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Croatia vs North Macedonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 123rd vs. 145th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia North Macedonia
Population
3839202
1783115
Population rank 129/197 150/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Croatia and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Croatia and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Croatia North Macedonia
1990 $25,650,213,280 $4,699,646,643
1991 $18,760,386,775 $4,938,775,510
1992 $10,621,169,291 $2,436,849,342
1993 $11,259,647,874 $2,682,456,897
1994 $15,062,911,617 $3,559,608,640
1995 $22,772,394,547 $4,707,041,315
1996 $24,150,978,347 $4,642,021,256
1997 $24,175,764,812 $3,912,986,091
1998 $25,890,228,430 $3,765,745,023
1999 $23,777,026,779 $3,863,619,285
2000 $22,134,411,297 $3,772,859,034
2001 $23,066,883,850 $3,709,636,031
2002 $26,757,722,429 $4,018,365,747
2003 $35,245,317,002 $4,946,296,599
2004 $41,836,292,157 $5,682,784,472
2005 $45,013,119,282 $6,258,602,873
2006 $49,590,197,657 $6,861,226,972
2007 $59,298,265,770 $8,336,474,974
2008 $68,478,776,206 $9,909,552,435
2009 $62,321,642,125 $9,401,736,825
2010 $58,981,738,869 $9,407,170,321
2011 $62,903,737,380 $10,494,626,768
2012 $57,551,963,753 $9,745,261,301
2013 $59,852,401,272 $10,817,702,346
2014 $59,612,144,078 $11,362,265,253
2015 $51,005,200,670 $10,064,519,963
2016 $52,654,855,638 $10,672,467,073
2017 $56,186,190,438 $11,307,067,070
2018 $61,668,130,123 $12,683,068,114
2019 $61,467,582,194 $12,606,338,449
2020 $57,963,370,885 $12,361,036,914
2021 $69,006,802,299 $14,000,283,827
2022 $71,198,635,102 $13,932,436,550
2023 $84,393,795,502 $15,763,604,288
2024 $92,526,176,109 $16,685,236,492

Croatia and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Croatia North Macedonia
1990 $5,369 $2,277
1991 $4,001 $2,402
1992 $2,321 $1,199
1993 $2,448 $1,337
1994 $3,238 $1,786
1995 $4,929 $2,355
1996 $5,300 $2,307
1997 $5,331 $1,960
1998 $5,713 $1,876
1999 $5,269 $1,915
2000 $4,954 $1,862
2001 $5,365 $1,823
2002 $6,220 $1,989
2003 $8,190 $2,445
2004 $9,719 $2,819
2005 $10,444 $3,121
2006 $11,503 $3,440
2007 $13,758 $4,204
2008 $15,889 $5,026
2009 $14,476 $4,800
2010 $13,731 $4,833
2011 $14,695 $5,417
2012 $13,509 $5,050
2013 $14,136 $5,626
2014 $14,188 $5,925
2015 $12,285 $5,263
2016 $12,821 $5,598
2017 $13,903 $5,955
2018 $15,460 $6,714
2019 $15,564 $6,719
2020 $14,808 $6,660
2021 $17,790 $7,621
2022 $18,466 $7,606
2023 $21,865 $8,624
2024 $23,931 $9,310

