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Croatia vs Italy statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 59M in Italy (ranked 25/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 114,178 sq mi for Italy (ranked 123rd vs. 72nd).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Italy
Population
3839202
58790597
Population rank 129/197 25/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$2.37T
2024
GDP rank 74/197 8/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$40,226
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 29/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$60,847
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$3.21T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
137.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$54,420
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 6/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$23,309
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
114,178 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
517 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
48.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
84 years
2025

Croatia and Italy: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Italy economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Italy
Year GDP
Croatia Italy
1960 - $42,012,422,612
1961 - $46,649,487,320
1962 - $52,413,872,628
1963 - $60,035,924,618
1964 - $65,720,771,779
1965 - $70,717,012,186
1966 - $76,622,444,787
1967 - $84,401,995,573
1968 - $91,485,448,148
1969 - $100,996,667,239
1970 - $113,656,669,765
1971 - $124,959,712,859
1972 - $145,594,833,997
1973 - $175,896,529,392
1974 - $200,024,444,775
1975 - $228,220,643,535
1976 - $225,235,205,862
1977 - $258,190,019,750
1978 - $315,784,469,541
1979 - $394,584,507,108
1980 - $478,356,755,596
1981 - $431,695,533,981
1982 - $428,257,421,618
1983 - $444,063,496,940
1984 - $438,896,930,791
1985 - $453,259,761,687
1986 - $641,862,313,287
1987 - $807,570,134,449
1988 - $893,663,934,841
1989 - $930,801,709,004
1990 $25,650,213,280 $1,183,945,130,899
1991 $18,760,386,775 $1,249,092,439,519
1992 $10,621,169,291 $1,323,204,350,354
1993 $11,259,647,874 $1,067,412,587,671
1994 $15,062,911,617 $1,101,750,159,702
1995 $22,772,394,547 $1,177,369,428,266
1996 $24,150,978,347 $1,314,776,508,972
1997 $24,175,764,812 $1,244,988,176,444
1998 $25,890,228,430 $1,272,729,786,997
1999 $23,777,026,779 $1,255,004,736,464
2000 $22,134,411,297 $1,149,661,363,439
2001 $23,066,883,850 $1,172,041,488,806
2002 $26,757,722,429 $1,281,746,271,196
2003 $35,245,317,002 $1,582,930,016,539
2004 $41,836,292,157 $1,812,808,753,295
2005 $45,013,119,282 $1,864,982,261,287
2006 $49,590,197,657 $1,958,563,654,386
2007 $59,298,265,770 $2,222,524,108,128
2008 $68,478,776,206 $2,417,508,414,187
2009 $62,321,642,125 $2,209,484,319,013
2010 $58,981,738,869 $2,144,936,254,535
2011 $62,903,737,380 $2,306,974,020,278
2012 $57,551,963,753 $2,097,929,495,122
2013 $59,852,401,272 $2,153,225,581,941
2014 $59,612,144,078 $2,173,255,507,986
2015 $51,005,200,670 $1,845,428,048,839
2016 $52,654,855,638 $1,887,111,188,177
2017 $56,186,190,438 $1,970,720,904,585
2018 $61,668,130,123 $2,099,435,266,459
2019 $61,467,582,194 $2,019,606,796,584
2020 $57,963,370,885 $1,907,481,094,079
2021 $69,006,802,299 $2,179,207,773,596
2022 $71,198,635,102 $2,104,067,630,319
2023 $84,393,795,502 $2,304,605,139,863
2024 $92,526,176,109 $2,372,774,547,793

Croatia and Italy economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Italy
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Italy
1960 - $837
1961 - $923
1962 - $1,030
1963 - $1,171
1964 - $1,272
1965 - $1,357
1966 - $1,459
1967 - $1,595
1968 - $1,718
1969 - $1,886
1970 - $2,112
1971 - $2,311
1972 - $2,677
1973 - $3,213
1974 - $3,629
1975 - $4,116
1976 - $4,042
1977 - $4,614
1978 - $5,623
1979 - $7,006
1980 - $8,476
1981 - $7,640
1982 - $7,574
1983 - $7,851
1984 - $7,758
1985 - $8,009
1986 - $11,341
1987 - $14,268
1988 - $15,781
1989 - $16,424
1990 $5,369 $20,874
1991 $4,001 $22,007
1992 $2,321 $23,297
1993 $2,448 $18,782
1994 $3,238 $19,382
1995 $4,929 $20,712
1996 $5,300 $23,123
1997 $5,331 $21,884
1998 $5,713 $22,365
1999 $5,269 $22,050
2000 $4,954 $20,190
2001 $5,365 $20,570
2002 $6,220 $22,451
2003 $8,190 $27,578
2004 $9,719 $31,348
2005 $10,444 $32,063
2006 $11,503 $33,537
2007 $13,758 $37,826
2008 $15,889 $40,829
2009 $14,476 $37,100
2010 $13,731 $35,857
2011 $14,695 $38,432
2012 $13,509 $34,854
2013 $14,136 $35,702
2014 $14,188 $36,028
2015 $12,285 $30,640
2016 $12,821 $31,392
2017 $13,903 $32,844
2018 $15,460 $34,904
2019 $15,564 $33,813
2020 $14,808 $32,091
2021 $17,790 $36,853
2022 $18,466 $35,654
2023 $21,865 $39,065
2024 $23,931 $40,226

