The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 5,572,279 people in Norway in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 5,648,774 in Norway.
Population statistics:
- Norway's population is 1.48 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Norway is the 119th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.07% for Norway.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +0.85% in Norway.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Norway has grown from 4.66M to 5.65M (21.2% growth).
- Norway is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 5.9M 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 Norway: live population counter
Croatia
|
Norway
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
5648774
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 119/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
9.98 minutes
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
10.1 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
12.1 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
11.8 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +44,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +144 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +52,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +0.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 106/197 |
Croatia and Norway: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Norway
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Norway
|
Croatia
|
Norway
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 3,581,239 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 3,609,800 | 0.65% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 3,638,918 | 0.71% | 0.81% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 3,666,537 | 0.69% | 0.76% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 3,694,339 | 0.64% | 0.76% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 3,723,168 | 0.66% | 0.78% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 3,753,012 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 3,784,539 | 0.65% | 0.84% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 3,816,486 | 0.62% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 3,847,707 | 0.59% | 0.82% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 3,875,763 | 0.47% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 3,903,039 | 0.43% | 0.7% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 3,933,004 | 0.44% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 3,960,612 | 0.44% | 0.7% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 3,985,258 | 0.46% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 4,007,313 | 0.48% | 0.55% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 4,026,152 | 0.53% | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 4,043,205 | 0.52% | 0.42% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 4,058,671 | 0.47% | 0.38% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 4,072,517 | 0.3% | 0.34% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 4,085,620 | 0.11% | 0.32% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 4,099,702 | 0.25% | 0.34% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 4,114,787 | 0.49% | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 4,128,432 | 0.52% | 0.33% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 4,140,099 | 0.47% | 0.28% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 4,152,516 | 0.45% | 0.3% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 4,167,354 | 0.43% | 0.36% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 4,186,905 | 0.39% | 0.47% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 4,209,488 | 0.33% | 0.54% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 4,226,901 | 0.25% | 0.41% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 4,241,473 | 0.21% | 0.34% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 4,261,732 | -1.85% | 0.48% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 4,286,401 | -2.41% | 0.58% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 4,311,991 | 0.54% | 0.6% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 4,336,613 | 1.12% | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 4,359,184 | -0.69% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 4,381,336 | -1.36% | 0.51% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 4,405,157 | -0.49% | 0.54% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 4,431,464 | -0.06% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 4,461,913 | -0.43% | 0.69% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 4,490,967 | -0.98% | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 4,513,751 | -3.77% | 0.51% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 4,538,159 | 0.06% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 4,564,855 | 0.03% | 0.59% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 4,591,910 | 0.03% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 4,623,291 | 0.13% | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 4,660,677 | 0.02% | 0.81% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 4,709,153 | -0.02% | 1.04% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 4,768,212 | -0.01% | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 4,828,726 | -0.1% | 1.27% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 4,889,252 | -0.23% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 4,953,088 | -0.34% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 5,018,573 | -0.47% | 1.32% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 5,079,623 | -0.62% | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 5,137,232 | -0.76% | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 5,188,607 | -1.19% | 1% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 5,234,519 | -1.08% | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 5,276,968 | -1.59% | 0.81% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 5,311,916 | -1.3% | 0.66% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 5,347,896 | -0.99% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 5,379,475 | -0.89% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 5,408,320 | -0.9% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 5,457,127 | -0.6% | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 5,519,601 | 0.1% | 1.14% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 5,572,279 | 0.17% | 0.95% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 5,618,660 | -0.7% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 5,648,550 | -0.67% | 0.53% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 5,669,092 | -0.65% | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 5,688,782 | -0.63% | 0.35% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 5,707,214 | -0.63% | 0.32% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 5,724,593 | -0.64% | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 5,741,147 | -0.65% | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 5,756,671 | -0.65% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 5,771,055 | -0.64% | 0.25% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 5,784,415 | -0.64% | 0.23% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 5,796,858 | -0.64% | 0.22% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 5,808,729 | -0.63% | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 5,820,002 | -0.66% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 5,830,612 | -0.68% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 5,840,501 | -0.68% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 5,849,280 | -0.69% | 0.15% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 5,857,353 | -0.7% | 0.14% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 5,864,774 | -0.72% | 0.13% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 5,870,964 | -0.73% | 0.11% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 5,876,299 | -0.74% | 0.09% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 5,881,399 | -0.76% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 5,885,779 | -0.76% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 5,889,164 | -0.77% | 0.06% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 5,892,138 | -0.78% | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 5,894,308 | -0.79% | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 5,895,200 | -0.8% | 0.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Norway gained 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Norway's population increased by 414,255 (a 7.91% growth).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Norway was ranked 116th in 2006 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.
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Population differences between Croatia and Norway
|
Croatia
|
Norway
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 83.8 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 41.3 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 40.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 39.6 ppl/mi² |
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