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Croatia vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 123rd vs. 117th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia UAE
Population
3839202
11372700
Population rank 129/197 86/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$537B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 29/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$49,378
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 24/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$77,959
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$172B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
32.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$15,857
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 39/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$40,921
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
27,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
397 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
32.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Croatia and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Croatia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP
Croatia UAE
1970 - $685,986,701
1971 - $939,893,600
1972 - $1,415,086,929
1973 - $4,231,243,616
1974 - $11,651,505,689
1975 - $14,720,728,249
1976 - $19,213,158,779
1977 - $24,871,775,165
1978 - $23,775,764,225
1979 - $31,225,659,621
1980 - $43,599,160,050
1981 - $49,333,424,135
1982 - $46,622,718,605
1983 - $42,803,323,345
1984 - $41,807,954,236
1985 - $40,603,650,232
1986 - $33,943,612,095
1987 - $36,384,908,744
1988 - $36,275,674,203
1989 - $41,464,995,914
1990 $25,650,213,280 $50,701,443,748
1991 $18,760,386,775 $51,552,165,622
1992 $10,621,169,291 $54,239,171,888
1993 $11,259,647,874 $55,625,170,253
1994 $15,062,911,617 $59,305,093,980
1995 $22,772,394,547 $65,743,666,576
1996 $24,150,978,347 $73,571,233,996
1997 $24,175,764,812 $78,839,008,445
1998 $25,890,228,430 $75,674,336,283
1999 $23,777,026,779 $84,445,473,111
2000 $22,134,411,297 $104,337,372,362
2001 $23,066,883,850 $103,311,640,572
2002 $26,757,722,429 $109,816,201,498
2003 $35,245,317,002 $124,346,358,067
2004 $41,836,292,157 $147,824,370,320
2005 $45,013,119,282 $180,617,467,965
2006 $49,590,197,657 $222,116,541,865
2007 $59,298,265,770 $257,916,133,424
2008 $68,478,776,206 $315,474,615,739
2009 $62,321,642,125 $253,547,358,747
2010 $58,981,738,869 $300,189,052,689
2011 $62,903,737,380 $360,832,739,551
2012 $57,551,963,753 $384,610,125,391
2013 $59,852,401,272 $400,218,529,748
2014 $59,612,144,078 $414,105,366,753
2015 $51,005,200,670 $370,275,469,571
2016 $52,654,855,638 $369,255,326,236
2017 $56,186,190,438 $390,516,804,030
2018 $61,668,130,123 $427,049,432,158
2019 $61,467,582,194 $417,989,721,743
2020 $57,963,370,885 $349,473,015,330
2021 $69,006,802,299 $415,178,792,757
2022 $71,198,635,102 $502,731,935,194
2023 $84,393,795,502 $514,130,432,648
2024 $92,526,176,109 $537,078,829,135

Croatia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP per capita
Croatia UAE
1970 - $2,394
1971 - $2,805
1972 - $3,675
1973 - $9,696
1974 - $23,823
1975 - $27,117
1976 - $31,197
1977 - $35,020
1978 - $29,379
1979 - $34,238
1980 - $42,925
1981 - $44,854
1982 - $39,972
1983 - $34,650
1984 - $32,012
1985 - $29,468
1986 - $23,132
1987 - $23,113
1988 - $21,570
1989 - $23,167
1990 $5,369 $26,710
1991 $4,001 $25,691
1992 $2,321 $25,648
1993 $2,448 $25,033
1994 $3,238 $25,473
1995 $4,929 $27,003
1996 $5,300 $28,323
1997 $5,331 $27,983
1998 $5,713 $24,889
1999 $5,269 $25,856
2000 $4,954 $29,866
2001 $5,365 $27,745
2002 $6,220 $27,754
2003 $8,190 $29,660
2004 $9,719 $33,377
2005 $10,444 $38,719
2006 $11,503 $44,343
2007 $13,758 $45,855
2008 $15,889 $50,054
2009 $14,476 $37,803
2010 $13,731 $43,697
2011 $14,695 $50,789
2012 $13,509 $52,034
2013 $14,136 $52,024
2014 $14,188 $51,381
2015 $12,285 $43,535
2016 $12,821 $41,326
2017 $13,903 $42,341
2018 $15,460 $45,690
2019 $15,564 $44,251
2020 $14,808 $37,174
2021 $17,790 $43,360
2022 $18,466 $49,899
2023 $21,865 $49,041
2024 $23,931 $49,378

