1973 4,470,161 5,021,861
1974 4,490,660 5,045,297
1975 4,512,082 5,059,862
1976 4,535,934 5,072,596
1977 4,559,571 5,088,419
1978 4,581,085 5,104,248
1979 4,594,778 5,116,801
1980 4,599,782 5,123,027
1981 4,611,509 5,121,572
1982 4,634,234 5,117,810
1983 4,658,254 5,114,297
1984 4,680,285 5,111,619
1985 4,701,417 5,113,691
1986 4,721,446 5,120,534
1987 4,739,745 5,127,024
1988 4,755,207 5,129,516
1989 4,767,260 5,132,594
1990 4,777,368 5,140,939
1991 4,689,022 5,154,298
1992 4,575,818 5,171,370
1993 4,600,463 5,188,628
1994 4,652,024 5,206,180
1995 4,620,030 5,233,373
1996 4,557,097 5,263,074
1997 4,534,920 5,284,991
1998 4,532,135 5,304,219
1999 4,512,597 5,321,799
2000 4,468,302 5,339,616
2001 4,299,642 5,358,783
2002 4,302,174 5,375,931
2003 4,303,399 5,390,574
2004 4,304,600 5,404,523
2005 4,310,145 5,419,432
2006 4,311,159 5,437,272
2007 4,310,217 5,461,438
2008 4,309,705 5,493,621
2009 4,305,181 5,523,095
2010 4,295,427 5,547,683
2011 4,280,622 5,570,572
2012 4,260,368 5,591,572
2013 4,233,922 5,614,932
2014 4,201,598 5,643,475
2015 4,151,725 5,683,483
2016 4,106,867 5,728,010
2017 4,041,407 5,764,980
2018 3,988,775 5,793,636
2019 3,949,390 5,814,422
2020 3,914,206 5,831,404
2021 3,878,981 5,856,733
2022 3,855,641 5,903,037
2023 3,859,686 5,946,952
2024 3,866,300 5,976,992

Fertility rates in Croatia and Denmark

Fertility rate
Croatia

Denmark
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Denmark
1960 2.24 2.57
1961 2.22 2.55
1962 2.19 2.55
1963 2.15 2.67
1964 2.14 2.6
1965 2.22 2.61
1966 2.23 2.62
1967 2.1 2.35
1968 2.03 2.12
1969 1.95 2
1970 1.88 1.95
1971 1.97 2.04
1972 2.01 2.03
1973 2.01 1.92
1974 1.98 1.9
1975 1.95 1.92
1976 1.94 1.75
1977 1.95 1.66
1978 1.96 1.67
1979 1.95 1.6
1980 1.93 1.55
1981 1.93 1.44
1982 1.9 1.43
1983 1.88 1.38
1984 1.87 1.4
1985 1.82 1.45
1986 1.76 1.48
1987 1.64 1.5
1988 1.79 1.56
1989 1.63 1.62
1990 1.63 1.67
1991 1.53 1.68
1992 1.48 1.76
1993 1.52 1.75
1994 1.47 1.81
1995 1.58 1.8
1996 1.67 1.75
1997 1.69 1.75
1998 1.45 1.72
1999 1.38 1.73
2000 1.39 1.77
2001 1.46 1.74
2002 1.42 1.72
2003 1.41 1.76
2004 1.43 1.78
2005 1.5 1.8
2006 1.47 1.85
2007 1.48 1.84
2008 1.47 1.89
2009 1.5 1.84
2010 1.46 1.87
2011 1.41 1.75
2012 1.52 1.73
2013 1.46 1.67
2014 1.46 1.69
2015 1.41 1.71
2016 1.43 1.79
2017 1.42 1.75
2018 1.47 1.73
2019 1.47 1.7
2020 1.48 1.68
2021 1.62 1.72
2022 1.53 1.55
2023 1.46 1.5

Croatia and Denmark demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Denmark
Year Median age, years
Croatia Denmark
1960 29 33
1961 29.4 33.1
1962 29.7 33
1963 30 33
1964 30.3 32.9
1965 30.6 32.8
1966 30.9 32.6
1967 31.2 32.5
1968 31.5 32.5
1969 31.8 32.5
1970 32.1 32.5
1971 32.3 32.5
1972 32.5 32.6
1973 32.7 32.7
1974 32.8 32.8
1975 33 33
1976 33.1 33.2
1977 33.2 33.4
1978 33.3 33.7
1979 33.4 33.9
1980 33.4 34.3
1981 33.5 34.7
1982 33.6 35.1
1983 33.8 35.5
1984 34 35.7
1985 34.2 36
1986 34.4 36.2
1987 34.7 36.5
1988 35 36.7
1989 35.3 36.9
1990 35.6 37.1
1991 36 37.3
1992 36.4 37.4
1993 36.9 37.5
1994 37.3 37.6
1995 37.8 37.7
1996 38.2 37.7
1997 38.6 37.9
1998 38.9 38
1999 39.2 38.2
2000 39.6 38.4
2001 39.9 38.6
2002 40.2 38.8
2003 40.5 39
2004 40.7 39.2
2005 40.9 39.5
2006 41.2 39.8
2007 41.4 40.1
2008 41.6 40.2
2009 41.8 40.4
2010 41.9 40.5
2011 42.2 40.7
2012 42.5 41
2013 42.7 41.2
2014 43 41.4
2015 43.3 41.5
2016 43.7 41.6
2017 44.2 41.7
2018 44.6 41.8
2019 45 41.9
2020 45.2 42.1
2021 45.4 42.2
2022 45.6 42.1
2023 45.8 42.2
2024 46 42.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Denmark
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$441B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
48.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
6.36%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
1.95%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
+1.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
6.15%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
64%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
24%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
79.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
25.5%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
3.6%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
9
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
178
2004
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$151B
2004
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$108B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$1.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
15,595,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
4.5%
2018
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
98.7%
2024

Energy

Croatia Denmark
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
2,483 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$29.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
26.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.5 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
50%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
39.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
13.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
43.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
5,878 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
79%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
0.06%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Denmark
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.07%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+25,639
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
88.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
95.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
90
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
97
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.99
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
3.7
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
57.1%
2023
86.1%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
99.8%
2024

Health

Croatia Denmark
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$6,432
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$890
2023
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
4.38
2020
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
30.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
3.4
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
13.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
6.4%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
84
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
16.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
9.49 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Denmark
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.03%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
2,584 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
10,120 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
2,437 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
45,717 mi
2010

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