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Croatia vs Serbia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 6.59M in Serbia (ranked 109/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 32,467 sq mi for Serbia (ranked 123rd vs. 111th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Serbia ranks 75/197 ($89.1B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Serbia ranks 74/197 ($13,524).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Serbia
Population
3839202
6541064
Population rank 129/197 110/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$89.1B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 75/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$13,524
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 74/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$31,867
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$39.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
44.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$6,015
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 74/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$11,469
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
32,467 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
202.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.61
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
45.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.1 years
2025

Croatia and Serbia: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Serbia economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Serbia
Year GDP
Croatia Serbia
1990 $25,650,213,280 -
1991 $18,760,386,775 -
1992 $10,621,169,291 -
1993 $11,259,647,874 -
1994 $15,062,911,617 -
1995 $22,772,394,547 $17,921,892,655
1996 $24,150,978,347 $23,277,430,168
1997 $24,175,764,812 $27,153,408,995
1998 $25,890,228,430 $21,004,077,441
1999 $23,777,026,779 $20,878,694,851
2000 $22,134,411,297 $7,326,373,882
2001 $23,066,883,850 $13,599,378,662
2002 $26,757,722,429 $17,930,583,571
2003 $35,245,317,002 $23,593,044,418
2004 $41,836,292,157 $26,845,632,342
2005 $45,013,119,282 $28,334,256,181
2006 $49,590,197,657 $33,298,057,362
2007 $59,298,265,770 $44,888,028,946
2008 $68,478,776,206 $54,220,641,202
2009 $62,321,642,125 $46,955,984,410
2010 $58,981,738,869 $43,536,629,233
2011 $62,903,737,380 $51,251,098,408
2012 $57,551,963,753 $45,103,269,969
2013 $59,852,401,272 $50,455,529,604
2014 $59,612,144,078 $49,114,321,280
2015 $51,005,200,670 $41,297,410,635
2016 $52,654,855,638 $42,225,495,910
2017 $56,186,190,438 $45,972,834,714
2018 $61,668,130,123 $52,787,520,249
2019 $61,467,582,194 $53,864,693,665
2020 $57,963,370,885 $55,874,017,669
2021 $69,006,802,299 $66,159,884,073
2022 $71,198,635,102 $66,797,564,758
2023 $84,393,795,502 $81,342,660,752
2024 $92,526,176,109 $89,083,506,277

Croatia and Serbia economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Serbia
Year GDP per capita
Croatia Serbia
1990 $5,369 -
1991 $4,001 -
1992 $2,321 -
1993 $2,448 -
1994 $3,238 -
1995 $4,929 $2,349
1996 $5,300 $3,054
1997 $5,331 $3,574
1998 $5,713 $2,775
1999 $5,269 $2,769
2000 $4,954 $975
2001 $5,365 $1,812
2002 $6,220 $2,391
2003 $8,190 $3,154
2004 $9,719 $3,597
2005 $10,444 $3,808
2006 $11,503 $4,493
2007 $13,758 $6,081
2008 $15,889 $7,377
2009 $14,476 $6,414
2010 $13,731 $5,971
2011 $14,695 $7,082
2012 $13,509 $6,263
2013 $14,136 $7,040
2014 $14,188 $6,887
2015 $12,285 $5,820
2016 $12,821 $5,982
2017 $13,903 $6,548
2018 $15,460 $7,560
2019 $15,564 $7,756
2020 $14,808 $8,099
2021 $17,790 $9,681
2022 $18,466 $10,023
2023 $21,865 $12,282
2024 $23,931 $13,524