Croatia vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia UAE
1950 58.5 42.1
1951 59 42.9
1952 59.8 43.6
1953 61.5 44.4
1954 62.2 45.2
1955 63.1 46
1956 63.6 46.9
1957 64.4 47.8
1958 65 48.8
1959 65.5 49.7
1960 65.9 50.7
1961 66.5 51.6
1962 67.3 52.5
1963 67.6 53.5
1964 68 54.5
1965 68.5 55.5
1966 68.9 56.6
1967 69 57.6
1968 68.9 58.7
1969 69 59.8
1970 69.2 60.8
1971 69.4 61.8
1972 69.8 62.7
1973 70.1 63.5
1974 70.6 64.4
1975 71 65.1
1976 71.4 65.8
1977 71.4 66.5
1978 71.3 67.1
1979 71.1 67.6
1980 71 68.2
1981 70.9 68.6
1982 70.7 69.1
1983 70.7 69.4
1984 71 69.8
1985 71.5 70.1
1986 71.8 70.4
1987 71.9 70.6
1988 72.2 70.8
1989 72.5 71
1990 72.2 71.1
1991 70.6 71.1
1992 71.7 71.2
1993 72.3 71.2
1994 72.6 71.2
1995 72.6 71.4
1996 73 71.8
1997 73 72.6
1998 73.2 73.7
1999 73.6 75
2000 74 76.3
2001 74.4 77.6
2002 74.6 78.7
2003 74.7 79.6
2004 75.3 80.3
2005 75.6 80.8
2006 75.7 81.2
2007 75.9 81.4
2008 76 81.6
2009 76.3 81.7
2010 76.7 81.9
2011 77 81.9
2012 77.3 81.9
2013 77.5 82
2014 77.5 82
2015 77.6 82.1
2016 77.6 82.2
2017 77.7 82.4
2018 77.9 82.4
2019 78.2 82.6
2020 77.5 81.9
2021 77.1 79.1
2022 78.3 80.5
2023 78.6 82.9
2024 78.8 83.1
2025 78.9 83.2

Croatia and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year Population
Croatia UAE
1960 4,140,181 131,334
1961 4,167,292 137,989
1962 4,196,712 144,946
1963 4,225,675 152,211
1964 4,252,876 159,692
1965 4,280,923 167,103
1966 4,310,701 173,976
1967 4,338,683 179,700
1968 4,365,628 199,416
1969 4,391,490 239,660
1970 4,412,252 286,536
1971 4,431,275 335,027
1972 4,450,564 385,014
1973 4,470,161 436,399
1974 4,490,660 489,087
1975 4,512,082 542,856
1976 4,535,934 615,866
1977 4,559,571 710,209
1978 4,581,085 809,274
1979 4,594,778 912,010
1980 4,599,782 1,015,700
1981 4,611,509 1,099,855
1982 4,634,234 1,166,370
1983 4,658,254 1,235,305
1984 4,680,285 1,305,996
1985 4,701,417 1,377,911
1986 4,721,446 1,467,383
1987 4,739,745 1,574,244
1988 4,755,207 1,681,788
1989 4,767,260 1,789,851
1990 4,777,368 1,898,220
1991 4,689,022 2,006,626
1992 4,575,818 2,114,730
1993 4,600,463 2,222,093
1994 4,652,024 2,328,188
1995 4,620,030 2,434,662
1996 4,557,097 2,597,564
1997 4,534,920 2,817,410
1998 4,532,135 3,040,421
1999 4,512,597 3,266,009
2000 4,468,302 3,493,575
2001 4,299,642 3,723,590
2002 4,302,174 3,956,826
2003 4,303,399 4,192,457
2004 4,304,600 4,428,967
2005 4,310,145 4,664,790
2006 4,311,159 5,009,100
2007 4,310,217 5,624,635
2008 4,309,705 6,302,664
2009 4,305,181 6,707,058
2010 4,295,427 6,869,838
2011 4,280,622 7,104,538
2012 4,260,368 7,391,448
2013 4,233,922 7,693,031
2014 4,201,598 8,059,440
2015 4,151,725 8,505,237
2016 4,106,867 8,935,095
2017 4,041,407 9,223,225
2018 3,988,775 9,346,701
2019 3,949,390 9,445,785
2020 3,914,206 9,401,038
2021 3,878,981 9,575,152
2022 3,855,641 10,074,977
2023 3,859,686 10,483,751
2024 3,866,300 10,876,981

