The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 5,612,817 people in Liberia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 5,855,409 in Liberia.
Population statistics:
- Liberia's population is 1.54 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Liberia is the 116th.
- The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.07% for Liberia.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +2.09% in Liberia.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Liberia has grown from 3.49M to 5.86M (67.7% growth).
- Liberia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.7M 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 Liberia: live population counter
Croatia
|
Liberia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
5855409
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 116/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
4.39 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
3.09 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
11.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
1.13 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -7,779 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +328 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +119,786 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 43/197 |
Croatia and Liberia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Liberia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Liberia
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Croatia
|
Liberia
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|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 1,139,522 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 1,167,717 | 0.65% | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 1,197,039 | 0.71% | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 1,227,414 | 0.69% | 2.54% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 1,258,745 | 0.64% | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 1,291,156 | 0.66% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 1,324,383 | 0.7% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 1,358,435 | 0.65% | 2.57% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 1,393,530 | 0.62% | 2.58% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 1,429,605 | 0.59% | 2.59% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 1,466,676 | 0.47% | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 1,504,077 | 0.43% | 2.55% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 1,542,670 | 0.44% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 1,583,588 | 0.44% | 2.65% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 1,626,362 | 0.46% | 2.7% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 1,670,913 | 0.48% | 2.74% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 1,717,060 | 0.53% | 2.76% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 1,766,019 | 0.52% | 2.85% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 1,818,247 | 0.47% | 2.96% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 1,872,713 | 0.3% | 3% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 1,929,253 | 0.11% | 3.02% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 1,986,867 | 0.25% | 2.99% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 2,045,073 | 0.49% | 2.93% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 2,107,113 | 0.52% | 3.03% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 2,173,312 | 0.47% | 3.14% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 2,240,539 | 0.45% | 3.09% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 2,308,511 | 0.43% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 2,377,229 | 0.39% | 2.98% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 2,446,941 | 0.33% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 2,517,858 | 0.25% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 2,223,667 | 0.21% | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 1,956,518 | -1.85% | -12% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 2,072,461 | -2.41% | 5.93% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 2,155,126 | 0.54% | 3.99% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 2,149,928 | 1.12% | -0.24% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 2,169,162 | -0.69% | 0.89% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 2,232,289 | -1.36% | 2.91% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 2,412,989 | -0.49% | 8.09% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 2,670,124 | -0.06% | 10.7% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 2,821,684 | -0.43% | 5.68% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 2,928,117 | -0.98% | 3.77% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 3,015,338 | -3.77% | 2.98% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 3,094,782 | 0.06% | 2.63% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 3,119,532 | 0.03% | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 3,156,892 | 0.03% | 1.2% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 3,301,015 | 0.13% | 4.57% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 3,490,787 | 0.02% | 5.75% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 3,669,050 | -0.02% | 5.11% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 3,821,003 | -0.01% | 4.14% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 3,943,028 | -0.1% | 3.19% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 4,058,890 | -0.23% | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 4,221,178 | -0.34% | 4% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 4,373,043 | -0.47% | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 4,470,239 | -0.62% | 2.22% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 4,564,293 | -0.76% | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 4,659,431 | -1.19% | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 4,755,608 | -1.08% | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 4,848,925 | -1.59% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 4,944,726 | -1.3% | 1.98% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 5,043,721 | -0.99% | 2% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 5,149,463 | -0.89% | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 5,259,323 | -0.9% | 2.13% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 5,373,294 | -0.6% | 2.17% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 5,493,031 | 0.1% | 2.23% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 5,612,817 | 0.17% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 5,731,211 | -0.7% | 2.11% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 5,853,958 | -0.67% | 2.14% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 5,986,805 | -0.65% | 2.27% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 6,118,769 | -0.63% | 2.2% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 6,245,093 | -0.63% | 2.06% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 6,366,293 | -0.64% | 1.94% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 6,486,749 | -0.65% | 1.89% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 6,614,257 | -0.65% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 6,744,927 | -0.64% | 1.98% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 6,873,688 | -0.64% | 1.91% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 7,003,567 | -0.64% | 1.89% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 7,142,326 | -0.63% | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 7,278,759 | -0.66% | 1.91% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 7,408,720 | -0.68% | 1.79% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 7,545,510 | -0.68% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 7,681,693 | -0.69% | 1.8% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 7,817,089 | -0.7% | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 7,954,182 | -0.72% | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 8,077,173 | -0.73% | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 8,194,136 | -0.74% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 8,310,657 | -0.76% | 1.42% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 8,428,924 | -0.76% | 1.42% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 8,552,033 | -0.77% | 1.46% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 8,673,963 | -0.78% | 1.43% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 8,795,838 | -0.79% | 1.41% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 8,910,539 | -0.8% | 1.3% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Liberia gained 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Liberia's population increased by 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Liberia was ranked 126th in 2006 and ranked 116th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Liberia will increase by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Croatia
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
|
Liberia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Monrovia | 1.02M |
| Sanniquellie | 47.1K |
| Kakata | 33.9K |
| Greenville | 17.6K |
| Yekepa | 11K |
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Population differences between Croatia and Liberia
|
Croatia
|
Liberia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 62.6 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 24.1 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 19.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 3.95 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 150.9 ppl/mi² |
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