Croatia vs. Serbia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Serbia
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Serbia
1950 58.5 55.1
1951 59 55.6
1952 59.8 57.4
1953 61.5 59.8
1954 62.2 60.7
1955 63.1 61.3
1956 63.6 61.9
1957 64.4 63.2
1958 65 64.3
1959 65.5 65.2
1960 65.9 65.7
1961 66.5 66.3
1962 67.3 67
1963 67.6 67.4
1964 68 68
1965 68.5 68.7
1966 68.9 69.4
1967 69 70.1
1968 68.9 70.1
1969 69 70
1970 69.2 69.7
1971 69.4 69.7
1972 69.8 70
1973 70.1 70.5
1974 70.6 71.1
1975 71 71.6
1976 71.4 71.9
1977 71.4 71.8
1978 71.3 71.4
1979 71.1 71.2
1980 71 71.1
1981 70.9 71.1
1982 70.7 71
1983 70.7 71.1
1984 71 71.2
1985 71.5 71.4
1986 71.8 71.6
1987 71.9 71.9
1988 72.2 72
1989 72.5 72.3
1990 72.2 72.2
1991 70.6 71.9
1992 71.7 71.6
1993 72.3 71.9
1994 72.6 72.3
1995 72.6 72.7
1996 73 72.9
1997 73 72.9
1998 73.2 72.3
1999 73.6 70
2000 74 72.3
2001 74.4 72.3
2002 74.6 72.6
2003 74.7 72.7
2004 75.3 72.9
2005 75.6 73.1
2006 75.7 73.4
2007 75.9 73.7
2008 76 73.9
2009 76.3 74.1
2010 76.7 74.4
2011 77 74.7
2012 77.3 75.1
2013 77.5 75.3
2014 77.5 75.5
2015 77.6 75.7
2016 77.6 75.7
2017 77.7 75.8
2018 77.9 76
2019 78.2 76.1
2020 77.5 74.5
2021 77.1 72.9
2022 78.3 75.5
2023 78.6 76.8
2024 78.8 76.9
2025 78.9 77.1

Croatia and Serbia population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Serbia
Year Population
Croatia Serbia
1960 4,140,181 6,638,992
1961 4,167,292 6,689,077
1962 4,196,712 6,740,264
1963 4,225,675 6,787,950
1964 4,252,876 6,832,855
1965 4,280,923 6,876,624
1966 4,310,701 6,927,969
1967 4,338,683 6,966,522
1968 4,365,628 7,007,586
1969 4,391,490 7,123,249
1970 4,412,252 7,164,993
1971 4,431,275 7,211,716
1972 4,450,564 7,252,012
1973 4,470,161 7,283,902
1974 4,490,660 7,326,043
1975 4,512,082 7,368,717
1976 4,535,934 7,418,973
1977 4,559,571 7,462,783
1978 4,581,085 7,504,017
1979 4,594,778 7,541,997
1980 4,599,782 7,709,544
1981 4,611,509 7,736,787
1982 4,634,234 7,763,335
1983 4,658,254 7,788,100
1984 4,680,285 7,813,549
1985 4,701,417 7,835,902
1986 4,721,446 7,853,824
1987 4,739,745 7,868,027
1988 4,755,207 7,884,218
1989 4,767,260 7,893,787
1990 4,777,368 7,897,937
1991 4,689,022 7,595,636
1992 4,575,818 7,604,063
1993 4,600,463 7,614,328
1994 4,652,024 7,622,711
1995 4,620,030 7,628,264
1996 4,557,097 7,622,185
1997 4,534,920 7,598,538
1998 4,532,135 7,567,745
1999 4,512,597 7,540,401
2000 4,468,302 7,516,346
2001 4,299,642 7,503,433
2002 4,302,174 7,500,031
2003 4,303,399 7,480,591
2004 4,304,600 7,463,157
2005 4,310,145 7,440,769
2006 4,311,159 7,411,569
2007 4,310,217 7,381,579
2008 4,309,705 7,350,222
2009 4,305,181 7,320,807
2010 4,295,427 7,291,436
2011 4,280,622 7,236,519
2012 4,260,368 7,201,497
2013 4,233,922 7,166,553
2014 4,201,598 7,131,787
2015 4,151,725 7,095,383
2016 4,106,867 7,058,322
2017 4,041,407 7,020,858
2018 3,988,775 6,982,604
2019 3,949,390 6,945,235
2020 3,914,206 6,899,126
2021 3,878,981 6,834,326
2022 3,855,641 6,664,449
2023 3,859,686 6,623,183
2024 3,866,300 6,587,202

