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Croatia vs Hungary statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 9.56M in Hungary (ranked 97/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 35,236 sq mi for Hungary (ranked 123rd vs. 109th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Hungary ranks 55/197 ($223B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Hungary ranks 54/197 ($23,311).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Hungary
Population
3839202
9518980
Population rank 129/197 98/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$223B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 55/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$23,311
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 54/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$47,636
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$164B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
73.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$17,123
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 35/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$15,444
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
35,236 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
271.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
44.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.3 years
2025

Croatia and Hungary: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Hungary economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Hungary
Year GDP
Croatia Hungary
1968 - $4,886,222,555
1969 - $5,429,812,387
1970 - $5,780,929,203
1971 - $6,291,568,221
1972 - $7,379,313,742
1973 - $9,138,292,402
1974 - $10,016,338,179
1975 - $11,420,392,515
1976 - $13,235,612,079
1977 - $14,783,674,055
1978 - $17,286,744,154
1979 - $19,959,731,325
1980 - $23,116,977,148
1981 - $23,705,883,892
1982 - $24,141,667,188
1983 - $21,910,365,258
1984 - $21,242,726,264
1985 - $21,510,643,750
1986 - $24,778,163,812
1987 - $27,232,016,527
1988 - $29,799,838,597
1989 - $30,422,508,938
1990 $25,650,213,280 $34,478,360,679
1991 $18,760,386,775 $34,867,307,353
1992 $10,621,169,291 $38,857,339,125
1993 $11,259,647,874 $40,256,233,360
1994 $15,062,911,617 $43,307,949,890
1995 $22,772,394,547 $46,577,614,589
1996 $24,150,978,347 $46,833,767,124
1997 $24,175,764,812 $47,398,564,799
1998 $25,890,228,430 $48,784,412,624
1999 $23,777,026,779 $49,160,204,397
2000 $22,134,411,297 $47,275,954,429
2001 $23,066,883,850 $53,800,068,066
2002 $26,757,722,429 $67,636,468,625
2003 $35,245,317,002 $85,190,469,121
2004 $41,836,292,157 $104,015,363,080
2005 $45,013,119,282 $113,098,237,571
2006 $49,590,197,657 $115,604,111,412
2007 $59,298,265,770 $140,123,326,896
2008 $68,478,776,206 $158,228,265,916
2009 $62,321,642,125 $130,807,441,076
2010 $58,981,738,869 $131,898,737,241
2011 $62,903,737,380 $141,712,804,954
2012 $57,551,963,753 $128,470,269,690
2013 $59,852,401,272 $135,646,053,779
2014 $59,612,144,078 $141,128,696,412
2015 $51,005,200,670 $125,244,126,623
2016 $52,654,855,638 $128,983,560,865
2017 $56,186,190,438 $143,335,098,992
2018 $61,668,130,123 $161,184,691,014
2019 $61,467,582,194 $164,936,682,034
2020 $57,963,370,885 $158,468,487,754
2021 $69,006,802,299 $183,282,685,440
2022 $71,198,635,102 $177,536,698,165
2023 $84,393,795,502 $214,022,571,311
2024 $92,526,176,109 $222,904,723,252

Croatia and Hungary economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Hungary
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Hungary
1968 - $476
1969 - $527
1970 - $559
1971 - $607
1972 - $710
1973 - $876
1974 - $956
1975 - $1,083
1976 - $1,249
1977 - $1,388
1978 - $1,618
1979 - $1,865
1980 - $2,158
1981 - $2,213
1982 - $2,255
1983 - $2,050
1984 - $1,991
1985 - $2,020
1986 - $2,331
1987 - $2,566
1988 - $2,812
1989 - $2,902
1990 $5,369 $3,324
1991 $4,001 $3,361
1992 $2,321 $3,747
1993 $2,448 $3,887
1994 $3,238 $4,187
1995 $4,929 $4,509
1996 $5,300 $4,542
1997 $5,331 $4,606
1998 $5,713 $4,752
1999 $5,269 $4,802
2000 $4,954 $4,630
2001 $5,365 $5,281
2002 $6,220 $6,658
2003 $8,190 $8,410
2004 $9,719 $10,291
2005 $10,444 $11,212
2006 $11,503 $11,478
2007 $13,758 $13,935
2008 $15,889 $15,763
2009 $14,476 $13,051
2010 $13,731 $13,190
2011 $14,695 $14,211
2012 $13,509 $12,950
2013 $14,136 $13,739
2014 $14,188 $14,353
2015 $12,285 $12,783
2016 $12,821 $13,216
2017 $13,903 $14,736
2018 $15,460 $16,605
2019 $15,564 $17,013
2020 $14,808 $16,387
2021 $17,790 $19,031
2022 $18,466 $18,484
2023 $21,865 $22,312
2024 $23,931 $23,311

