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Croatia vs France statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 123rd vs. 48th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia France
Population
3839202
68701054
Population rank 129/197 23/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$3.16T
2024
GDP rank 74/197 7/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$46,150
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 27/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$61,322
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$3.58T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
116.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$52,199
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 8/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$33,898
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
208,090 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
329 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.66
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
43 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Croatia and France: Comparison Charts

Croatia and France economies compared

GDP
Croatia

France
Year GDP
Croatia France
1960 - $61,756,878,990
1961 - $66,806,595,975
1962 - $74,888,595,286
1963 - $83,957,182,115
1964 - $93,079,224,076
1965 - $100,522,559,916
1966 - $108,928,356,519
1967 - $117,751,396,249
1968 - $128,427,504,709
1969 - $140,361,802,782
1970 - $146,926,998,937
1971 - $164,238,872,973
1972 - $201,621,751,625
1973 - $262,343,828,816
1974 - $283,102,178,123
1975 - $356,780,728,163
1976 - $368,488,292,816
1977 - $406,736,454,934
1978 - $501,724,418,605
1979 - $608,218,624,730
1980 - $694,529,183,483
1981 - $609,184,791,792
1982 - $578,152,310,610
1983 - $553,356,312,936
1984 - $525,033,325,828
1985 - $547,220,981,165
1986 - $764,946,585,851
1987 - $926,320,855,615
1988 - $1,010,827,662,152
1989 - $1,016,742,237,302
1990 $25,650,213,280 $1,257,649,439,827
1991 $18,760,386,775 $1,258,961,748,634
1992 $10,621,169,291 $1,389,663,073,110
1993 $11,259,647,874 $1,314,383,368,080
1994 $15,062,911,617 $1,385,822,778,828
1995 $22,772,394,547 $1,595,219,345,512
1996 $24,150,978,347 $1,598,889,216,566
1997 $24,175,764,812 $1,449,392,222,971
1998 $25,890,228,430 $1,496,906,382,032
1999 $23,777,026,779 $1,486,915,879,702
2000 $22,134,411,297 $1,360,959,069,477
2001 $23,066,883,850 $1,370,376,677,299
2002 $26,757,722,429 $1,492,427,756,382
2003 $35,245,317,002 $1,835,095,983,049
2004 $41,836,292,157 $2,109,792,297,237
2005 $45,013,119,282 $2,192,146,403,028
2006 $49,590,197,657 $2,317,861,544,691
2007 $59,298,265,770 $2,655,816,911,867
2008 $68,478,776,206 $2,926,802,941,586
2009 $62,321,642,125 $2,700,075,882,519
2010 $58,981,738,869 $2,646,230,027,988
2011 $62,903,737,380 $2,870,408,553,990
2012 $57,551,963,753 $2,683,007,095,787
2013 $59,852,401,272 $2,816,077,607,875
2014 $59,612,144,078 $2,861,236,112,552
2015 $51,005,200,670 $2,442,483,452,643
2016 $52,654,855,638 $2,470,407,619,777
2017 $56,186,190,438 $2,588,868,323,335
2018 $61,668,130,123 $2,781,576,320,884
2019 $61,467,582,194 $2,722,793,515,172
2020 $57,963,370,885 $2,647,926,055,110
2021 $69,006,802,299 $2,966,433,692,008
2022 $71,198,635,102 $2,796,302,210,399
2023 $84,393,795,502 $3,051,831,611,385
2024 $92,526,176,109 $3,162,079,073,496

Croatia and France economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

France
Year GDP per capita
Croatia France
1960 - $1,303
1961 - $1,395
1962 - $1,548
1963 - $1,718
1964 - $1,884
1965 - $2,015
1966 - $2,165
1967 - $2,321
1968 - $2,513
1969 - $2,724
1970 - $2,825
1971 - $3,128
1972 - $3,807
1973 - $4,914
1974 - $5,267
1975 - $6,607
1976 - $6,795
1977 - $7,465
1978 - $9,167
1979 - $11,063
1980 - $12,565
1981 - $10,956
1982 - $10,360
1983 - $9,862
1984 - $9,312
1985 - $9,657
1986 - $13,430
1987 - $16,176
1988 - $17,550
1989 - $17,547
1990 $5,369 $21,586
1991 $4,001 $21,501
1992 $2,321 $23,615
1993 $2,448 $22,239
1994 $3,238 $23,360
1995 $4,929 $26,792
1996 $5,300 $26,758
1997 $5,331 $24,169
1998 $5,713 $24,869
1999 $5,269 $24,576
2000 $4,954 $22,341
2001 $5,365 $22,332
2002 $6,220 $24,145
2003 $8,190 $29,480
2004 $9,719 $33,645
2005 $10,444 $34,696
2006 $11,503 $36,432
2007 $13,758 $41,486
2008 $15,889 $45,465
2009 $14,476 $41,728
2010 $13,731 $40,695
2011 $14,695 $43,930
2012 $13,509 $40,864
2013 $14,136 $42,669
2014 $14,188 $43,148
2015 $12,285 $36,702
2016 $12,821 $37,024
2017 $13,903 $38,687
2018 $15,460 $41,418
2019 $15,564 $40,408
2020 $14,808 $39,170
2021 $17,790 $43,725
2022 $18,466 $41,083
2023 $21,865 $44,691
2024 $23,931 $46,150