Fertility rates in Croatia and Serbia

Fertility rate
Croatia

Serbia
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Serbia
1960 2.24 2.15
1961 2.22 2.13
1962 2.19 2.11
1963 2.15 2.08
1964 2.14 2.07
1965 2.22 2.06
1966 2.23 2.04
1967 2.1 2.02
1968 2.03 2.01
1969 1.95 1.99
1970 1.88 1.97
1971 1.97 1.96
1972 2.01 1.95
1973 2.01 1.94
1974 1.98 1.93
1975 1.95 1.92
1976 1.94 1.91
1977 1.95 1.9
1978 1.96 1.89
1979 1.95 1.88
1980 1.93 1.86
1981 1.93 1.85
1982 1.9 1.84
1983 1.88 1.83
1984 1.87 1.81
1985 1.82 1.8
1986 1.76 1.78
1987 1.64 1.75
1988 1.79 1.72
1989 1.63 1.69
1990 1.63 1.65
1991 1.53 1.61
1992 1.48 1.57
1993 1.52 1.54
1994 1.47 1.51
1995 1.58 1.47
1996 1.67 1.44
1997 1.69 1.4
1998 1.45 1.37
1999 1.38 1.35
2000 1.39 1.48
2001 1.46 1.58
2002 1.42 1.57
2003 1.41 1.59
2004 1.43 1.57
2005 1.5 1.45
2006 1.47 1.43
2007 1.48 1.38
2008 1.47 1.4
2009 1.5 1.44
2010 1.46 1.4
2011 1.41 1.4
2012 1.52 1.45
2013 1.46 1.43
2014 1.46 1.46
2015 1.41 1.46
2016 1.43 1.46
2017 1.42 1.49
2018 1.47 1.49
2019 1.47 1.52
2020 1.48 1.48
2021 1.62 1.52
2022 1.53 1.59
2023 1.46 1.61

Croatia and Serbia demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Serbia
Year Median age, years
Croatia Serbia
1960 29 28.7
1961 29.4 29.1
1962 29.7 29.4
1963 30 29.8
1964 30.3 30.2
1965 30.6 30.5
1966 30.9 30.8
1967 31.2 31.1
1968 31.5 31.4
1969 31.8 31.7
1970 32.1 32
1971 32.3 32.2
1972 32.5 32.5
1973 32.7 32.7
1974 32.8 32.8
1975 33 33
1976 33.1 33.2
1977 33.2 33.4
1978 33.3 33.5
1979 33.4 33.7
1980 33.4 33.8
1981 33.5 33.9
1982 33.6 34.1
1983 33.8 34.4
1984 34 34.7
1985 34.2 35
1986 34.4 35.4
1987 34.7 35.7
1988 35 36.1
1989 35.3 36.5
1990 35.6 36.8
1991 36 37.1
1992 36.4 37.5
1993 36.9 37.8
1994 37.3 38.2
1995 37.8 38.5
1996 38.2 38.9
1997 38.6 39.2
1998 38.9 39.5
1999 39.2 39.8
2000 39.6 40.1
2001 39.9 40.3
2002 40.2 40.5
2003 40.5 40.7
2004 40.7 40.9
2005 40.9 41.1
2006 41.2 41.3
2007 41.4 41.5
2008 41.6 41.7
2009 41.8 41.9
2010 41.9 42.1
2011 42.2 42.4
2012 42.5 42.6
2013 42.7 42.8
2014 43 43
2015 43.3 43.3
2016 43.7 43.5
2017 44.2 43.7
2018 44.6 44
2019 45 44.2
2020 45.2 44.4
2021 45.4 44.5
2022 45.6 44.7
2023 45.8 44.9
2024 46 45.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Serbia
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$76.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
43.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
3.4%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
2.85%
2023
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
32,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-2.77%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
7.24%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
58.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
23.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
24.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.4%
2022
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
$4.06B
2011
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$30.5B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$5.68B
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
446,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
5.58%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
83.3%
2024

Energy

Croatia Serbia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
2,378 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$12.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
83%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
27.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
7.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
42.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
5,090 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
35%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
32.7%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia Serbia
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.08%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
-8,132
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
57.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
62.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
35
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
1.31
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
7.5
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
134
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99.3%
2022
English speaking
57.1%
2023
55%
2025
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
87.7%
2024

Health

Croatia Serbia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$903
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$330
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
77.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0.14%
2021
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
2.84
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
11
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
5.2
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
23.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
10.5%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
39
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
39.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
7.89 liters
2019

Territory

Croatia Serbia
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
4,929 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
13,112 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
10,516 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
28,222 mi
2024

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