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Croatia vs Greece statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 10.4M in Greece (ranked 94/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 49,769 sq mi for Greece (ranked 123rd vs. 95th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Greece
Population
3839202
10276140
Population rank 129/197 95/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$257B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 54/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$24,752
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 49/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$44,074
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$388B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
142.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$37,349
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 16/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$13,372
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
49,769 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
208.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.32
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
47.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.2 years
2025

Croatia and Greece: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Greece economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Greece
Year GDP
Croatia Greece
1960 - $4,274,890,307
1961 - $4,892,397,431
1962 - $5,140,542,929
1963 - $5,813,285,627
1964 - $6,576,906,345
1965 - $7,582,209,670
1966 - $8,472,021,467
1967 - $9,146,592,856
1968 - $9,950,331,206
1969 - $11,454,106,327
1970 - $12,957,113,636
1971 - $14,388,806,818
1972 - $16,650,659,091
1973 - $22,037,019,563
1974 - $24,998,715,909
1975 - $28,129,128,587
1976 - $30,719,552,239
1977 - $35,673,080,481
1978 - $43,654,480,519
1979 - $53,724,121,435
1980 - $56,039,256,595
1981 - $51,618,456,335
1982 - $53,858,346,939
1983 - $48,741,397,059
1984 - $47,352,146,312
1985 - $47,155,741,426
1986 - $55,595,445,472
1987 - $64,739,630,096
1988 - $75,200,610,137
1989 - $78,067,933,277
1990 $25,650,213,280 $96,529,587,274
1991 $18,760,386,775 $103,680,863,713
1992 $10,621,169,291 $114,608,178,405
1993 $11,259,647,874 $107,295,704,518
1994 $15,062,911,617 $114,980,063,202
1995 $22,772,394,547 $134,974,613,914
1996 $24,150,978,347 $142,502,984,145
1997 $24,175,764,812 $138,766,067,640
1998 $25,890,228,430 $139,612,812,176
1999 $23,777,026,779 $137,131,371,955
2000 $22,134,411,297 $125,760,166,225
2001 $23,066,883,850 $132,050,474,720
2002 $26,757,722,429 $150,253,800,086
2003 $35,245,317,002 $196,930,509,813
2004 $41,836,292,157 $234,979,615,898
2005 $45,013,119,282 $242,315,668,619
2006 $49,590,197,657 $269,073,415,334
2007 $59,298,265,770 $314,226,996,944
2008 $68,478,776,206 $351,121,399,546
2009 $62,321,642,125 $326,829,054,686
2010 $58,981,738,869 $296,417,644,404
2011 $62,903,737,380 $283,228,079,776
2012 $57,551,963,753 $238,841,140,018
2013 $59,852,401,272 $236,556,279,641
2014 $59,612,144,078 $233,911,581,521
2015 $51,005,200,670 $194,567,373,678
2016 $52,654,855,638 $193,097,239,006
2017 $56,186,190,438 $200,381,103,984
2018 $61,668,130,123 $213,298,873,494
2019 $61,467,582,194 $207,305,649,887
2020 $57,963,370,885 $191,362,985,555
2021 $69,006,802,299 $218,303,801,895
2022 $71,198,635,102 $218,880,566,444
2023 $84,393,795,502 $243,498,333,238
2024 $92,526,176,109 $257,144,811,302

Croatia and Greece economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Greece
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Greece
1960 - $513
1961 - $583
1962 - $608
1963 - $686
1964 - $773
1965 - $887
1966 - $984
1967 - $1,053
1968 - $1,138
1969 - $1,306
1970 - $1,474
1971 - $1,629
1972 - $1,873
1973 - $2,468
1974 - $2,789
1975 - $3,109
1976 - $3,343
1977 - $3,832
1978 - $4,629
1979 - $5,627
1980 - $5,812
1981 - $5,305
1982 - $5,502
1983 - $4,950
1984 - $4,785
1985 - $4,747
1986 - $5,578
1987 - $6,474
1988 - $7,492
1989 - $7,738
1990 $5,369 $9,467
1991 $4,001 $10,047
1992 $2,321 $11,021
1993 $2,448 $10,257
1994 $3,238 $10,937
1995 $4,929 $12,779
1996 $5,300 $13,433
1997 $5,331 $13,016
1998 $5,713 $13,023
1999 $5,269 $12,743
2000 $4,954 $11,638
2001 $5,365 $12,157
2002 $6,220 $13,782
2003 $8,190 $18,021
2004 $9,719 $21,449
2005 $10,444 $22,054
2006 $11,503 $24,416
2007 $13,758 $28,441
2008 $15,889 $31,696
2009 $14,476 $29,425
2010 $13,731 $26,653
2011 $14,695 $25,505
2012 $13,509 $21,624
2013 $14,136 $21,573
2014 $14,188 $21,475
2015 $12,285 $17,981
2016 $12,821 $17,919
2017 $13,903 $18,632
2018 $15,460 $19,873
2019 $15,564 $19,335
2020 $14,808 $17,887
2021 $17,790 $20,655
2022 $18,466 $20,972
2023 $21,865 $23,401
2024 $23,931 $24,752

