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Croatia - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
4,493,312 (July 2007 est.)total population: 74.9 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 78.75 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.4%
female: 97.8% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
presidential/parliamentary democracy Zagreb
IndependanceNational day
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)Independence Day, 8 October (1991); note - 25 June 1991 was the day the Croatian Parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia
ConstitutionLegal system
adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001based on civil law system


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$37.35 billion (2006 est.)4.4% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$13,200 (2006 est.)17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment around 14% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
11% (2003)3.4% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$11.17 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$21.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$11.07 billion (2006 est.)kuna (HRK)
Military expenditures
2.39% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia 56,542 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coastoil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
2.984 million (2005).hr
Internet hostsInternet users
18,825 (2006)1.451 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
68 (2006)2,726 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
28,344 km gas 1,340 km; oil 583 km (2006)