The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 6,587,202 people in Serbia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 6,541,064 in Serbia.
Population statistics:
- Serbia's population is 1.7 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Serbia is the 110th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.08% for Serbia.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs -0.76% in Serbia.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Serbia has declined from 7.44M to 6.54M (12.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.8% of the population in Croatia and 32.5% in Serbia.
Croatia vs Serbia: live population counter
Croatia
|
Serbia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
|
6541064
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 110/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
|
14.6 minutes
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
8.63 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
5.4 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
1.08 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -8,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | -99 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | -35,981 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | -0.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 186/197 |
Croatia and Serbia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Serbia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Serbia
|
Croatia
|
Serbia
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 6,638,992 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 6,689,077 | 0.65% | 0.75% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 6,740,264 | 0.71% | 0.77% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 6,787,950 | 0.69% | 0.71% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 6,832,855 | 0.64% | 0.66% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 6,876,624 | 0.66% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 6,927,969 | 0.7% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 6,966,522 | 0.65% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 7,007,586 | 0.62% | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 7,123,249 | 0.59% | 1.65% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 7,164,993 | 0.47% | 0.59% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 7,211,716 | 0.43% | 0.65% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 7,252,012 | 0.44% | 0.56% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 7,283,902 | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 7,326,043 | 0.46% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 7,368,717 | 0.48% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 7,418,973 | 0.53% | 0.68% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 7,462,783 | 0.52% | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 7,504,017 | 0.47% | 0.55% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 7,541,997 | 0.3% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 7,709,544 | 0.11% | 2.22% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 7,736,787 | 0.25% | 0.35% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 7,763,335 | 0.49% | 0.34% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 7,788,100 | 0.52% | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 7,813,549 | 0.47% | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 7,835,902 | 0.45% | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 7,853,824 | 0.43% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 7,868,027 | 0.39% | 0.18% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 7,884,218 | 0.33% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 7,893,787 | 0.25% | 0.12% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 7,897,937 | 0.21% | 0.05% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 7,595,636 | -1.85% | -3.83% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 7,604,063 | -2.41% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 7,614,328 | 0.54% | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 7,622,711 | 1.12% | 0.11% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 7,628,264 | -0.69% | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 7,622,185 | -1.36% | -0.08% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 7,598,538 | -0.49% | -0.31% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 7,567,745 | -0.06% | -0.41% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 7,540,401 | -0.43% | -0.36% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 7,516,346 | -0.98% | -0.32% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 7,503,433 | -3.77% | -0.17% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 7,500,031 | 0.06% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 7,480,591 | 0.03% | -0.26% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 7,463,157 | 0.03% | -0.23% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 7,440,769 | 0.13% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 7,411,569 | 0.02% | -0.39% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 7,381,579 | -0.02% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 7,350,222 | -0.01% | -0.42% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 7,320,807 | -0.1% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 7,291,436 | -0.23% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 7,236,519 | -0.34% | -0.75% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 7,201,497 | -0.47% | -0.48% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 7,166,553 | -0.62% | -0.49% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 7,131,787 | -0.76% | -0.49% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 7,095,383 | -1.19% | -0.51% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 7,058,322 | -1.08% | -0.52% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 7,020,858 | -1.59% | -0.53% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 6,982,604 | -1.3% | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 6,945,235 | -0.99% | -0.54% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 6,899,126 | -0.89% | -0.66% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 6,834,326 | -0.9% | -0.94% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 6,664,449 | -0.6% | -2.49% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 6,623,183 | 0.1% | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 6,587,202 | 0.17% | -0.54% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 6,541,064 | -0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 6,495,033 | -0.67% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 6,451,587 | -0.65% | -0.67% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 6,407,523 | -0.63% | -0.68% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 6,363,135 | -0.63% | -0.69% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 6,318,273 | -0.64% | -0.71% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 6,272,974 | -0.65% | -0.72% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 6,227,395 | -0.65% | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 6,181,396 | -0.64% | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 6,135,163 | -0.64% | -0.75% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 6,088,832 | -0.64% | -0.76% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 6,042,364 | -0.63% | -0.76% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 5,995,710 | -0.66% | -0.77% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 5,948,872 | -0.68% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 5,901,891 | -0.68% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 5,855,009 | -0.69% | -0.79% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 5,808,317 | -0.7% | -0.8% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 5,761,829 | -0.72% | -0.8% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 5,715,931 | -0.73% | -0.8% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 5,670,687 | -0.74% | -0.79% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 5,625,991 | -0.76% | -0.79% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 5,581,867 | -0.76% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 5,538,323 | -0.77% | -0.78% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 5,495,303 | -0.78% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 5,452,676 | -0.79% | -0.78% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 5,410,466 | -0.8% | -0.77% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Serbia lost 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Serbia's population decreased by -554,319 (a 7.81% decline).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Serbia was ranked 96th in 2005 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Serbia
|
Croatia
|
Serbia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 47.4:52.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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