Croatia vs. Greece life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Greece
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Greece
1950 58.5 66.2
1951 59 66.7
1952 59.8 67.3
1953 61.5 67.5
1954 62.2 68
1955 63.1 68.6
1956 63.6 68.1
1957 64.4 68.4
1958 65 69.7
1959 65.5 69.6
1960 65.9 70.5
1961 66.5 70.4
1962 67.3 70.3
1963 67.6 70.6
1964 68 70.5
1965 68.5 71.5
1966 68.9 71.9
1967 69 71.4
1968 68.9 71.5
1969 69 72.1
1970 69.2 72.7
1971 69.4 72.9
1972 69.8 72.7
1973 70.1 73
1974 70.6 73.5
1975 71 73.5
1976 71.4 73.7
1977 71.4 73.8
1978 71.3 74.4
1979 71.1 74.7
1980 71 74.5
1981 70.9 74.9
1982 70.7 75.2
1983 70.7 75.5
1984 71 75.8
1985 71.5 76.1
1986 71.8 76.5
1987 71.9 76.1
1988 72.2 77
1989 72.5 77.1
1990 72.2 77.3
1991 70.6 77.4
1992 71.7 77.3
1993 72.3 77.7
1994 72.6 77.9
1995 72.6 77.9
1996 73 78
1997 73 78.4
1998 73.2 78.3
1999 73.6 78.4
2000 74 78.4
2001 74.4 78.9
2002 74.6 79
2003 74.7 79.1
2004 75.3 79.4
2005 75.6 79.7
2006 75.7 79.8
2007 75.9 79.7
2008 76 80.1
2009 76.3 80.4
2010 76.7 80.6
2011 77 80.6
2012 77.3 80.4
2013 77.5 81.1
2014 77.5 81.1
2015 77.6 80.8
2016 77.6 81.3
2017 77.7 81
2018 77.9 81.5
2019 78.2 81.3
2020 77.5 81.5
2021 77.1 80.5
2022 78.3 79.9
2023 78.6 81.9
2024 78.8 82
2025 78.9 82.2

Croatia and Greece population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Greece
Year Population
Croatia Greece
1960 4,140,181 8,331,725
1961 4,167,292 8,398,050
1962 4,196,712 8,448,233
1963 4,225,675 8,479,625
1964 4,252,876 8,510,429
1965 4,280,923 8,550,333
1966 4,310,701 8,613,651
1967 4,338,683 8,684,088
1968 4,365,628 8,740,765
1969 4,391,490 8,772,764
1970 4,412,252 8,792,806
1971 4,431,275 8,831,036
1972 4,450,564 8,888,628
1973 4,470,161 8,929,086
1974 4,490,660 8,962,022
1975 4,512,082 9,046,541
1976 4,535,934 9,188,150
1977 4,559,571 9,308,479
1978 4,581,085 9,429,959
1979 4,594,778 9,548,258
1980 4,599,782 9,642,505
1981 4,611,509 9,729,350
1982 4,634,234 9,789,513
1983 4,658,254 9,846,627
1984 4,680,285 9,895,801
1985 4,701,417 9,934,300
1986 4,721,446 9,967,213
1987 4,739,745 10,000,595
1988 4,755,207 10,036,983
1989 4,767,260 10,089,498
1990 4,777,368 10,196,792
1991 4,689,022 10,319,927
1992 4,575,818 10,399,061
1993 4,600,463 10,460,415
1994 4,652,024 10,512,922
1995 4,620,030 10,562,153
1996 4,557,097 10,608,800
1997 4,534,920 10,661,259
1998 4,532,135 10,720,509
1999 4,512,597 10,761,698
2000 4,468,302 10,805,808
2001 4,299,642 10,862,132
2002 4,302,174 10,902,022
2003 4,303,399 10,928,070
2004 4,304,600 10,955,141
2005 4,310,145 10,987,314
2006 4,311,159 11,020,362
2007 4,310,217 11,048,473
2008 4,309,705 11,077,841
2009 4,305,181 11,107,017
2010 4,295,427 11,121,341
2011 4,280,622 11,104,899
2012 4,260,368 11,045,011
2013 4,233,922 10,965,211
2014 4,201,598 10,892,413
2015 4,151,725 10,820,883
2016 4,106,867 10,775,971
2017 4,041,407 10,754,679
2018 3,988,775 10,732,882
2019 3,949,390 10,721,582
2020 3,914,206 10,698,599
2021 3,878,981 10,569,207
2022 3,855,641 10,436,882
2023 3,859,686 10,405,588
2024 3,866,300 10,388,805