Croatia vs. Hungary life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Hungary
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Hungary
1950 58.5 62.1
1951 59 62.5
1952 59.8 63.9
1953 61.5 63.9
1954 62.2 65.4
1955 63.1 66.9
1956 63.6 66
1957 64.4 66.3
1958 65 67.4
1959 65.5 67.3
1960 65.9 68.1
1961 66.5 69
1962 67.3 67.9
1963 67.6 68.9
1964 68 69.5
1965 68.5 69.1
1966 68.9 69.9
1967 69 69.5
1968 68.9 69.3
1969 69 69.4
1970 69.2 69.2
1971 69.4 69.1
1972 69.8 69.7
1973 70.1 69.6
1974 70.6 69.3
1975 71 69.4
1976 71.4 69.7
1977 71.4 69.9
1978 71.3 69.5
1979 71.1 69.7
1980 71 69.1
1981 70.9 69.2
1982 70.7 69.4
1983 70.7 68.9
1984 71 69
1985 71.5 68.9
1986 71.8 69.1
1987 71.9 69.6
1988 72.2 69.9
1989 72.5 69.4
1990 72.2 69.4
1991 70.6 69.4
1992 71.7 69.2
1993 72.3 69.2
1994 72.6 69.6
1995 72.6 70
1996 73 70.6
1997 73 71
1998 73.2 70.9
1999 73.6 71
2000 74 71.8
2001 74.4 72.4
2002 74.6 72.5
2003 74.7 72.5
2004 75.3 72.9
2005 75.6 72.9
2006 75.7 73.3
2007 75.9 73.4
2008 76 74
2009 76.3 74.2
2010 76.7 74.5
2011 77 74.9
2012 77.3 75.2
2013 77.5 75.7
2014 77.5 75.8
2015 77.6 75.7
2016 77.6 76.2
2017 77.7 76
2018 77.9 76.2
2019 78.2 76.5
2020 77.5 75.7
2021 77.1 74.2
2022 78.3 76.2
2023 78.6 77
2024 78.8 77.2
2025 78.9 77.3

Croatia and Hungary population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Hungary
Year Population
Croatia Hungary
1960 4,140,181 9,983,512
1961 4,167,292 10,027,958
1962 4,196,712 10,060,825
1963 4,225,675 10,087,947
1964 4,252,876 10,119,835
1965 4,280,923 10,147,935
1966 4,310,701 10,178,653
1967 4,338,683 10,216,604
1968 4,365,628 10,255,815
1969 4,391,490 10,298,723
1970 4,412,252 10,337,910
1971 4,431,275 10,367,537
1972 4,450,564 10,398,489
1973 4,470,161 10,432,055
1974 4,490,660 10,478,720
1975 4,512,082 10,540,525
1976 4,535,934 10,598,677
1977 4,559,571 10,648,031
1978 4,581,085 10,684,822
1979 4,594,778 10,704,152
1980 4,599,782 10,711,122
1981 4,611,509 10,711,848
1982 4,634,234 10,705,535
1983 4,658,254 10,689,463
1984 4,680,285 10,668,095
1985 4,701,417 10,648,713
1986 4,721,446 10,630,564
1987 4,739,745 10,612,741
1988 4,755,207 10,596,487
1989 4,767,260 10,481,719
1990 4,777,368 10,373,988
1991 4,689,022 10,373,400
1992 4,575,818 10,369,341
1993 4,600,463 10,357,523
1994 4,652,024 10,343,355
1995 4,620,030 10,328,965
1996 4,557,097 10,311,238
1997 4,534,920 10,290,486
1998 4,532,135 10,266,570
1999 4,512,597 10,237,530
2000 4,468,302 10,210,971
2001 4,299,642 10,187,576
2002 4,302,174 10,158,608
2003 4,303,399 10,129,552
2004 4,304,600 10,107,146
2005 4,310,145 10,087,065
2006 4,311,159 10,071,370
2007 4,310,217 10,055,780
2008 4,309,705 10,038,188
2009 4,305,181 10,022,650
2010 4,295,427 10,000,023
2011 4,280,622 9,971,727
2012 4,260,368 9,920,362
2013 4,233,922 9,872,734
2014 4,201,598 9,833,038
2015 4,151,725 9,797,755
2016 4,106,867 9,759,755
2017 4,041,407 9,726,756
2018 3,988,775 9,706,964
2019 3,949,390 9,694,824
2020 3,914,206 9,670,419
2021 3,878,981 9,630,932
2022 3,855,641 9,605,074
2023 3,859,686 9,592,186
2024 3,866,300 9,562,314

