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The demographic features of the population of Croatia includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Demographics of Croatia, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

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Population

Census year Census population
1857 2 181 499
1869 2 398 292
1880 2 506 228
1890 2 854 558
1900 3 161 456
1910 3 460 584
1921 3 443 375
1931 3 785 455
1948 3 779 858
1953 3 936 022
1961 4 159 696
1971 4 426 221
1981 4 601 469
1991 4 784 265
2001 4 437 460
2011 4 290 612

Vital statistics

Croatia has a negative natural population growth rate since 1991, having completed demographic transition in the 1970s.[1] Life expectancy and literacy rates are reasonably high.

Births and deaths before WW I [2]

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1900 2 375 97 000 65 000 32 000 40.7 27.5 13.2
1901 2 432 95 000 67 000 28 000 39.2 27.4 11.8
1902 2 431 101 000 67 000 34 000 41.5 27.6 13.9
1903 2 462 97 000 66 000 31 000 39.3 26.9 12.4
1904 2 477 99 000 65 000 34 000 40.0 26.2 13.8
1905 2 493 100 000 75 000 25 000 40.1 30.1 10.0
1906 2 515 100 000 66 000 34 000 39.7 26.3 13.4
1907 2 550 100 000 65 000 35 000 39.3 25.4 13.9
1908 2 560 100 000 70 000 30 000 39.2 27.2 12.0
1909 2 588 108 000 69 000 39 000 41.7 26.7 15.0
1910 2 616 99 000 65 000 34 000 37.9 24.8 13.1
1911 2 628 95 000 69 000 26 000 36.0 26.4 9.6
1912 2 654 101 000 67 000 34 000 38.1 25.2 12.9
1913 2 663 95 000 68 000 27 000 35.7 25.5 10.2
1914 2 675 98 000 66 000 32 000 36.6 24.7 11.9

Births and deaths after WW II [3][4]

