The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 1,358,282 people in Cyprus in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 1,380,052 in Cyprus.
Population statistics:
- Croatia's population is 2.78 times bigger than Cyprus'.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Cyprus is the 153rd.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.02% for Cyprus.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.26% in Cyprus.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Cyprus has grown from 1.04M to 1.38M (33.2% growth).
- Cyprus is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 1.51M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Cyprus: live population counter
Croatia
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Cyprus
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
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1380052
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 153/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
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39.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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36.2 minutes
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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55.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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1.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +8,138 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +36 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +13,306 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.99% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 104/197 |
Croatia and Cyprus: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Cyprus
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 586,490 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 595,514 | 0.65% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 601,466 | 0.71% | 1% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 607,252 | 0.69% | 0.96% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 612,521 | 0.64% | 0.87% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 617,736 | 0.66% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 623,390 | 0.7% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 629,251 | 0.65% | 0.94% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 635,157 | 0.62% | 0.94% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 641,189 | 0.59% | 0.95% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 647,446 | 0.47% | 0.98% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 654,050 | 0.43% | 1.02% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 661,063 | 0.44% | 1.07% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 665,937 | 0.44% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 663,254 | 0.46% | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 659,405 | 0.48% | -0.58% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 662,032 | 0.53% | 0.4% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 667,101 | 0.52% | 0.77% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 672,249 | 0.47% | 0.77% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 677,549 | 0.3% | 0.79% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 683,076 | 0.11% | 0.82% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 688,893 | 0.25% | 0.85% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 696,497 | 0.49% | 1.1% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 707,225 | 0.52% | 1.54% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 719,334 | 0.47% | 1.71% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 731,277 | 0.45% | 1.66% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 743,105 | 0.43% | 1.62% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 754,785 | 0.39% | 1.57% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 766,235 | 0.33% | 1.52% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 777,420 | 0.25% | 1.46% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 788,351 | 0.21% | 1.41% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 798,944 | -1.85% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 810,341 | -2.41% | 1.43% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 826,034 | 0.54% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 844,667 | 1.12% | 2.26% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 862,695 | -0.69% | 2.13% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 880,290 | -1.36% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 897,568 | -0.49% | 1.96% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 914,548 | -0.06% | 1.89% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 931,234 | -0.43% | 1.82% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 947,667 | -0.98% | 1.76% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 964,127 | -3.77% | 1.74% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 981,440 | 0.06% | 1.8% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 999,590 | 0.03% | 1.85% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 1,017,875 | 0.03% | 1.83% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 1,036,151 | 0.13% | 1.8% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 1,054,418 | 0.02% | 1.76% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 1,072,714 | -0.02% | 1.74% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 1,091,026 | -0.01% | 1.71% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 1,109,371 | -0.1% | 1.68% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 1,127,816 | -0.23% | 1.66% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 1,146,493 | -0.34% | 1.66% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 1,165,397 | -0.47% | 1.65% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 1,183,895 | -0.62% | 1.59% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 1,201,801 | -0.76% | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 1,219,502 | -1.19% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 1,237,112 | -1.08% | 1.44% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 1,254,275 | -1.59% | 1.39% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 1,270,737 | -1.3% | 1.31% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 1,286,671 | -0.99% | 1.25% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 1,302,247 | -0.89% | 1.21% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 1,317,309 | -0.9% | 1.16% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 1,331,370 | -0.6% | 1.07% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 1,344,976 | 0.1% | 1.02% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 1,358,282 | 0.17% | 0.99% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 1,370,750 | -0.7% | 0.92% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 1,382,331 | -0.67% | 0.84% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 1,393,332 | -0.65% | 0.8% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 1,403,777 | -0.63% | 0.75% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 1,413,339 | -0.63% | 0.68% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 1,422,317 | -0.64% | 0.64% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 1,430,677 | -0.65% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 1,438,502 | -0.65% | 0.55% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 1,445,956 | -0.64% | 0.52% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 1,452,842 | -0.64% | 0.48% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 1,459,190 | -0.64% | 0.44% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 1,465,171 | -0.63% | 0.41% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 1,470,712 | -0.66% | 0.38% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 1,475,792 | -0.68% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 1,480,540 | -0.68% | 0.32% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 1,484,845 | -0.69% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 1,488,688 | -0.7% | 0.26% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 1,492,043 | -0.72% | 0.23% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 1,494,983 | -0.73% | 0.2% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 1,497,653 | -0.74% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 1,500,062 | -0.76% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 1,502,255 | -0.76% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 1,504,222 | -0.77% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 1,505,909 | -0.78% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 1,507,311 | -0.79% | 0.09% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 1,508,478 | -0.8% | 0.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Cyprus gained 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Cyprus' population increased by 160,550 (a 13.2% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Cyprus was ranked 153rd in 2005 and still ranked 153rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Cyprus will increase by 9.31% to 1,508,478 people and rank change from 153rd to 152nd.
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Population differences between Croatia and Cyprus
|
Croatia
|
Cyprus
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 82 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 39.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 381 ppl/mi² |
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