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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	Montenegro	Croatia	Montenegro
1960	4,140,181	480,579	-	-
1961	4,167,292	491,140	0.65%	2.2%
1962	4,196,712	502,558	0.71%	2.32%
1963	4,225,675	513,409	0.69%	2.16%
1964	4,252,876	521,753	0.64%	1.63%
1965	4,280,923	526,327	0.66%	0.88%
1966	4,310,701	526,419	0.7%	0.02%
1967	4,338,683	522,796	0.65%	-0.69%
1968	4,365,628	517,481	0.62%	-1.02%
1969	4,391,490	513,340	0.59%	-0.8%
1970	4,412,252	512,407	0.47%	-0.18%
1971	4,431,275	515,449	0.43%	0.59%
1972	4,450,564	521,785	0.44%	1.23%
1973	4,470,161	530,220	0.44%	1.62%
1974	4,490,660	538,902	0.46%	1.64%
1975	4,512,082	546,487	0.48%	1.41%
1976	4,535,934	552,562	0.53%	1.11%
1977	4,559,571	557,576	0.52%	0.91%
1978	4,581,085	562,065	0.47%	0.81%
1979	4,594,778	566,888	0.3%	0.86%
1980	4,599,782	572,608	0.11%	1.01%
1981	4,611,509	579,445	0.25%	1.19%
1982	4,634,234	587,001	0.49%	1.3%
1983	4,658,254	594,506	0.52%	1.28%
1984	4,680,285	600,884	0.47%	1.07%
1985	4,701,417	605,398	0.45%	0.75%
1986	4,721,446	607,711	0.43%	0.38%
1987	4,739,745	608,144	0.39%	0.07%
1988	4,755,207	607,413	0.33%	-0.12%
1989	4,767,260	606,571	0.25%	-0.14%
1990	4,777,368	606,372	0.21%	-0.03%
1991	4,689,022	607,105	-1.85%	0.12%
1992	4,575,818	608,516	-2.41%	0.23%
1993	4,600,463	610,170	0.54%	0.27%
1994	4,652,024	611,389	1.12%	0.2%
1995	4,620,030	611,712	-0.69%	0.05%
1996	4,557,097	611,003	-1.36%	-0.12%
1997	4,534,920	609,520	-0.49%	-0.24%
1998	4,532,135	607,662	-0.06%	-0.3%
1999	4,512,597	606,001	-0.43%	-0.27%
2000	4,468,302	604,950	-0.98%	-0.17%
2001	4,299,642	607,389	-3.77%	0.4%
2002	4,302,174	609,828	0.06%	0.4%
2003	4,303,399	612,267	0.03%	0.4%
2004	4,304,600	613,353	0.03%	0.18%
2005	4,310,145	614,261	0.13%	0.15%
2006	4,311,159	615,025	0.02%	0.12%
2007	4,310,217	615,875	-0.02%	0.14%
2008	4,309,705	616,969	-0.01%	0.18%
2009	4,305,181	618,294	-0.1%	0.21%
2010	4,295,427	619,428	-0.23%	0.18%
2011	4,280,622	620,345	-0.34%	0.15%
2012	4,260,368	621,418	-0.47%	0.17%
2013	4,233,922	622,587	-0.62%	0.19%
2014	4,201,598	623,744	-0.76%	0.19%
2015	4,151,725	624,651	-1.19%	0.15%
2016	4,106,867	625,353	-1.08%	0.11%
2017	4,041,407	625,982	-1.59%	0.1%
2018	3,988,775	626,438	-1.3%	0.07%
2019	3,949,390	626,753	-0.99%	0.05%
2020	3,914,206	626,590	-0.89%	-0.03%
2021	3,878,981	625,053	-0.9%	-0.25%
2022	3,855,641	623,591	-0.6%	-0.23%
2023	3,859,686	623,529	0.1%	-0.01%
2024	3,866,200	623,525	0.17%	-0.001%
2025	3,839,102	617,905	-0.7%	-0.9%
2026	3,813,345	611,567	-0.67%	-1.03%
2027	3,788,411	608,272	-0.65%	-0.54%
2028	3,764,412	604,984	-0.63%	-0.54%
2029	3,740,768	601,622	-0.63%	-0.56%
2030	3,716,995	598,207	-0.64%	-0.57%
2031	3,692,964	594,755	-0.65%	-0.58%
2032	3,668,796	591,217	-0.65%	-0.59%
2033	3,645,158	587,611	-0.64%	-0.61%
2034	3,621,729	583,943	-0.64%	-0.62%
2035	3,598,724	580,218	-0.64%	-0.64%
2036	3,575,930	576,430	-0.63%	-0.65%
2037	3,552,378	572,608	-0.66%	-0.66%
2038	3,528,291	568,748	-0.68%	-0.67%
2039	3,504,229	564,870	-0.68%	-0.68%
2040	3,480,092	560,978	-0.69%	-0.69%
2041	3,455,620	557,071	-0.7%	-0.7%
2042	3,430,837	553,158	-0.72%	-0.7%
2043	3,405,931	549,216	-0.73%	-0.71%
2044	3,380,593	545,240	-0.74%	-0.72%
2045	3,355,044	541,244	-0.76%	-0.73%
2046	3,329,650	537,224	-0.76%	-0.74%
2047	3,304,087	533,149	-0.77%	-0.76%
2048	3,278,267	529,052	-0.78%	-0.77%
2049	3,252,449	524,950	-0.79%	-0.78%
2050	3,226,539	520,801	-0.8%	-0.79%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Montenegro gained 10,328 people (a 1.68% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Montenegro's population decreased by -13,786 (a 2.2% decline).

Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2006 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 14.8% to 520,801 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.