The current population of Croatia is 3,813,345 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 3,866,200 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (-11.5% decline in 20 years).
- Croatia's population peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and has been in decline since.
- For the last 20 years, Croatia has had an average decline rate of -0.58% per year.
- Croatia accounts for 0.05% of the world's population.
- Croatia is ranked 129/197 by population and was ranked 120th in 2006.
- The UN estimates that Croatia's population is going to decline by -15.4% to 3.23M people by 2050.
Croatia population clock
Croatia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | N/A |
Croatia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 0.65% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 0.71% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 0.69% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 0.64% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 0.66% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 0.7% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 0.65% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 0.62% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 0.47% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 0.44% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 0.46% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 0.53% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 0.47% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 0.25% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 0.49% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 0.52% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 0.47% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 0.45% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 0.43% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 0.39% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 0.33% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 0.25% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 0.21% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | -1.85% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | -2.41% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 0.54% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | -0.69% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | -1.36% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | -0.49% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | -0.06% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | -0.43% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | -0.98% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | -3.77% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 0.03% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 0.13% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 0.02% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | -0.02% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | -0.34% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | -0.47% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | -0.62% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | -0.76% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | -1.19% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | -1.08% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | -1.59% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | -0.99% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | -0.89% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 0.17% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | -0.67% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | -0.65% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | -0.63% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | -0.63% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | -0.64% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | -0.65% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | -0.64% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | -0.63% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | -0.68% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | -0.68% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | -0.69% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | -0.7% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | -0.72% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | -0.73% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | -0.76% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | -0.76% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | -0.77% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | -0.79% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | -0.8% |
Croatia has a population of 3.81M as of 2026, compared to 4.11M in 2016, 4.31M in 2006, and 4.56M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.71% per year. Croatia is ranked 187th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Croatia will have 3,329,650 people (-12.7% decline) with a rank change from 129th to 136th.
By the year 2100, Croatia's population is projected to decline by 44% to 2.14M people.
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Croatia population statistics
|
Croatia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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