Fertility rates in Croatia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year Fertility rate
Croatia UAE
1960 2.24 6.5
1961 2.22 6.49
1962 2.19 6.49
1963 2.15 6.5
1964 2.14 6.49
1965 2.22 6.5
1966 2.23 6.5
1967 2.1 6.51
1968 2.03 6.53
1969 1.95 6.52
1970 1.88 6.52
1971 1.97 6.52
1972 2.01 6.5
1973 2.01 6.46
1974 1.98 6.41
1975 1.95 6.35
1976 1.94 6.29
1977 1.95 6.22
1978 1.96 6.15
1979 1.95 6.06
1980 1.93 5.95
1981 1.93 5.81
1982 1.9 5.66
1983 1.88 5.48
1984 1.87 5.3
1985 1.82 5.13
1986 1.76 5
1987 1.64 4.88
1988 1.79 4.77
1989 1.63 4.65
1990 1.63 4.51
1991 1.53 4.25
1992 1.48 4.09
1993 1.52 3.82
1994 1.47 3.76
1995 1.58 3.28
1996 1.67 3.06
1997 1.69 2.83
1998 1.45 2.77
1999 1.38 2.79
2000 1.39 2.73
2001 1.46 2.62
2002 1.42 2.54
2003 1.41 2.49
2004 1.43 2.38
2005 1.5 2.23
2006 1.47 1.96
2007 1.48 1.79
2008 1.47 1.52
2009 1.5 1.58
2010 1.46 1.57
2011 1.41 1.54
2012 1.52 1.53
2013 1.46 1.53
2014 1.46 1.48
2015 1.41 1.42
2016 1.43 1.37
2017 1.42 1.35
2018 1.47 1.29
2019 1.47 1.25
2020 1.48 1.29
2021 1.62 1.16
2022 1.53 1.15
2023 1.46 1.2

Croatia and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

United Arab Emirates
Year Median age, years
Croatia UAE
1960 29 19.6
1961 29.4 20.1
1962 29.7 20.6
1963 30 21
1964 30.3 21.5
1965 30.6 22
1966 30.9 22.6
1967 31.2 23.3
1968 31.5 23.5
1969 31.8 23.1
1970 32.1 23
1971 32.3 23.2
1972 32.5 23.6
1973 32.7 24.1
1974 32.8 24.7
1975 33 25.4
1976 33.1 25.6
1977 33.2 25.4
1978 33.3 25.5
1979 33.4 25.8
1980 33.4 26.2
1981 33.5 26.4
1982 33.6 26.4
1983 33.8 26.4
1984 34 26.4
1985 34.2 26.6
1986 34.4 26.5
1987 34.7 26.1
1988 35 25.9
1989 35.3 25.8
1990 35.6 25.8
1991 36 26
1992 36.4 26.4
1993 36.9 26.8
1994 37.3 27.4
1995 37.8 28
1996 38.2 28.1
1997 38.6 27.9
1998 38.9 27.9
1999 39.2 28
2000 39.6 28.2
2001 39.9 28.6
2002 40.2 29.1
2003 40.5 29.6
2004 40.7 30.3
2005 40.9 30.9
2006 41.2 31.4
2007 41.4 31.6
2008 41.6 31.6
2009 41.8 31.6
2010 41.9 31.7
2011 42.2 31.7
2012 42.5 31.7
2013 42.7 31.7
2014 43 31.8
2015 43.3 31.8
2016 43.7 31.8
2017 44.2 31.8
2018 44.6 31.8
2019 45 31.8
2020 45.2 31.8
2021 45.4 31.9
2022 45.6 31.9
2023 45.8 32.2
2024 46 32.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia UAE
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$538B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
3.89%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
5.64%
2014
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
63,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
+2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
1.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
51.6%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
47.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
20.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.8%
2018
Number of millionaires n/a
202,201
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
154
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
$1.05T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$238B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
8,084,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
85.7%
2021

Energy

Croatia UAE
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
8,336 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$8.85
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
206 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
19.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
92.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
7.24%
2022
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
-171.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
14,688 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
4.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.3%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Croatia UAE
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
+278,439
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
88%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
83.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
68
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
65
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
0.75
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
8.9
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
179
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
98.8%
2024
English speaking
57.1%
2023
65%
2025
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
100%
2024

Health

Croatia UAE
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$2,315
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$284.4
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
2.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
n/a
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
5
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
32.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
20.7%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
11
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
2.08 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia UAE
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
2,521 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
1,512 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
1,225 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
2,535 mi
2008

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