The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Yemen's population is 11.1 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 0.56% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
- Yemen is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 110M 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 Yemen: live population counter
Croatia
|
Yemen
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
|
42727988
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
|
26.4 seconds
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
22.7 seconds
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
50.1 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 14/197 |
Croatia and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Yemen
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Yemen
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Croatia
|
Yemen
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 5,655,232 | 0.65% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 5,782,221 | 0.71% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 5,911,135 | 0.69% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 6,048,006 | 0.64% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 6,195,593 | 0.66% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 6,351,494 | 0.7% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 6,516,444 | 0.65% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 6,690,524 | 0.62% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 6,875,859 | 0.59% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 7,065,279 | 0.47% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 7,257,462 | 0.43% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 7,460,068 | 0.44% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 7,672,796 | 0.44% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 7,896,783 | 0.46% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 8,133,598 | 0.48% | 3% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 8,384,113 | 0.53% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 8,648,222 | 0.52% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 8,926,586 | 0.47% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 9,224,194 | 0.3% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 9,543,358 | 0.11% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 9,882,362 | 0.25% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 10,241,006 | 0.49% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 10,621,499 | 0.52% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 11,025,597 | 0.47% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 11,453,825 | 0.45% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 11,901,040 | 0.43% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 12,369,912 | 0.39% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 12,859,708 | 0.33% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 13,364,174 | 0.25% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 13,887,862 | 0.21% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 14,430,201 | -1.85% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 14,989,494 | -2.41% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 15,563,914 | 0.54% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 16,149,147 | 1.12% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 16,740,058 | -0.69% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 17,313,177 | -1.36% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 17,873,936 | -0.49% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 18,446,013 | -0.06% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 19,029,420 | -0.43% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 19,624,141 | -0.98% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 20,226,147 | -3.77% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 20,835,086 | 0.06% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 21,456,379 | 0.03% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 22,095,167 | 0.03% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 22,790,085 | 0.13% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 23,543,083 | 0.02% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 24,318,082 | -0.02% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 25,111,941 | -0.01% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 25,927,724 | -0.1% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 26,754,387 | -0.23% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 27,582,897 | -0.34% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 28,433,647 | -0.47% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 29,312,952 | -0.62% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 30,226,309 | -0.76% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 31,159,379 | -1.19% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 32,109,010 | -1.08% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 33,090,921 | -1.59% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 34,085,182 | -1.3% | 3% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 35,111,408 | -0.99% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 36,134,863 | -0.89% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 37,140,230 | -0.9% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 38,222,876 | -0.6% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 39,390,799 | 0.1% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 40,583,164 | 0.17% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 41,773,871 | -0.7% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 42,961,650 | -0.67% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 44,145,620 | -0.65% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 45,323,685 | -0.63% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 46,497,573 | -0.63% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 47,667,649 | -0.64% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 48,827,503 | -0.65% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 49,979,089 | -0.65% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 51,129,867 | -0.64% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 52,279,989 | -0.64% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 53,429,308 | -0.64% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 54,578,046 | -0.63% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 55,724,259 | -0.66% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 56,872,152 | -0.68% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 58,024,713 | -0.68% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 59,181,514 | -0.69% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 60,345,667 | -0.7% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 61,517,965 | -0.72% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 62,696,517 | -0.73% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 63,880,172 | -0.74% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 65,066,344 | -0.76% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 66,253,578 | -0.76% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 67,438,796 | -0.77% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 68,620,844 | -0.78% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 69,799,794 | -0.79% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 70,976,389 | -0.8% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Yemen
|
Croatia
|
Yemen
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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