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Croatia vs Netherlands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 123rd vs. 134th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Netherlands
Population
3839202
18191638
Population rank 129/197 72/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$1.23T
2024
GDP rank 74/197 19/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$68,219
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 13/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$84,218
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$531B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
43.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$29,494
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 25/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$45,699
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
13,000 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
1,384 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.43
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
42.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.4 years
2025

Croatia and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Netherlands economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Netherlands
Year GDP
Croatia Netherlands
1960 - $13,282,979,015
1961 - $14,599,836,396
1962 - $15,847,582,341
1963 - $17,193,744,109
1964 - $20,232,048,553
1965 - $22,721,869,808
1966 - $24,741,480,717
1967 - $27,143,828,099
1968 - $30,097,635,751
1969 - $34,086,038,090
1970 - $38,220,884,519
1971 - $44,644,730,576
1972 - $54,787,070,173
1973 - $71,946,639,603
1974 - $87,371,810,804
1975 - $100,397,061,694
1976 - $109,329,386,564
1977 - $127,203,923,857
1978 - $156,089,077,205
1979 - $179,933,827,310
1980 - $195,439,301,707
1981 - $164,375,775,854
1982 - $158,712,765,536
1983 - $153,671,294,109
1984 - $144,124,462,912
1985 - $144,057,523,222
1986 - $201,157,708,221
1987 - $245,406,949,521
1988 - $262,295,966,105
1989 - $258,716,904,292
1990 $25,650,213,280 $318,799,003,994
1991 $18,760,386,775 $327,982,316,124
1992 $10,621,169,291 $363,497,050,125
1993 $11,259,647,874 $354,070,495,966
1994 $15,062,911,617 $379,688,232,232
1995 $22,772,394,547 $452,967,334,614
1996 $24,150,978,347 $451,372,549,020
1997 $24,175,764,812 $417,506,211,882
1998 $25,890,228,430 $438,612,530,549
1999 $23,777,026,779 $447,778,514,140
2000 $22,134,411,297 $417,649,282,154
2001 $23,066,883,850 $432,536,219,669
2002 $26,757,722,429 $475,529,972,123
2003 $35,245,317,002 $582,435,617,082
2004 $41,836,292,157 $661,224,886,143
2005 $45,013,119,282 $688,133,699,636
2006 $49,590,197,657 $737,593,995,289
2007 $59,298,265,770 $853,499,460,873
2008 $68,478,776,206 $957,901,566,041
2009 $62,321,642,125 $878,954,223,140
2010 $58,981,738,869 $852,464,982,433
2011 $62,903,737,380 $913,140,741,333
2012 $57,551,963,753 $845,689,017,066
2013 $59,852,401,272 $883,951,539,007
2014 $59,612,144,078 $901,556,501,756
2015 $51,005,200,670 $775,743,675,303
2016 $52,654,855,638 $797,163,949,290
2017 $56,186,190,438 $848,233,537,846
2018 $61,668,130,123 $929,733,599,797
2019 $61,467,582,194 $928,903,005,576
2020 $57,963,370,885 $932,560,861,701
2021 $69,006,802,299 $1,054,472,123,450
2022 $71,198,635,102 $1,046,540,797,549
2023 $84,393,795,502 $1,154,361,305,398
2024 $92,526,176,109 $1,227,543,925,316

Croatia and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Netherlands
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Netherlands
1960 - $1,156
1961 - $1,254
1962 - $1,342
1963 - $1,437
1964 - $1,668
1965 - $1,848
1966 - $1,986
1967 - $2,155
1968 - $2,364
1969 - $2,647
1970 - $2,931
1971 - $3,384
1972 - $4,110
1973 - $5,353
1974 - $6,450
1975 - $7,346
1976 - $7,937
1977 - $9,180
1978 - $11,196
1979 - $12,817
1980 - $13,812
1981 - $11,537
1982 - $11,089
1983 - $10,696
1984 - $9,992
1985 - $9,941
1986 - $13,804
1987 - $16,734
1988 - $17,771
1989 - $17,423
1990 $5,369 $21,322
1991 $4,001 $21,764
1992 $2,321 $23,939
1993 $2,448 $23,156
1994 $3,238 $24,683
1995 $4,929 $29,301
1996 $5,300 $29,064
1997 $5,331 $26,745
1998 $5,713 $27,924
1999 $5,269 $28,319
2000 $4,954 $26,225
2001 $5,365 $26,956
2002 $6,220 $29,447
2003 $8,190 $35,897
2004 $9,719 $40,611
2005 $10,444 $42,165
2006 $11,503 $45,124
2007 $13,758 $52,101
2008 $15,889 $58,247
2009 $14,476 $53,172
2010 $13,731 $51,306
2011 $14,695 $54,702
2012 $13,509 $50,474
2013 $14,136 $52,602
2014 $14,188 $53,457
2015 $12,285 $45,794
2016 $12,821 $46,809
2017 $13,903 $49,514
2018 $15,460 $53,955
2019 $15,564 $53,555
2020 $14,808 $53,468
2021 $17,790 $60,142
2022 $18,466 $59,123
2023 $21,865 $64,572
2024 $23,931 $68,219