Croatia vs. Italy life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Italy
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Italy
1950 58.5 65.7
1951 59 65.3
1952 59.8 65.9
1953 61.5 66.6
1954 62.2 67.9
1955 63.1 68.3
1956 63.6 67.6
1957 64.4 67.8
1958 65 68.9
1959 65.5 69.3
1960 65.9 69.2
1961 66.5 69.8
1962 67.3 69.2
1963 67.6 69.3
1964 68 70.4
1965 68.5 70.3
1966 68.9 71
1967 69 71
1968 68.9 70.9
1969 69 70.9
1970 69.2 71.6
1971 69.4 71.9
1972 69.8 72.1
1973 70.1 72.1
1974 70.6 72.8
1975 71 72.7
1976 71.4 73.1
1977 71.4 73.4
1978 71.3 73.8
1979 71.1 74.1
1980 71 74.1
1981 70.9 74.4
1982 70.7 74.9
1983 70.7 74.7
1984 71 75.5
1985 71.5 75.6
1986 71.8 75.9
1987 71.9 76.3
1988 72.2 76.5
1989 72.5 76.9
1990 72.2 77
1991 70.6 77
1992 71.7 77.4
1993 72.3 77.7
1994 72.6 77.9
1995 72.6 78.1
1996 73 78.4
1997 73 78.7
1998 73.2 78.8
1999 73.6 79.2
2000 74 79.6
2001 74.4 79.9
2002 74.6 80.1
2003 74.7 80.2
2004 75.3 81
2005 75.6 81
2006 75.7 81.4
2007 75.9 81.5
2008 76 81.6
2009 76.3 81.8
2010 76.7 82.1
2011 77 82.2
2012 77.3 82.3
2013 77.5 82.7
2014 77.5 82.9
2015 77.6 82.5
2016 77.6 83
2017 77.7 82.7
2018 77.9 83.2
2019 78.2 83.3
2020 77.5 82.2
2021 77.1 82.9
2022 78.3 82.1
2023 78.6 83.7
2024 78.8 83.9
2025 78.9 84

Croatia and Italy population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Italy
Year Population
Croatia Italy
1960 4,140,181 50,199,700
1961 4,167,292 50,536,350
1962 4,196,712 50,879,450
1963 4,225,675 51,252,000
1964 4,252,876 51,675,350
1965 4,280,923 52,112,350
1966 4,310,701 52,519,000
1967 4,338,683 52,900,500
1968 4,365,628 53,235,750
1969 4,391,490 53,537,950
1970 4,412,252 53,821,850
1971 4,431,275 54,073,490
1972 4,450,564 54,381,345
1973 4,470,161 54,751,406
1974 4,490,660 55,110,868
1975 4,512,082 55,441,001
1976 4,535,934 55,718,260
1977 4,559,571 55,955,411
1978 4,581,085 56,155,143
1979 4,594,778 56,317,749
1980 4,599,782 56,433,883
1981 4,611,509 56,501,675
1982 4,634,234 56,543,548
1983 4,658,254 56,564,074
1984 4,680,285 56,576,718
1985 4,701,417 56,593,071
1986 4,721,446 56,596,155
1987 4,739,745 56,601,931
1988 4,755,207 56,629,288
1989 4,767,260 56,671,781
1990 4,777,368 56,719,240
1991 4,689,022 56,758,521
1992 4,575,818 56,797,087
1993 4,600,463 56,831,821
1994 4,652,024 56,843,400
1995 4,620,030 56,844,303
1996 4,557,097 56,860,281
1997 4,534,920 56,890,372
1998 4,532,135 56,906,744
1999 4,512,597 56,916,317
2000 4,468,302 56,942,108
2001 4,299,642 56,976,981
2002 4,302,174 57,089,824
2003 4,303,399 57,399,184
2004 4,304,600 57,828,179
2005 4,310,145 58,166,682
2006 4,311,159 58,399,861
2007 4,310,217 58,756,247
2008 4,309,705 59,211,181
2009 4,305,181 59,555,454
2010 4,295,427 59,819,407
2011 4,280,622 60,026,841
2012 4,260,368 60,191,247
2013 4,233,922 60,311,613
2014 4,201,598 60,320,707
2015 4,151,725 60,229,605
2016 4,106,867 60,115,223
2017 4,041,407 60,002,252
2018 3,988,775 60,148,658
2019 3,949,390 59,729,081
2020 3,914,206 59,438,851
2021 3,878,981 59,133,173
2022 3,855,641 59,013,667
2023 3,859,686 58,993,475
2024 3,866,300 58,986,023

