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Population in Croatia compared to Kazakhstan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 20,592,571 people in Kazakhstan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 21,036,432 in Kazakhstan.

Population statistics:

  • Kazakhstan's population is 5.48 times bigger than Croatia's.
  • Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Kazakhstan is the 65th.
  • The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.25% for Kazakhstan.
  • For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.46% in Kazakhstan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Kazakhstan has grown from 16M to 21M (31.7% growth).
  • Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M 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 Kazakhstan: live population counter

Croatia Kazakhstan
Current population
3839202
21036432
Population rank 129/197 65/197
Percent of world population 0.05% 0.25%
One net population change
1.32 hours
2 minutes
One birth every
16.4 minutes
1.28 minutes
One death every
10.2 minutes
3.85 minutes
One migration net change every
1.69 hours
1.19 hours
Annual migration change -5,186 -7,368
Daily growth/decline +18 +719
Annual growth/decline +6,614 +262,467
Annual growth/decline rate +0.17% +1.29%
Population growth rate rank 155/197 84/197

Croatia and Kazakhstan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Croatia
Population

Growth rate
Kazakhstan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Croatia Kazakhstan Croatia Kazakhstan
1960 4,140,181 9,429,981 - -
1961 4,167,292 9,742,085 0.65% 3.31%
1962 4,196,712 10,058,928 0.71% 3.25%
1963 4,225,675 10,377,466 0.69% 3.17%
1964 4,252,876 10,690,309 0.64% 3.01%
1965 4,280,923 10,993,183 0.66% 2.83%
1966 4,310,701 11,288,989 0.7% 2.69%
1967 4,338,683 11,584,428 0.65% 2.62%
1968 4,365,628 11,879,182 0.62% 2.54%
1969 4,391,490 12,156,212 0.59% 2.33%
1970 4,412,252 12,419,057 0.47% 2.16%
1971 4,431,275 12,684,813 0.43% 2.14%
1972 4,450,564 12,951,798 0.44% 2.1%
1973 4,470,161 13,208,121 0.44% 1.98%
1974 4,490,660 13,454,570 0.46% 1.87%
1975 4,512,082 13,700,843 0.48% 1.83%
1976 4,535,934 13,998,738 0.53% 2.17%
1977 4,559,571 14,353,265 0.52% 2.53%
1978 4,581,085 14,711,497 0.47% 2.5%
1979 4,594,778 14,978,696 0.3% 1.82%
1980 4,599,782 15,152,949 0.11% 1.16%
1981 4,611,509 15,323,082 0.25% 1.12%
1982 4,634,234 15,492,595 0.49% 1.11%
1983 4,658,254 15,665,551 0.52% 1.12%
1984 4,680,285 15,844,621 0.47% 1.14%
1985 4,701,417 16,031,090 0.45% 1.18%
1986 4,721,446 16,262,702 0.43% 1.44%
1987 4,739,745 16,527,715 0.39% 1.63%
1988 4,755,207 16,781,168 0.33% 1.53%
1989 4,767,260 16,997,013 0.25% 1.29%
1990 4,777,368 17,154,054 0.21% 0.92%
1991 4,689,022 17,278,600 -1.85% 0.73%
1992 4,575,818 17,332,625 -2.41% 0.31%
1993 4,600,463 17,274,487 0.54% -0.34%
1994 4,652,024 17,043,771 1.12% -1.34%
1995 4,620,030 16,730,536 -0.69% -1.84%
1996 4,557,097 16,416,027 -1.36% -1.88%
1997 4,534,920 16,043,251 -0.49% -2.27%
1998 4,532,135 15,647,785 -0.06% -2.46%
1999 4,512,597 15,455,874 -0.43% -1.23%
2000 4,468,302 15,501,103 -0.98% 0.29%
2001 4,299,642 15,575,550 -3.77% 0.48%
2002 4,302,174 15,656,677 0.06% 0.52%
2003 4,303,399 15,747,380 0.03% 0.58%
2004 4,304,600 15,850,159 0.03% 0.65%
2005 4,310,145 15,968,117 0.13% 0.74%
2006 4,311,159 16,103,716 0.02% 0.85%
2007 4,310,217 16,257,214 -0.02% 0.95%
2008 4,309,705 16,426,525 -0.01% 1.04%
2009 4,305,181 16,619,846 -0.1% 1.18%
2010 4,295,427 16,836,810 -0.23% 1.31%
2011 4,280,622 17,066,002 -0.34% 1.36%
2012 4,260,368 17,306,106 -0.47% 1.41%
2013 4,233,922 17,556,502 -0.62% 1.45%
2014 4,201,598 17,816,285 -0.76% 1.48%
2015 4,151,725 18,084,169 -1.19% 1.5%
2016 4,106,867 18,363,600 -1.08% 1.55%
2017 4,041,407 18,651,931 -1.59% 1.57%
2018 3,988,775 18,932,727 -1.3% 1.51%
2019 3,949,390 19,209,555 -0.99% 1.46%
2020 3,914,206 19,482,117 -0.89% 1.42%
2021 3,878,981 19,743,603 -0.9% 1.34%
2022 3,855,641 20,034,609 -0.6% 1.47%
2023 3,859,686 20,330,104 0.1% 1.47%
2024 3,866,300 20,592,571 0.17% 1.29%
2025 3,839,202 20,843,753 -0.7% 1.22%
2026 3,813,444 21,083,619 -0.67% 1.15%
2027 3,788,509 21,316,177 -0.65% 1.1%
2028 3,764,509 21,547,638 -0.63% 1.09%
2029 3,740,864 21,777,008 -0.63% 1.06%
2030 3,717,091 22,003,192 -0.64% 1.04%
2031 3,693,060 22,227,045 -0.65% 1.02%
2032 3,668,891 22,452,639 -0.65% 1.01%
2033 3,645,252 22,679,377 -0.64% 1.01%
2034 3,621,822 22,903,209 -0.64% 0.99%
2035 3,598,817 23,125,951 -0.64% 0.97%
2036 3,576,022 23,349,072 -0.63% 0.96%
2037 3,552,470 23,571,233 -0.66% 0.95%
2038 3,528,382 23,793,387 -0.68% 0.94%
2039 3,504,319 24,017,887 -0.68% 0.94%
2040 3,480,182 24,246,822 -0.69% 0.95%
2041 3,455,709 24,477,612 -0.7% 0.95%
2042 3,430,926 24,707,974 -0.72% 0.94%
2043 3,406,019 24,941,020 -0.73% 0.94%
2044 3,380,680 25,175,225 -0.74% 0.94%
2045 3,355,131 25,409,749 -0.76% 0.93%
2046 3,329,736 25,642,870 -0.76% 0.92%
2047 3,304,173 25,875,743 -0.77% 0.91%
2048 3,278,352 26,106,834 -0.78% 0.89%
2049 3,252,533 26,328,898 -0.79% 0.85%
2050 3,226,623 26,544,261 -0.8% 0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Kazakhstan gained 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Kazakhstan's population increased by 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd in 2005 and ranked 65th 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 Kazakhstan will increase by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people and rank change from 65th to 64th.

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