Croatia vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Netherlands
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Netherlands
1950 58.5 71.4
1951 59 71.5
1952 59.8 72.1
1953 61.5 71.7
1954 62.2 72.4
1955 63.1 72.5
1956 63.6 72.5
1957 64.4 73
1958 65 73.1
1959 65.5 73.2
1960 65.9 73.4
1961 66.5 73.6
1962 67.3 73.2
1963 67.6 73.4
1964 68 73.7
1965 68.5 73.6
1966 68.9 73.6
1967 69 73.8
1968 68.9 73.6
1969 69 73.6
1970 69.2 73.6
1971 69.4 73.9
1972 69.8 73.8
1973 70.1 74.2
1974 70.6 74.6
1975 71 74.6
1976 71.4 74.7
1977 71.4 75.3
1978 71.3 75.2
1979 71.1 75.6
1980 71 75.8
1981 70.9 76
1982 70.7 76.1
1983 70.7 76.3
1984 71 76.3
1985 71.5 76.4
1986 71.8 76.4
1987 71.9 76.8
1988 72.2 77
1989 72.5 76.8
1990 72.2 77
1991 70.6 77.2
1992 71.7 77.4
1993 72.3 77
1994 72.6 77.5
1995 72.6 77.6
1996 73 77.6
1997 73 77.9
1998 73.2 78
1999 73.6 78
2000 74 78.1
2001 74.4 78.3
2002 74.6 78.4
2003 74.7 78.7
2004 75.3 79.2
2005 75.6 79.5
2006 75.7 79.8
2007 75.9 80.3
2008 76 80.4
2009 76.3 80.7
2010 76.7 80.8
2011 77 81.1
2012 77.3 81.1
2013 77.5 81.3
2014 77.5 81.7
2015 77.6 81.5
2016 77.6 81.6
2017 77.7 81.7
2018 77.9 81.8
2019 78.2 82.1
2020 77.5 81.4
2021 77.1 81.4
2022 78.3 81.9
2023 78.6 82.2
2024 78.8 82.3
2025 78.9 82.4

Croatia and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Netherlands
Year Population
Croatia Netherlands
1960 4,140,181 11,486,631
1961 4,167,292 11,638,712
1962 4,196,712 11,805,689
1963 4,225,675 11,965,966
1964 4,252,876 12,127,120
1965 4,280,923 12,294,732
1966 4,310,701 12,456,251
1967 4,338,683 12,598,201
1968 4,365,628 12,729,721
1969 4,391,490 12,877,984
1970 4,412,252 13,038,526
1971 4,431,275 13,194,497
1972 4,450,564 13,328,593
1973 4,470,161 13,439,322
1974 4,490,660 13,545,056
1975 4,512,082 13,666,335
1976 4,535,934 13,774,037
1977 4,559,571 13,856,185
1978 4,581,085 13,941,700
1979 4,594,778 14,038,270
1980 4,599,782 14,149,800
1981 4,611,509 14,247,208
1982 4,634,234 14,312,690
1983 4,658,254 14,367,070
1984 4,680,285 14,424,211
1985 4,701,417 14,491,632
1986 4,721,446 14,572,278
1987 4,739,745 14,665,037
1988 4,755,207 14,760,094
1989 4,767,260 14,848,907
1990 4,777,368 14,951,510
1991 4,689,022 15,069,798
1992 4,575,818 15,184,166
1993 4,600,463 15,290,368
1994 4,652,024 15,382,838
1995 4,620,030 15,459,006
1996 4,557,097 15,530,498
1997 4,534,920 15,610,650
1998 4,532,135 15,707,209
1999 4,512,597 15,812,088
2000 4,468,302 15,925,513
2001 4,299,642 16,046,180
2002 4,302,174 16,148,929
2003 4,303,399 16,225,302
2004 4,304,600 16,281,779
2005 4,310,145 16,319,868
2006 4,311,159 16,346,101
2007 4,310,217 16,381,696
2008 4,309,705 16,445,593
2009 4,305,181 16,530,388
2010 4,295,427 16,615,394
2011 4,280,622 16,693,074
2012 4,260,368 16,754,962
2013 4,233,922 16,804,432
2014 4,201,598 16,865,008
2015 4,151,725 16,939,923
2016 4,106,867 17,030,314
2017 4,041,407 17,131,296
2018 3,988,775 17,231,624
2019 3,949,390 17,344,874
2020 3,914,206 17,441,500
2021 3,878,981 17,533,044
2022 3,855,641 17,700,982
2023 3,859,686 17,877,117
2024 3,866,300 17,994,237

