Population 4,390,751 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 411,847; female 390,797)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,461,305; female 1,448,973)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 252,970; female 424,859) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.12% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 12.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 11.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 9.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.13 years
female: 77.96 years (2002 est.)
male: 70.52 years

Total fertility rate 1.93 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.02% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 350 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian

Ethnic groups Croat 78.1%, Serb 12.2%, Bosniak 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovene 0.5%, Czech 0.4%, Albanian 0.3%, Montenegrin 0.3%, Roma 0.2%, others 6.6% (1991)

Religions Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)

Languages Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 95% (1991 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Croatia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Croatia People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Croatia People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.