Croatia vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia North Macedonia
1950 58.5 50.6
1951 59 48.5
1952 59.8 52.5
1953 61.5 53.2
1954 62.2 55.7
1955 63.1 55.4
1956 63.6 58.5
1957 64.4 55.7
1958 65 60.3
1959 65.5 59.5
1960 65.9 60.5
1961 66.5 61.8
1962 67.3 59.3
1963 67.6 61.4
1964 68 61.5
1965 68.5 62.6
1966 68.9 63.5
1967 69 63.8
1968 68.9 64.6
1969 69 64
1970 69.2 65
1971 69.4 65.2
1972 69.8 65.6
1973 70.1 67.1
1974 70.6 67.1
1975 71 67.3
1976 71.4 67.9
1977 71.4 68.2
1978 71.3 69.1
1979 71.1 69.2
1980 71 69.1
1981 70.9 69.4
1982 70.7 69.8
1983 70.7 69.7
1984 71 70.2
1985 71.5 70.2
1986 71.8 70.3
1987 71.9 70.4
1988 72.2 70.5
1989 72.5 71.1
1990 72.2 71.3
1991 70.6 71.8
1992 71.7 71.3
1993 72.3 71.7
1994 72.6 71.5
1995 72.6 72
1996 73 71.9
1997 73 71.9
1998 73.2 71.8
1999 73.6 72.3
2000 74 72.6
2001 74.4 73
2002 74.6 72.7
2003 74.7 73
2004 75.3 73.4
2005 75.6 73.6
2006 75.7 73.8
2007 75.9 73.7
2008 76 74.4
2009 76.3 74.5
2010 76.7 75
2011 77 75.1
2012 77.3 75
2013 77.5 75.6
2014 77.5 75.6
2015 77.6 75.6
2016 77.6 75.6
2017 77.7 76.2
2018 77.9 76.9
2019 78.2 76.8
2020 77.5 74.5
2021 77.1 73.3
2022 78.3 76.6
2023 78.6 77.4
2024 78.8 77.5
2025 78.9 77.7

Croatia and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year Population
Croatia North Macedonia
1960 4,140,181 1,435,059
1961 4,167,292 1,455,171
1962 4,196,712 1,471,745
1963 4,225,675 1,488,737
1964 4,252,876 1,510,900
1965 4,280,923 1,533,466
1966 4,310,701 1,557,349
1967 4,338,683 1,582,492
1968 4,365,628 1,608,930
1969 4,391,490 1,636,345
1970 4,412,252 1,664,208
1971 4,431,275 1,691,216
1972 4,450,564 1,717,395
1973 4,470,161 1,743,816
1974 4,490,660 1,770,545
1975 4,512,082 1,797,972
1976 4,535,934 1,825,830
1977 4,559,571 1,853,138
1978 4,581,085 1,879,847
1979 4,594,778 1,906,523
1980 4,599,782 1,933,038
1981 4,611,509 1,959,065
1982 4,634,234 1,978,956
1983 4,658,254 1,991,901
1984 4,680,285 2,003,399
1985 4,701,417 2,014,331
1986 4,721,446 2,024,732
1987 4,739,745 2,035,157
1988 4,755,207 2,045,737
1989 4,767,260 2,055,649
1990 4,777,368 2,063,689
1991 4,689,022 2,055,994
1992 4,575,818 2,032,523
1993 4,600,463 2,006,854
1994 4,652,024 1,992,666
1995 4,620,030 1,998,534
1996 4,557,097 2,012,553
1997 4,534,920 1,996,869
1998 4,532,135 2,007,523
1999 4,512,597 2,017,142
2000 4,468,302 2,026,350
2001 4,299,642 2,034,882
2002 4,302,174 2,020,157
2003 4,303,399 2,022,725
2004 4,304,600 2,016,186
2005 4,310,145 2,005,330
2006 4,311,159 1,994,287
2007 4,310,217 1,982,933
2008 4,309,705 1,971,493
2009 4,305,181 1,958,782
2010 4,295,427 1,946,298
2011 4,280,622 1,937,398
2012 4,260,368 1,929,821
2013 4,233,922 1,922,716
2014 4,201,598 1,917,557
2015 4,151,725 1,912,430
2016 4,106,867 1,906,313
2017 4,041,407 1,898,657
2018 3,988,775 1,889,051
2019 3,949,390 1,876,262
2020 3,914,206 1,856,124
2021 3,878,981 1,837,114
2022 3,855,641 1,831,712
2023 3,859,686 1,827,816
2024 3,866,300 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Croatia and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Croatia North Macedonia
1960 2.24 3.83
1961 2.22 3.62
1962 2.19 3.5
1963 2.15 3.62
1964 2.14 3.56
1965 2.22 3.52
1966 2.23 3.43
1967 2.1 3.33
1968 2.03 3.22
1969 1.95 3.1
1970 1.88 3.01
1971 1.97 2.93
1972 2.01 2.87
1973 2.01 2.72
1974 1.98 2.7
1975 1.95 2.69
1976 1.94 2.62
1977 1.95 2.49
1978 1.96 2.42
1979 1.95 2.4
1980 1.93 2.36
1981 1.93 2.29
1982 1.9 2.29
1983 1.88 2.25
1984 1.87 2.24
1985 1.82 2.25
1986 1.76 2.25
1987 1.64 2.32
1988 1.79 2.32
1989 1.63 2.25
1990 1.63 2.27
1991 1.53 2.31
1992 1.48 2.28
1993 1.52 2.26
1994 1.47 2.23
1995 1.58 2.13
1996 1.67 2.06
1997 1.69 1.92
1998 1.45 1.89
1999 1.38 1.77
2000 1.39 1.86
2001 1.46 1.73
2002 1.42 1.79
2003 1.41 1.75
2004 1.43 1.52
2005 1.5 1.5
2006 1.47 1.46
2007 1.48 1.46
2008 1.47 1.47
2009 1.5 1.5
2010 1.46 1.6
2011 1.41 1.46
2012 1.52 1.5
2013 1.46 1.5
2014 1.46 1.5
2015 1.41 1.49
2016 1.43 1.5
2017 1.42 1.43
2018 1.47 1.42
2019 1.47 1.34
2020 1.48 1.31
2021 1.62 1.6
2022 1.53 1.6
2023 1.46 1.5