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1947 (e) 3 756 83 700 44 000 39 700 22.3 11.7 10.6
1948 (e) 3 788 89 700 47 100 42 600 23.7 12.4 11.2
1949 (e) 3 821 97 100 47 800 49 300 25.4 12.5 12.9
1947 3 756 83 700 44 000 39 700 22.3 11.7 10.6
1948 3 788 89 700 47 100 42 600 23.7 12.4 11.2
1949 3 821 97 100 47 800 49 300 25.4 12.5 12.9
1950 3 861 95 560 47 292 48 268 24.8 12.2 12.5
1951 3 882 87 564 49 804 37 760 22.6 12.8 9.7
1952 3 913 91 612 43 512 48 100 23.4 11.1 12.3
1953 3 946 90 200 46 662 43 538 22.9 11.8 11.0
1954 3 979 89 309 41 071 48 238 22.4 10.3 12.1
1955 4 011 88 657 42 035 46 622 22.1 10.5 11.6
1956 4 040 86 171 43 772 42 399 21.3 10.8 10.5
1957 4 066 81 414 40 261 41 153 20.0 9.9 10.1
1958 4 090 77 771 37 980 39 791 19.0 9.3 9.7
1959 4 115 78 233 40 688 37 545 19.0 9.9 9.1
1960 4 140 76 156 41 361 34 795 18.4 10.0 8.4
1961 4 169 74 190 37 796 36 394 17.8 9.1 8.7
1962 4 200 72 267 42 134 30 133 17.2 10.0 7.2
1963 4 232 69 875 38 597 31 278 16.5 9.1 7.4
1964 4 246 68 843 43 013 25 830 16.2 10.1 6.1
1965 4 273 71 186 39 936 31 250 16.7 9.3 7.3
1966 4 300 71 245 37 941 33 304 16.6 8.8 7.7
1967 4 326 67 103 41 381 25 722 15.5 9.6 5.9
1968 4 353 65 431 43 720 21 711 15.0 10.0 5.0
1969 4 379 63 635 46 844 16 791 14.5 10.7 3.8
1970 4 406 61 103 44 148 16 955 13.9 10.0 3.8
1971 4 430 64 890 44 878 20 012 14.6 10.1 4.5
1972 4 447 66 035 47 881 18 154 14.8 10.8 4.1
1973 4 465 67 389 45 680 21 709 15.1 10.2 4.9
1974 4 482 67 251 44 950 22 301 15.0 10.0 5.0
1975 4 500 67 016 45 640 21 376 14.9 10.1 4.8
1976 4 517 67 054 45 074 21 980 14.8 10.0 4.9
1977 4 535 68 035 45 156 22 879 15.0 10.0 5.0
1978 4 553 68 704 48 715 19 989 15.1 10.7 4.4
1979 4 570 69 229 48 426 20 803 15.1 10.6 4.6
1980 4 588 68 220 50 100 18 120 14.9 10.9 3.9
1981 4 608 67 455 51 420 16 035 14.6 11.2 3.5
1982 4 635 66 737 50 770 15 967 14.4 11.0 3.4
1983 4 659 65 599 55 147 10 452 14.1 11.8 2.2
1984 4 680 64 909 54 169 10 740 13.9 11.6 2.3
1985 4 702 62 665 52 067 10 598 13.3 11.1 2.3
1986 4 722 60 226 51 740 8 486 12.8 11.0 1.8
1987 4 740 59 209 53 080 6 129 12.6 11.3 1.3
1988 4 757 58 525 52 686 5 839 12.4 11.1 1.2
1989 4 767 55 651 52 569 3 082 11.7 11.0 0.6
1990 4 778 55 409 52 192 3 217 11.6 10.9 0.7
1991 4 513 50 815 54 311 -3 496 11.3 12.0 -0.8
1992 4 470 44 679 51 323 -6 644 10.0 11.5 -1.5
1993 4 641 46 106 50 219 -4 113 9.9 10.8 -0.9
1994 4 649 45 426 48 802 -3 376 9.8 10.5 -0.7
1995 4 669 45 671 49 826 -4 155 9.8 10.7 -0.9
1996 4 494 48 218 49 657 -1 439 10.7 11.0 -0.3
1997 4 572 48 604 50 801 -2 197 10.6 11.1 -0.5
1998 4 501 47 068 52 311 -5 243 10.5 11.6 -1.2
1999 4 554 45 179 51 593 -6 414 9.9 11.3 -1.4
2000 4 381 43 746 50 246 -6 500 10.0 11.5 -1.5
2001 4 437 40 993 49 552 -8 559 9.2 11.2 -1.9
2002 4 443 40 094 50 569 -10 475 9.0 11.4 -2.4
2003 4 442 39 668 52 575 -12 907 8.9 11.8 -2.9
2004 4 439 40 307 49 756 -9 449 9.1 11.2 -2.1
2005 4 442 42 492 51 790 -9 298 9.6 11.7 -2.1
2006 4 440 41 446 50 378 -8 932 9.3 11.3 -2.0
2007 4 438 41 910 52 367 -10 457 9.4 11.8 -2.4
2008 4 434 43 753 52 151 -8 398 9.9 11.8 -1.9
2009 4 431 44 577 52 414 -7 837 10.1 11.8 -1.7
2010 4 291 43 361 52 096 -8 735 10.1 12.1 -2.0

Infant mortality rate

total: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2000)
total: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2009)

Ethnic groups

Croatia ethnic map.

Croatia is inhabited mostly by Croats, while minority groups include Serbs, Bosniaks, Hungarians, Italians, Slovenes, Germans, Czechs, Romani people and others.