Fertility rates in Croatia and Hungary

Fertility rate
Croatia

Hungary
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Hungary
1960 2.24 2.02
1961 2.22 1.94
1962 2.19 1.79
1963 2.15 1.82
1964 2.14 1.82
1965 2.22 1.82
1966 2.23 1.89
1967 2.1 2.01
1968 2.03 2.06
1969 1.95 2.04
1970 1.88 1.98
1971 1.97 1.93
1972 2.01 1.93
1973 2.01 1.93
1974 1.98 2.27
1975 1.95 2.35
1976 1.94 2.23
1977 1.95 2.15
1978 1.96 2.06
1979 1.95 2.01
1980 1.93 1.91
1981 1.93 1.88
1982 1.9 1.8
1983 1.88 1.75
1984 1.87 1.75
1985 1.82 1.85
1986 1.76 1.84
1987 1.64 1.82
1988 1.79 1.81
1989 1.63 1.82
1990 1.63 1.87
1991 1.53 1.87
1992 1.48 1.77
1993 1.52 1.68
1994 1.47 1.64
1995 1.58 1.57
1996 1.67 1.46
1997 1.69 1.37
1998 1.45 1.32
1999 1.38 1.28
2000 1.39 1.32
2001 1.46 1.31
2002 1.42 1.3
2003 1.41 1.27
2004 1.43 1.28
2005 1.5 1.31
2006 1.47 1.34
2007 1.48 1.32
2008 1.47 1.35
2009 1.5 1.32
2010 1.46 1.25
2011 1.41 1.23
2012 1.52 1.34
2013 1.46 1.35
2014 1.46 1.44
2015 1.41 1.45
2016 1.43 1.53
2017 1.42 1.54
2018 1.47 1.55
2019 1.47 1.55
2020 1.48 1.59
2021 1.62 1.61
2022 1.53 1.56
2023 1.46 1.51

Croatia and Hungary demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Hungary
Year Median age, years
Croatia Hungary
1960 29 32.1
1961 29.4 32.4
1962 29.7 32.6
1963 30 32.9
1964 30.3 33.2
1965 30.6 33.4
1966 30.9 33.7
1967 31.2 33.8
1968 31.5 34
1969 31.8 34.1
1970 32.1 34.1
1971 32.3 34.2
1972 32.5 34.3
1973 32.7 34.3
1974 32.8 34.3
1975 33 34.3
1976 33.1 34.2
1977 33.2 34.2
1978 33.3 34.2
1979 33.4 34.3
1980 33.4 34.3
1981 33.5 34.4
1982 33.6 34.5
1983 33.8 34.7
1984 34 34.9
1985 34.2 35.1
1986 34.4 35.3
1987 34.7 35.5
1988 35 35.8
1989 35.3 36.1
1990 35.6 36.5
1991 36 36.7
1992 36.4 36.9
1993 36.9 37
1994 37.3 37.2
1995 37.8 37.5
1996 38.2 37.7
1997 38.6 37.9
1998 38.9 38.1
1999 39.2 38.3
2000 39.6 38.4
2001 39.9 38.6
2002 40.2 38.7
2003 40.5 38.8
2004 40.7 38.9
2005 40.9 39
2006 41.2 39.1
2007 41.4 39.2
2008 41.6 39.4
2009 41.8 39.6
2010 41.9 39.9
2011 42.2 40.4
2012 42.5 40.9
2013 42.7 41.2
2014 43 41.5
2015 43.3 41.9
2016 43.7 42.3
2017 44.2 42.6
2018 44.6 42.8
2019 45 43
2020 45.2 43.3
2021 45.4 43.6
2022 45.6 43.9
2023 45.8 44.2
2024 46 44.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Hungary
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$198B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
46.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
3.81%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
2.13%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-4.59%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
4.47%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
59.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
23.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
61.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
24.4%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.8%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
24,692
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.32%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
68
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$41.5B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$46.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$5.24B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
31,641,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
3.4%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
87%
2024

Energy

Croatia Hungary
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
2,515 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$18
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
43.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.57 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
64.2%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
15.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
21.1%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
62.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
4,605 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
19.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
0.62%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
44.8%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Hungary
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.12%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+16,223
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
73.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
69.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
41
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
80
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.77
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
7.7
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99.1%
2021
English speaking
57.1%
2023
25.3%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
93.8%
2024

Health

Croatia Hungary
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$1,407
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$401
2023
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
3.3
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
28.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
3.8
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
32.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
8.3%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
59
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
32.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
9.93 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Hungary
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
3,685 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
19,626 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
7,910 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
130,979 mi
2018

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