Fertility rates in Croatia and Greece

Fertility rate
Croatia

Greece
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Greece
1960 2.24 2.23
1961 2.22 2.13
1962 2.19 2.16
1963 2.15 2.14
1964 2.14 2.24
1965 2.22 2.25
1966 2.23 2.32
1967 2.1 2.45
1968 2.03 2.42
1969 1.95 2.36
1970 1.88 2.4
1971 1.97 2.32
1972 2.01 2.32
1973 2.01 2.27
1974 1.98 2.38
1975 1.95 2.33
1976 1.94 2.35
1977 1.95 2.27
1978 1.96 2.28
1979 1.95 2.26
1980 1.93 2.23
1981 1.93 2.09
1982 1.9 2.03
1983 1.88 1.94
1984 1.87 1.83
1985 1.82 1.67
1986 1.76 1.6
1987 1.64 1.5
1988 1.79 1.5
1989 1.63 1.4
1990 1.63 1.39
1991 1.53 1.37
1992 1.48 1.36
1993 1.52 1.32
1994 1.47 1.33
1995 1.58 1.28
1996 1.67 1.26
1997 1.69 1.27
1998 1.45 1.24
1999 1.38 1.23
2000 1.39 1.25
2001 1.46 1.25
2002 1.42 1.28
2003 1.41 1.29
2004 1.43 1.31
2005 1.5 1.34
2006 1.47 1.4
2007 1.48 1.41
2008 1.47 1.5
2009 1.5 1.5
2010 1.46 1.48
2011 1.41 1.4
2012 1.52 1.34
2013 1.46 1.29
2014 1.46 1.3
2015 1.41 1.33
2016 1.43 1.38
2017 1.42 1.35
2018 1.47 1.35
2019 1.47 1.34
2020 1.48 1.39
2021 1.62 1.43
2022 1.53 1.32
2023 1.46 1.32

Croatia and Greece demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Greece
Year Median age, years
Croatia Greece
1960 29 28.5
1961 29.4 29
1962 29.7 29.3
1963 30 29.4
1964 30.3 29.4
1965 30.6 31
1966 30.9 30.9
1967 31.2 31.1
1968 31.5 31.3
1969 31.8 31.6
1970 32.1 33.2
1971 32.3 32.9
1972 32.5 33
1973 32.7 33.3
1974 32.8 33.6
1975 33 33.8
1976 33.1 33.8
1977 33.2 33.9
1978 33.3 33.9
1979 33.4 34
1980 33.4 33.8
1981 33.5 33.7
1982 33.6 33.9
1983 33.8 34.1
1984 34 34.3
1985 34.2 34.5
1986 34.4 34.8
1987 34.7 35.1
1988 35 35.4
1989 35.3 35.7
1990 35.6 36
1991 36 36.3
1992 36.4 36.5
1993 36.9 36.6
1994 37.3 36.8
1995 37.8 37
1996 38.2 37.2
1997 38.6 37.4
1998 38.9 37.6
1999 39.2 37.8
2000 39.6 38
2001 39.9 38.2
2002 40.2 38.5
2003 40.5 38.8
2004 40.7 39.1
2005 40.9 39.4
2006 41.2 39.7
2007 41.4 40.1
2008 41.6 40.5
2009 41.8 40.9
2010 41.9 41.4
2011 42.2 41.8
2012 42.5 42.2
2013 42.7 42.7
2014 43 43.2
2015 43.3 43.7
2016 43.7 44.1
2017 44.2 44.4
2018 44.6 44.7
2019 45 45
2020 45.2 45.3
2021 45.4 45.9
2022 45.6 46.4
2023 45.8 46.7
2024 46 47.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Greece
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$239B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
49.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
3.38%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
3.23%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
147,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-0.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
10%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
68%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
15.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
26%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.7%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
16
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
143
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$83.2B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$15.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$561M
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
7,406,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
10.5%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
88.6%
2024

Energy

Croatia Greece
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
1,875 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$22
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
51.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.97 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
79.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
21.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
12.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
89.2%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
4,694 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
40.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
8.1%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Greece
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
-122,772
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
81%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.88 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
72.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
49
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
86
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.84
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
8.3
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
93.9%
2009
English speaking
57.1%
2023
51%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
86.3%
2024

Health

Croatia Greece
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$1,768
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$593
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0.21%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
6.37
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
31 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
3.7
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
28.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
8%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
32.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
5.81 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Greece
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.09%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
4,791 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
20,742 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
15,065 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
72,700 mi
2018

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