Croatia: People & Society#
| Population | 4,313,707 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian |
| Ethnic groups | Croat 90.4%, Serb 4.4%, other 4.4% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma), unspecified 0.8% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.22% (male 315,971/female 297,339) 15-24 years: 11.4% (male 252,285/female 239,634) 25-54 years: 40.75% (male 878,971/female 878,707) 55-64 years: 14.83% (male 312,621/female 326,929) 65 years and over: 18.81% (male 320,418/female 490,832) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 51.1% youth dependency ratio: 22.5% elderly dependency ratio: 28.6% potential support ratio: 3.5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.7 years male: 40.8 years female: 44.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.5% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 12.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | more of the population lives in the northern half of the country, with approximately a quarter of the populace residing in and around the capital of Zagreb; many of the islands are sparsely populated |
| Urbanization | urban population: 59% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | ZAGREB (capital) 687,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 9.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.9 years male: 72.7 years female: 79.2 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.39 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 7.8% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.84 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.9 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 99.7% of population total: 99.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 0.3% of population total: 0.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.8% of population rural: 95.8% of population total: 97% of population unimproved: urban: 2.2% of population rural: 4.2% of population total: 3% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.6% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2013) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.7% female: 98.9% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 45.5% male: 44.9% female: 46.4% (2014 est.) |