Fertility rates in Croatia and Italy

Fertility rate
Croatia

Italy
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Italy
1960 2.24 2.4
1961 2.22 2.44
1962 2.19 2.46
1963 2.15 2.51
1964 2.14 2.66
1965 2.22 2.6
1966 2.23 2.58
1967 2.1 2.5
1968 2.03 2.46
1969 1.95 2.47
1970 1.88 2.38
1971 1.97 2.4
1972 2.01 2.35
1973 2.01 2.3
1974 1.98 2.28
1975 1.95 2.17
1976 1.94 2.04
1977 1.95 1.93
1978 1.96 1.84
1979 1.95 1.73
1980 1.93 1.64
1981 1.93 1.58
1982 1.9 1.56
1983 1.88 1.51
1984 1.87 1.46
1985 1.82 1.42
1986 1.76 1.35
1987 1.64 1.33
1988 1.79 1.36
1989 1.63 1.33
1990 1.63 1.33
1991 1.53 1.3
1992 1.48 1.3
1993 1.52 1.25
1994 1.47 1.21
1995 1.58 1.19
1996 1.67 1.2
1997 1.69 1.22
1998 1.45 1.22
1999 1.38 1.23
2000 1.39 1.26
2001 1.46 1.25
2002 1.42 1.27
2003 1.41 1.29
2004 1.43 1.34
2005 1.5 1.33
2006 1.47 1.37
2007 1.48 1.39
2008 1.47 1.44
2009 1.5 1.44
2010 1.46 1.44
2011 1.41 1.42
2012 1.52 1.42
2013 1.46 1.39
2014 1.46 1.38
2015 1.41 1.36
2016 1.43 1.36
2017 1.42 1.34
2018 1.47 1.31
2019 1.47 1.27
2020 1.48 1.24
2021 1.62 1.25
2022 1.53 1.24
2023 1.46 1.2

Croatia and Italy demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Italy
Year Median age, years
Croatia Italy
1960 29 31.6
1961 29.4 31.8
1962 29.7 32
1963 30 32.1
1964 30.3 32.2
1965 30.6 32.3
1966 30.9 32.4
1967 31.2 32.5
1968 31.5 32.7
1969 31.8 32.8
1970 32.1 33
1971 32.3 33.1
1972 32.5 33.2
1973 32.7 33.3
1974 32.8 33.4
1975 33 33.5
1976 33.1 33.6
1977 33.2 33.7
1978 33.3 33.9
1979 33.4 34
1980 33.4 34.1
1981 33.5 34.3
1982 33.6 34.6
1983 33.8 34.9
1984 34 35.3
1985 34.2 35.6
1986 34.4 35.8
1987 34.7 36.1
1988 35 36.4
1989 35.3 36.8
1990 35.6 37.1
1991 36 37.5
1992 36.4 37.9
1993 36.9 38.2
1994 37.3 38.6
1995 37.8 38.9
1996 38.2 39.1
1997 38.6 39.4
1998 38.9 39.6
1999 39.2 39.9
2000 39.6 40.3
2001 39.9 40.6
2002 40.2 41
2003 40.5 41.3
2004 40.7 41.6
2005 40.9 41.9
2006 41.2 42.3
2007 41.4 42.6
2008 41.6 42.8
2009 41.8 43.1
2010 41.9 43.5
2011 42.2 43.9
2012 42.5 44.2
2013 42.7 44.6
2014 43 45
2015 43.3 45.4
2016 43.7 45.8
2017 44.2 46.2
2018 44.6 46.6
2019 45 47
2020 45.2 47.4
2021 45.4 47.7
2022 45.6 48.1
2023 45.8 48.4
2024 46 48.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Italy
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$2.26T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
50.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
4.07%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
338,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-3.26%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
6.5%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
65.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
21.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
60.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
25.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
1,338,142
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.73%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
74
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
290
2014
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$587B
2014
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$291B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$11.2B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
38,419,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
3.65%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
86%
2024

Energy

Croatia Italy
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
2,298 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$25.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
305 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
5.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
76.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
17.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
9.95%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
79.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
5,047 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
41%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
15.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Italy
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.72%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+95,246
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
72.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
79.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
54
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
91
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.55
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
5.3
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99.3%
2019
English speaking
57.1%
2023
13.6%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
89.2%
2024

Health

Croatia Italy
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$3,228
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$745
2023
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
84 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
4.25
2022
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
31.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
6
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
2.8
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
17.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
7.7%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
61
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
22.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
6.97 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Italy
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.2%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
1,936 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
50,531 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
37,558 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
303,043 mi
2007

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