The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 2,857,822 people in Qatar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 2,964,497 in Qatar.
Population statistics:
- Croatia's population is 1.3 times bigger than Qatar's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Qatar is the 137th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.04% for Qatar.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +3.86% in Qatar.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Qatar has grown from 825K to 2.96M (259.2% growth).
- Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M 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 Qatar: live population counter
Croatia
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Qatar
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
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2964497
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| Population rank | 129/197 | 137/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
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2.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
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20 minutes
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| One death every |
10.2 minutes
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3.55 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
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11.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +46,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +553 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +201,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +7.6% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 1/197 |
Croatia and Qatar: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Qatar
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
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Qatar
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Croatia
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Qatar
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 36,010 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 39,680 | 0.65% | 10.2% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 44,630 | 0.71% | 12.5% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 50,380 | 0.69% | 12.9% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 56,867 | 0.64% | 12.9% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 64,065 | 0.66% | 12.7% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 72,192 | 0.7% | 12.7% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 81,439 | 0.65% | 12.8% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 91,749 | 0.62% | 12.7% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 103,025 | 0.59% | 12.3% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 116,350 | 0.47% | 12.9% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 131,346 | 0.43% | 12.9% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 146,506 | 0.44% | 11.5% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 161,841 | 0.44% | 10.5% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 177,362 | 0.46% | 9.59% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 193,087 | 0.48% | 8.87% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 209,052 | 0.53% | 8.27% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 225,285 | 0.52% | 7.77% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 241,808 | 0.47% | 7.33% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 258,670 | 0.3% | 6.97% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 275,913 | 0.11% | 6.67% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 293,553 | 0.25% | 6.39% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 311,537 | 0.49% | 6.13% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 329,709 | 0.52% | 5.83% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 347,878 | 0.47% | 5.51% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 365,940 | 0.45% | 5.19% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 382,422 | 0.43% | 4.5% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 397,005 | 0.39% | 3.81% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 411,264 | 0.33% | 3.59% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 425,646 | 0.25% | 3.5% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 440,175 | 0.21% | 3.41% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 454,853 | -1.85% | 3.33% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 469,657 | -2.41% | 3.25% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 484,545 | 0.54% | 3.17% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 499,459 | 1.12% | 3.08% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 514,325 | -0.69% | 2.98% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 529,019 | -1.36% | 2.86% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 550,500 | -0.49% | 4.06% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 580,540 | -0.06% | 5.46% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 612,500 | -0.43% | 5.51% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 644,989 | -0.98% | 5.3% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 677,925 | -3.77% | 5.11% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 711,205 | 0.06% | 4.91% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 744,682 | 0.03% | 4.71% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 773,332 | 0.03% | 3.85% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 825,408 | 0.13% | 6.73% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 972,831 | 0.02% | 17.9% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 1,208,595 | -0.02% | 24.2% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 1,426,938 | -0.01% | 18.1% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 1,608,903 | -0.1% | 12.8% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 1,616,832 | -0.23% | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 1,624,761 | -0.34% | 0.49% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 1,722,438 | -0.47% | 6.01% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 1,916,426 | -0.62% | 11.3% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 2,151,745 | -0.76% | 12.3% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 2,344,557 | -1.19% | 8.96% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 2,477,113 | -1.08% | 5.65% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 2,545,820 | -1.59% | 2.77% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 2,580,734 | -1.3% | 1.37% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 2,638,657 | -0.99% | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 2,794,148 | -0.89% | 5.89% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 2,504,910 | -0.9% | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 2,657,333 | -0.6% | 6.08% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 2,656,032 | 0.1% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 2,857,822 | 0.17% | 7.6% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 2,921,065 | -0.7% | 2.21% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 2,975,134 | -0.67% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 3,019,526 | -0.65% | 1.49% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 3,057,695 | -0.63% | 1.26% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 3,092,803 | -0.63% | 1.15% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 3,125,174 | -0.64% | 1.05% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 3,156,754 | -0.65% | 1.01% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 3,189,188 | -0.65% | 1.03% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 3,222,500 | -0.64% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 3,256,691 | -0.64% | 1.06% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 3,291,711 | -0.64% | 1.08% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 3,327,585 | -0.63% | 1.09% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 3,364,333 | -0.66% | 1.1% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 3,401,906 | -0.68% | 1.12% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 3,440,293 | -0.68% | 1.13% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 3,479,439 | -0.69% | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 3,519,302 | -0.7% | 1.15% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 3,559,840 | -0.72% | 1.15% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 3,601,019 | -0.73% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 3,642,784 | -0.74% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 3,685,111 | -0.76% | 1.16% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 3,727,959 | -0.76% | 1.16% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 3,771,287 | -0.77% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 3,815,108 | -0.78% | 1.16% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 3,859,368 | -0.79% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 3,904,074 | -0.8% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Qatar
|
Croatia
|
Qatar
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 34.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 71.3:28.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 644 ppl/mi² |
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