Fertility rates in Croatia and Netherlands

Fertility rate
Croatia

Netherlands
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Netherlands
1960 2.24 3.12
1961 2.22 3.22
1962 2.19 3.18
1963 2.15 3.19
1964 2.14 3.17
1965 2.22 3.04
1966 2.23 2.9
1967 2.1 2.81
1968 2.03 2.72
1969 1.95 2.75
1970 1.88 2.57
1971 1.97 2.36
1972 2.01 2.15
1973 2.01 1.9
1974 1.98 1.77
1975 1.95 1.66
1976 1.94 1.63
1977 1.95 1.58
1978 1.96 1.58
1979 1.95 1.56
1980 1.93 1.6
1981 1.93 1.56
1982 1.9 1.5
1983 1.88 1.47
1984 1.87 1.49
1985 1.82 1.51
1986 1.76 1.55
1987 1.64 1.56
1988 1.79 1.55
1989 1.63 1.55
1990 1.63 1.62
1991 1.53 1.61
1992 1.48 1.59
1993 1.52 1.57
1994 1.47 1.57
1995 1.58 1.53
1996 1.67 1.53
1997 1.69 1.56
1998 1.45 1.63
1999 1.38 1.65
2000 1.39 1.72
2001 1.46 1.71
2002 1.42 1.73
2003 1.41 1.75
2004 1.43 1.72
2005 1.5 1.71
2006 1.47 1.72
2007 1.48 1.72
2008 1.47 1.77
2009 1.5 1.79
2010 1.46 1.79
2011 1.41 1.76
2012 1.52 1.72
2013 1.46 1.68
2014 1.46 1.71
2015 1.41 1.66
2016 1.43 1.66
2017 1.42 1.62
2018 1.47 1.59
2019 1.47 1.57
2020 1.48 1.54
2021 1.62 1.62
2022 1.53 1.49
2023 1.46 1.43

Croatia and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Netherlands
Year Median age, years
Croatia Netherlands
1960 29 28.8
1961 29.4 28.8
1962 29.7 28.7
1963 30 28.7
1964 30.3 28.6
1965 30.6 28.6
1966 30.9 28.6
1967 31.2 28.5
1968 31.5 28.6
1969 31.8 28.6
1970 32.1 28.6
1971 32.3 28.7
1972 32.5 28.9
1973 32.7 29
1974 32.8 29.3
1975 33 29.4
1976 33.1 29.8
1977 33.2 30.3
1978 33.3 30.7
1979 33.4 31
1980 33.4 31.3
1981 33.5 31.6
1982 33.6 31.9
1983 33.8 32.3
1984 34 32.6
1985 34.2 32.9
1986 34.4 33.2
1987 34.7 33.5
1988 35 33.8
1989 35.3 34.1
1990 35.6 34.3
1991 36 34.6
1992 36.4 34.8
1993 36.9 35.1
1994 37.3 35.4
1995 37.8 35.7
1996 38.2 36.1
1997 38.6 36.4
1998 38.9 36.7
1999 39.2 37
2000 39.6 37.3
2001 39.9 37.5
2002 40.2 37.8
2003 40.5 38.1
2004 40.7 38.5
2005 40.9 38.9
2006 41.2 39.3
2007 41.4 39.7
2008 41.6 40
2009 41.8 40.3
2010 41.9 40.7
2011 42.2 41
2012 42.5 41.3
2013 42.7 41.6
2014 43 41.8
2015 43.3 42
2016 43.7 42.2
2017 44.2 42.3
2018 44.6 42.4
2019 45 42.5
2020 45.2 42.5
2021 45.4 42.6
2022 45.6 42.5
2023 45.8 42.4
2024 46 42.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Netherlands
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$1.13T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
44.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
5.18%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
1.53%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
41,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-1.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
3.64%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
70.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
17.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
78.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
21.4%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
3.6%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,231,625
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
8.62%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
13
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
103
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$1.1T
2017
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$79.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$4.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
7,265,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
1.44%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
99.2%
2024

Energy

Croatia Netherlands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
3,418 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
122.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
6.87 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
83.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
12.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
9.01%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
87%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
6,189 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
33.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
0.06%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
3.28%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Netherlands
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.22%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+121,628
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
93.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
6.03 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
92.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
78
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
95
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.69
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
4
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
57.1%
2023
90.9%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
97%
2023

Health

Croatia Netherlands
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$5,796
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$581
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
82.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
3.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
30.4 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
4
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
15%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
5%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
77
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
21.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
8.71 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Netherlands
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
722 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
6,961 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
1,437 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
88,123 mi
2022

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