The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 40,197 people in Liechtenstein in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 40,646 in Liechtenstein.
Population statistics:
- Croatia's population is 94.5 times bigger than Liechtenstein's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Liechtenstein is the 190th.
- The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.0005% for Liechtenstein.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +0.76% in Liechtenstein.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Liechtenstein has grown from 34.8K to 40.6K (17% growth).
- Liechtenstein is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 43.9K 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 Liechtenstein: live population counter
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| Current population |
3839202
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40646
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 190/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.0005% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
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1.05 days
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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1.01 days
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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1.77 days
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +206 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +1 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +347 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.87% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 111/197 |
Croatia and Liechtenstein: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 16,451 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 16,877 | 0.65% | 2.59% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 17,443 | 0.71% | 3.35% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 18,093 | 0.69% | 3.73% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 18,755 | 0.64% | 3.66% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 19,195 | 0.66% | 2.35% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 19,610 | 0.7% | 2.16% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 20,175 | 0.65% | 2.88% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 20,835 | 0.62% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 21,084 | 0.59% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 21,140 | 0.47% | 0.27% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 21,600 | 0.43% | 2.18% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 22,132 | 0.44% | 2.46% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 22,785 | 0.44% | 2.95% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 23,451 | 0.46% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 23,846 | 0.48% | 1.68% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 24,058 | 0.53% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 24,442 | 0.52% | 1.6% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 25,028 | 0.47% | 2.4% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 25,575 | 0.3% | 2.19% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 25,512 | 0.11% | -0.25% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 25,673 | 0.25% | 0.63% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 26,255 | 0.49% | 2.27% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 26,446 | 0.52% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 26,596 | 0.47% | 0.57% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 26,878 | 0.45% | 1.06% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 27,238 | 0.43% | 1.34% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 27,557 | 0.39% | 1.17% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 27,948 | 0.33% | 1.42% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 28,317 | 0.25% | 1.32% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 28,742 | 0.21% | 1.5% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 29,209 | -1.85% | 1.62% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 29,627 | -2.41% | 1.43% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 30,089 | 0.54% | 1.56% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 30,470 | 1.12% | 1.27% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 30,776 | -0.69% | 1% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 31,033 | -1.36% | 0.84% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 31,232 | -0.49% | 0.64% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 31,668 | -0.06% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 32,221 | -0.43% | 1.75% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 32,645 | -0.98% | 1.32% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 33,194 | -3.77% | 1.68% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 33,694 | 0.06% | 1.51% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 34,079 | 0.03% | 1.14% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 34,447 | 0.03% | 1.08% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 34,753 | 0.13% | 0.89% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 35,037 | 0.02% | 0.82% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 35,262 | -0.02% | 0.64% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 35,473 | -0.01% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 35,742 | -0.1% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 36,022 | -0.23% | 0.78% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 36,312 | -0.34% | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 36,657 | -0.47% | 0.95% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 36,984 | -0.62% | 0.89% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 37,248 | -0.76% | 0.71% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 37,494 | -1.19% | 0.66% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 37,716 | -1.08% | 0.59% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 37,962 | -1.59% | 0.65% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 38,246 | -1.3% | 0.75% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 38,563 | -0.99% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 38,901 | -0.89% | 0.88% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 39,182 | -0.9% | 0.72% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 39,493 | -0.6% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 39,850 | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 40,197 | 0.17% | 0.87% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 40,457 | -0.7% | 0.65% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 40,693 | -0.67% | 0.58% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 40,927 | -0.65% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 41,138 | -0.63% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 41,342 | -0.63% | 0.5% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 41,538 | -0.64% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 41,729 | -0.65% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 41,901 | -0.65% | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 42,058 | -0.64% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 42,205 | -0.64% | 0.35% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 42,347 | -0.64% | 0.34% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 42,469 | -0.63% | 0.29% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 42,576 | -0.66% | 0.25% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 42,688 | -0.68% | 0.26% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 42,789 | -0.68% | 0.24% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 42,877 | -0.69% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 42,957 | -0.7% | 0.19% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 43,031 | -0.72% | 0.17% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 43,098 | -0.73% | 0.16% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 43,156 | -0.74% | 0.13% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 43,202 | -0.76% | 0.11% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 43,243 | -0.76% | 0.1% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 43,284 | -0.77% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 43,311 | -0.78% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 43,335 | -0.79% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 43,349 | -0.8% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Liechtenstein gained 2,741 people (a 7.89% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Liechtenstein's population increased by 3,152 (a 8.41% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Liechtenstein was ranked 191st in 2005 and ranked 190th 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 Liechtenstein will increase by 6.65% to 43,349 people and will still be ranked 190th.
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 |
| Schaan | 6K |
| Vaduz | 5.67K |
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Population differences between Croatia and Liechtenstein
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| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 83.9 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 43.8 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 45.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 651 ppl/mi² |
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