Geography
Area : 56,542 km²
Borders : 2,197 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 670 km
Coastline : 5,835 km (Adriatic Sea) (Continental: 1,777 km; Islands: 4,058 km)
Capital : Zagreb
Official language : Croatian
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Population
Population : 3,861,967 (2024)
Crude natural change rate : -5‰ (2023)
Population repartition: 14.3% under 15 years; 22.7% over 65 years and more (2023)
Foreign residents: EU nationals 1%, extra-EU nationals 2% (2021)
Crude net migration rate: 7.8‰ (2023)
First time asylum applicants: 1,750 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 75.4 years, women 81.8 years (2023)
Religions: Roman Catholic 78.97%, other Christians 5.1%, Orthodox 3.32%, Muslim 1.32%, Eastern religions 0.9%, other 0.97%, agnostic 1.68%, atheist 4.71%, unspecified 1.72% (2021)
Source : Eurostat, Croatian bureau of statistics
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: € 78,048 million (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 15,020 (2023)
GDP growth : 3.3% (2023)
Inflation: 1.6% (September 2024)
Public debt: 63.3% (Q1 2024)
Unemployment: 4.6% (September 2024)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 40% of GDP (2022)
Performance sectors: tourism, buildings and construction, trade, banking, chemistry, textile
Budget balance: -0.69% (2023)
Source : Eurostat, National bank of Croatia
Political system
Parliamentary republic
Head of State: Zoran Milanović (Social Democratic Party SDP), elected on 5th January 2020 (invested on 18th February 2020) for five years by direct universal suffrage.
Prime Minister: Andrej Plenkovic since 19th October 2016 and reelected on April 27th 2024 for 4 years. He leads a coalition between HDZ and the Patriotic movement (DP).
Monocameral parliamentary regime: The Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) comrising 151 seats; representatives are elected for four years by direct universal suffrage according to proportional representation.
Political representation
Current composition of Parliament (since 16th May):
- 57 seats HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union)
- 37 seats SDP (Social Democratic Party)
- 10 seats DP (Patriotic Movement)
- 10 seats Mozemo (We Can!)
- 7 seats MOST (Liberal-Conservative Party)
- 5 seats Independents
- 4 seats Centre - Northern Independent Platform (NPS)
- 3 seats Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
- 3 seats Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrat Liberals (HNS-LD)
- 3 seats Istrian Democratic Diet (IDS)
- 3 seats Nezavisni - Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU)
- 3 seats Croatian Sovereignists - Law and Justice
- 3 seats Croatian Peasant Party coalition
- 3 seats Serbian Independent Democratic Party (SDSS)
Women's representations
- in government: 2/18
- in Parliament: 51/151
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