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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Croatia Liechtenstein
Current population
3839202
40646
Population rank 129/197 190/197
Percent of world population 0.05% 0.0005%
One net population change
1.32 hours
1.05 days
One birth every
16.4 minutes
1.01 days
One death every
10.2 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
1.69 hours
1.77 days
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

Croatia
Population

Growth rate
Liechtenstein
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Croatia Liechtenstein Croatia Liechtenstein
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.

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