Croatia and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Croatia North Macedonia
1960 29 21.8
1961 29.4 21.8
1962 29.7 21.9
1963 30 21.9
1964 30.3 21.9
1965 30.6 21.9
1966 30.9 22
1967 31.2 22.2
1968 31.5 22.4
1969 31.8 22.6
1970 32.1 22.8
1971 32.3 23.1
1972 32.5 23.3
1973 32.7 23.6
1974 32.8 23.9
1975 33 24.2
1976 33.1 24.5
1977 33.2 24.8
1978 33.3 25.2
1979 33.4 25.5
1980 33.4 25.9
1981 33.5 26.2
1982 33.6 26.5
1983 33.8 26.8
1984 34 27.2
1985 34.2 27.5
1986 34.4 27.8
1987 34.7 28
1988 35 28.3
1989 35.3 28.6
1990 35.6 28.9
1991 36 29.2
1992 36.4 29.6
1993 36.9 29.9
1994 37.3 30.3
1995 37.8 30.5
1996 38.2 30.8
1997 38.6 31
1998 38.9 31.2
1999 39.2 31.5
2000 39.6 31.9
2001 39.9 32.2
2002 40.2 32.6
2003 40.5 32.8
2004 40.7 33.2
2005 40.9 33.5
2006 41.2 33.9
2007 41.4 34.3
2008 41.6 34.7
2009 41.8 35.1
2010 41.9 35.5
2011 42.2 36
2012 42.5 36.4
2013 42.7 36.9
2014 43 37.3
2015 43.3 37.8
2016 43.7 38.3
2017 44.2 38.8
2018 44.6 39.4
2019 45 39.9
2020 45.2 40.3
2021 45.4 40.7
2022 45.6 40.9
2023 45.8 41.3
2024 46 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
1.9%
2019
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
3.52%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
84.3%
2024

Energy

Croatia North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia North Macedonia
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
59.9%
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
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
97.6%
2012
English speaking
57.1%
2023
5%
2025
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
87.2%
2023

Health

Croatia North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia North Macedonia
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
8,812 mi
2017

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