Croatia vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

France
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia France
1950 58.5 66.4
1951 59 66.1
1952 59.8 67.4
1953 61.5 67.3
1954 62.2 68.2
1955 63.1 68.4
1956 63.6 68.5
1957 64.4 68.9
1958 65 70.1
1959 65.5 70.2
1960 65.9 70.4
1961 66.5 71
1962 67.3 70.5
1963 67.6 70.3
1964 68 71.3
1965 68.5 71.1
1966 68.9 71.5
1967 69 71.5
1968 68.9 71.5
1969 69 71.2
1970 69.2 72.1
1971 69.4 72.1
1972 69.8 72.3
1973 70.1 72.5
1974 70.6 72.8
1975 71 72.9
1976 71.4 73.1
1977 71.4 73.7
1978 71.3 73.8
1979 71.1 74.1
1980 71 74.2
1981 70.9 74.4
1982 70.7 74.8
1983 70.7 74.7
1984 71 75.2
1985 71.5 75.3
1986 71.8 75.6
1987 71.9 76.1
1988 72.2 76.4
1989 72.5 76.5
1990 72.2 76.8
1991 70.6 77
1992 71.7 77.3
1993 72.3 77.3
1994 72.6 77.8
1995 72.6 77.9
1996 73 78.1
1997 73 78.4
1998 73.2 78.6
1999 73.6 78.7
2000 74 79
2001 74.4 79.2
2002 74.6 79.4
2003 74.7 79.4
2004 75.3 80.3
2005 75.6 80.3
2006 75.7 80.7
2007 75.9 81
2008 76 81
2009 76.3 81.2
2010 76.7 81.4
2011 77 81.8
2012 77.3 81.7
2013 77.5 82
2014 77.5 82.4
2015 77.6 82.1
2016 77.6 82.4
2017 77.7 82.4
2018 77.9 82.6
2019 78.2 82.7
2020 77.5 82.2
2021 77.1 82.3
2022 78.3 82.5
2023 78.6 83.3
2024 78.8 83.5
2025 78.9 83.6

Croatia and France population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

France
Year Population
Croatia France
1960 4,140,181 47,412,964
1961 4,167,292 47,905,982
1962 4,196,712 48,389,516
1963 4,225,675 48,877,567
1964 4,252,876 49,401,492
1965 4,280,923 49,877,725
1966 4,310,701 50,311,637
1967 4,338,683 50,722,791
1968 4,365,628 51,112,980
1969 4,391,490 51,536,014
1970 4,412,252 52,007,169
1971 4,431,275 52,499,553
1972 4,450,564 52,962,356
1973 4,470,161 53,392,161
1974 4,490,660 53,746,571
1975 4,512,082 54,002,853
1976 4,535,934 54,232,383
1977 4,559,571 54,486,467
1978 4,581,085 54,734,030
1979 4,594,778 54,979,851
1980 4,599,782 55,274,184
1981 4,611,509 55,603,353
1982 4,634,234 55,806,789
1983 4,658,254 56,108,330
1984 4,680,285 56,383,085
1985 4,701,417 56,665,619
1986 4,721,446 56,956,002
1987 4,739,745 57,266,167
1988 4,755,207 57,598,186
1989 4,767,260 57,943,062
1990 4,777,368 58,261,012
1991 4,689,022 58,554,242
1992 4,575,818 58,846,584
1993 4,600,463 59,103,094
1994 4,652,024 59,324,863
1995 4,620,030 59,541,294
1996 4,557,097 59,754,504
1997 4,534,920 59,968,066
1998 4,532,135 60,190,684
1999 4,512,597 60,501,986
2000 4,468,302 60,918,661
2001 4,299,642 61,364,377
2002 4,302,174 61,812,142
2003 4,303,399 62,249,855
2004 4,304,600 62,707,588
2005 4,310,145 63,180,854
2006 4,311,159 63,622,342
2007 4,310,217 64,016,890
2008 4,309,705 64,375,116
2009 4,305,181 64,706,436
2010 4,295,427 65,026,211
2011 4,280,622 65,340,830
2012 4,260,368 65,657,659
2013 4,233,922 65,997,932
2014 4,201,598 66,312,067
2015 4,151,725 66,548,272
2016 4,106,867 66,724,104
2017 4,041,407 66,918,020
2018 3,988,775 67,158,348
2019 3,949,390 67,382,061
2020 3,914,206 67,601,110
2021 3,878,981 67,842,811
2022 3,855,641 68,065,015
2023 3,859,686 68,287,487
2024 3,866,300 68,516,699