Population of Croatia according to ethnic group 1948-20011
Ethnic group census 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2001
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Croats 2,975,399 79.2 3,117,513 79.6 3,339,841 80.3 3,513,647 79.4 3,454,661 75.1 3,736,356 78.1 3,977,171 89.6
Serbs 543,795 14.5 588,411 15.0 624,985 15.0 626,789 14.2 531,502 11.6 581,663 12.2 201,631 4.5
Yugoslavs 15,559 0.4 84,118 1.9 379,057 8.2 106,041 2.2 176 0.0
Muslims 1,077 0.0 16,185 0.4 3,113 0.1 18,457 0.4 23,740 0.5 - 19,677 0.4
Bosniacs 20,755 0.5
Italians 76,093 2.0 33,316 0.9 21,103 0.5 17,433 0.4 11,661 0.3 21,303 0.4 19,636 0.4
Hungarians 51,399 1.4 47,711 1.2 42,347 1.0 35,488 0.8 25,439 0.6 22,355 0.5 16,595 0.4
Albanians 635 0.0 1,001 0.0 2,126 0.1 4,175 0.1 6,006 0.1 12,032 0.3 15,082 0.3
Slovenes 38,734 1.0 43,010 1.1 39,101 0.9 32,497 0.7 25,136 0.5 22,376 0.5 13,173 0.3
Czechs 28,991 0.8 25,954 0.7 23,391 0.6 19,001 0.4 15,061 0.3 13,086 0.3 10,510 0.2
Romani 405 0.0 1,261 0.0 313 0.0 1,257 0.0 3,858 0.1 6,695 0.1 9,463 0.2
Montenegrins 2,871 0.1 5,128 0.1 7,465 0.2 9,706 0.2 9,818 0.2 9,724 0.2 4,926 0.1
Macedonians 1,387 0.0 2,385 0.1 4,381 0.1 5,625 0.1 5,362 0.1 6,280 0.1 4,270 0.1
Others/undeclared 36,021 1.0 36,942 0.9 35,971 0.9 58,028 1.3 110,168 2.4 246,354 5.1 124,3952 2.8
Total 3,756,807 3,918,817 4,159,696 4,426,221 4,601,469 4,784,265 4,437,460
1 Source: [1] Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2010

2 including Austrians 247 0.01%, Bulgarians 331 0.01%, Germans 2,902 0.07%, Jews 576 0.01%, Poles 567 0.01%, Romanians 475 0.01%, Russians 906 0.02%, Ruthenians 2,337 0.05, Slovaks 4,712 0.11% Turks 300 0.01%, Ukrainians 1,977 0.04%, Vlachs 12 0.00%

Changes in the late 20th century

See also: Recent history of the Serbs of Croatia

The census of 1991 was the last one held before the war in Croatia, marked by ethnic conflict between Serbs and Croats. In the ethnic and religious composition of the population of Croatia of that time, these two sets of numbers are quoted as important:

There was also a significant drop in people who declared Yugoslav ethnicity.

There were two major sets of population movements during this period - the first one during the earlier stage of the war, around 1991, and the second one during the later stage of the war, around 1995. The first movement peaked at around 200,000 on the Croatian side; the second movement peaked at around 550,000 on the Serbian side.

After the end of the war of the 1990s, as a result of all which took place previously, the ethno-religious structure for the two largest nations were:

Most Croat refugees have since returned to their homes, while two thirds of the Serbs remain in exile; the other third either returned or had remained in Zagreb and other parts of Croatia not directly affected by war.

Languages

Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, German, and Istro-Romanian.) (2001 census).
According to a survey ordered by the European commission, 49% of Croats speak English, 34% German, 14% Italian, 4% French and Russian and 2% Spanish language.[5]

In Istria, some 1,000 people speak Istriot as well.

Religions

Catholicism is the predominant religion, while there's also Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam.

Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Protestant 0.3% (mostly Reformed-Calvinist and Lutheran), Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.3% (male 353,157/female 334,817)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 1,511,931/female 1,529,830)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 295,279/female 461,867) (2010 est.)

Median age

total: 41.2 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 43 years (2010 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.58 years
male: 71.95 years
female: 79.4 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.43 children born/woman (2010 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: 840 (2010 est.)
Deaths: less than 10 (2001 est.)

Nationality

Noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
Adjective: Croatian

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 98.5%
Male: 99.4%
Female: 97.8% (2003 est.)

School Life Expectancy total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years

Education Expenditure: (% of GDP) 4.5 (2004)

See also

References

  1. ^ Mrđen, Snježana (1998). "The demographic situation in Croatia". Geoadria 3: 29–56. http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/14991.
  2. ^ B.R. Mitchell. European historical statistics, 1750-1975.
  3. ^ Institut national d'études démographique (INED)
  4. ^ "Official census data". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm.
  5. ^ "Europeans and their languages - European commission special barometer FEB2006". http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-05.

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