The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 11,427,557 people in the Dominican Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 11,591,984 in the Dominican Republic.
Population statistics:
- The Dominican Republic's population is 3.02 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while the Dominican Republic is the 84th.
- The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.14% for the Dominican Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.04% in the Dominican Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while the Dominican Republic has grown from 9.23M to 11.6M (25.7% growth).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M 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 Dominican Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
3839202
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11591984
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 84/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
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5.46 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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2.59 minutes
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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7.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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15.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -34,806 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +264 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +96,292 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 114/197 |
Croatia and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 3,268,336 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 3,373,233 | 0.65% | 3.21% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 3,479,936 | 0.71% | 3.16% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 3,588,287 | 0.69% | 3.11% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 3,698,559 | 0.64% | 3.07% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 3,808,963 | 0.66% | 2.99% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 3,921,847 | 0.7% | 2.96% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 4,038,928 | 0.65% | 2.99% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 4,157,189 | 0.62% | 2.93% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 4,277,035 | 0.59% | 2.88% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 4,399,290 | 0.47% | 2.86% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 4,524,234 | 0.43% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 4,651,883 | 0.44% | 2.82% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 4,782,227 | 0.44% | 2.8% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 4,914,197 | 0.46% | 2.76% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 5,046,776 | 0.48% | 2.7% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 5,180,404 | 0.53% | 2.65% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 5,315,443 | 0.52% | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 5,451,882 | 0.47% | 2.57% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 5,589,690 | 0.3% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 5,729,037 | 0.11% | 2.49% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 5,868,453 | 0.25% | 2.43% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 6,007,114 | 0.49% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 6,147,248 | 0.52% | 2.33% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 6,289,040 | 0.47% | 2.31% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 6,430,404 | 0.45% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 6,571,208 | 0.43% | 2.19% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 6,712,515 | 0.39% | 2.15% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 6,855,734 | 0.33% | 2.13% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 7,002,295 | 0.25% | 2.14% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 7,151,166 | 0.21% | 2.13% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 7,299,853 | -1.85% | 2.08% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 7,447,474 | -2.41% | 2.02% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 7,594,572 | 0.54% | 1.98% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 7,741,694 | 1.12% | 1.94% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 7,888,115 | -0.69% | 1.89% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 8,032,894 | -1.36% | 1.84% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 8,174,078 | -0.49% | 1.76% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 8,310,362 | -0.06% | 1.67% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 8,446,208 | -0.43% | 1.63% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 8,584,190 | -0.98% | 1.63% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 8,720,283 | -3.77% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 8,852,235 | 0.06% | 1.51% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 8,980,620 | 0.03% | 1.45% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 9,104,892 | 0.03% | 1.38% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 9,225,034 | 0.13% | 1.32% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 9,341,183 | 0.02% | 1.26% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 9,455,658 | -0.02% | 1.23% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 9,573,130 | -0.01% | 1.24% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 9,695,265 | -0.1% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 9,820,175 | -0.23% | 1.29% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 9,945,621 | -0.34% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 10,070,411 | -0.47% | 1.25% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 10,193,833 | -0.62% | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 10,315,528 | -0.76% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 10,434,829 | -1.19% | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 10,551,430 | -1.08% | 1.12% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 10,666,843 | -1.59% | 1.09% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 10,782,053 | -1.3% | 1.08% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 10,894,043 | -0.99% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 11,008,300 | -0.89% | 1.05% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 11,123,476 | -0.9% | 1.05% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 11,230,734 | -0.6% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 11,331,265 | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 11,427,557 | 0.17% | 0.85% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 11,520,480 | -0.7% | 0.81% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 11,609,496 | -0.67% | 0.77% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 11,695,935 | -0.65% | 0.74% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 11,779,929 | -0.63% | 0.72% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 11,860,814 | -0.63% | 0.69% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 11,938,853 | -0.64% | 0.66% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 12,014,148 | -0.65% | 0.63% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 12,086,669 | -0.65% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 12,156,523 | -0.64% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 12,224,121 | -0.64% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 12,289,431 | -0.64% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 12,352,228 | -0.63% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 12,412,542 | -0.66% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 12,470,656 | -0.68% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 12,526,156 | -0.68% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 12,579,320 | -0.69% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 12,630,679 | -0.7% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 12,680,019 | -0.72% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 12,727,289 | -0.73% | 0.37% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 12,772,651 | -0.74% | 0.36% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 12,816,003 | -0.76% | 0.34% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 12,856,883 | -0.76% | 0.32% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 12,895,158 | -0.77% | 0.3% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 12,931,165 | -0.78% | 0.28% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 12,964,841 | -0.79% | 0.26% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 12,996,290 | -0.8% | 0.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th 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 the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Zagreb | 767K |
| Split | 161K |
| Rijeka | 108K |
| Osijek | 96.3K |
| Zadar | 70.8K |
| Velika Gorica | 61.1K |
| Pula | 52.2K |
| Slavonski Brod | 49.9K |
| Karlovac | 49.4K |
| Sibenik | 42.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.34M |
| Santo Domingo | 1.13M |
| Puerto Plata | 338K |
| La Vega | 282K |
| Higuey | 251K |
| San Cristobal | 233K |
| San Pedro de Macoris | 217K |
| San Francisco de Macoris | 188K |
| San Juan de la Maguana | 169K |
| Bonao | 158K |
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Population differences between Croatia and the Dominican Republic
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| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 74 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 29 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 2.24 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 614 ppl/mi² |
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