Fertility rates in Croatia and France

Fertility rate
Croatia

France
Year Fertility rate
Croatia France
1960 2.24 2.85
1961 2.22 2.87
1962 2.19 2.89
1963 2.15 2.89
1964 2.14 2.87
1965 2.22 2.84
1966 2.23 2.8
1967 2.1 2.75
1968 2.03 2.69
1969 1.95 2.62
1970 1.88 2.55
1971 1.97 2.47
1972 2.01 2.38
1973 2.01 2.28
1974 1.98 2.18
1975 1.95 2.09
1976 1.94 2.01
1977 1.95 1.94
1978 1.96 1.89
1979 1.95 1.87
1980 1.93 1.85
1981 1.93 1.85
1982 1.9 1.86
1983 1.88 1.86
1984 1.87 1.86
1985 1.82 1.86
1986 1.76 1.85
1987 1.64 1.83
1988 1.79 1.81
1989 1.63 1.79
1990 1.63 1.77
1991 1.53 1.75
1992 1.48 1.74
1993 1.52 1.73
1994 1.47 1.73
1995 1.58 1.74
1996 1.67 1.75
1997 1.69 1.77
1998 1.45 1.78
1999 1.38 1.81
2000 1.39 1.89
2001 1.46 1.9
2002 1.42 1.88
2003 1.41 1.89
2004 1.43 1.92
2005 1.5 1.94
2006 1.47 2
2007 1.48 1.98
2008 1.47 2.01
2009 1.5 2
2010 1.46 2.03
2011 1.41 2.01
2012 1.52 2.01
2013 1.46 1.99
2014 1.46 2
2015 1.41 1.96
2016 1.43 1.92
2017 1.42 1.89
2018 1.47 1.87
2019 1.47 1.86
2020 1.48 1.83
2021 1.62 1.84
2022 1.53 1.79
2023 1.46 1.66

Croatia and France demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

France
Year Median age, years
Croatia France
1960 29 32.8
1961 29.4 32.8
1962 29.7 32.9
1963 30 32.8
1964 30.3 32.8
1965 30.6 32.7
1966 30.9 32.7
1967 31.2 32.7
1968 31.5 32.6
1969 31.8 32.5
1970 32.1 32.4
1971 32.3 32.2
1972 32.5 32
1973 32.7 31.8
1974 32.8 31.7
1975 33 31.6
1976 33.1 31.7
1977 33.2 31.9
1978 33.3 32.1
1979 33.4 32.3
1980 33.4 32.4
1981 33.5 32.6
1982 33.6 32.8
1983 33.8 33
1984 34 33.3
1985 34.2 33.5
1986 34.4 33.7
1987 34.7 34
1988 35 34.2
1989 35.3 34.5
1990 35.6 34.7
1991 36 35
1992 36.4 35.3
1993 36.9 35.6
1994 37.3 35.9
1995 37.8 36.2
1996 38.2 36.5
1997 38.6 36.8
1998 38.9 37.1
1999 39.2 37.4
2000 39.6 37.7
2001 39.9 37.9
2002 40.2 38.2
2003 40.5 38.4
2004 40.7 38.6
2005 40.9 38.9
2006 41.2 39.1
2007 41.4 39.4
2008 41.6 39.6
2009 41.8 39.8
2010 41.9 40
2011 42.2 40.3
2012 42.5 40.5
2013 42.7 40.8
2014 43 41
2015 43.3 41.2
2016 43.7 41.4
2017 44.2 41.6
2018 44.6 41.9
2019 45 42.1
2020 45.2 42.3
2021 45.4 42.4
2022 45.6 42.6
2023 45.8 42.8
2024 46 43

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia France
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$3.1T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
57.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
5.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
304,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-5.46%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
7.39%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
70.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
17.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
25%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
2,868,031
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.42%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
52
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
457
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$2.37T
2018
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$283B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$38.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
117,109,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
4.8%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
99.2%
2024

Energy

Croatia France
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
3,140 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
282.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
46.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
16.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
46.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
47.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
6,423 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
22.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
11.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
64.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia France
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+90,527
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
82%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.86 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
85.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
85
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
1.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
57.1%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
88.7%
2024

Health

Croatia France
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$4,865
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$434
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
3.34
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
29.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
4.3
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
10%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
6.5%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
34.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
10.3 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia France
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.36%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
3,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
109,256 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
67,580 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
654,437 mi
2011

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