Nationality
noun:
Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective:
Croatian
Ethnic groups
Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Languages
Croatian (official) 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) 2.9% (2001 census)
Religions
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Population
4,480,043 (July 2012 est.)
rank:
123
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Age structure
0-14 years:
15.1% (male 346,553/female 328,677)
15-64 years:
68.1% (male 1,516,884/female 1,536,065)
65 years and over:
16.9% (male 296,268/female 459,357) (2011 est.)
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Median age
total:
41.7 years
male:
39.7 years
female:
43.5 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.092% (2012 est.)
rank:
202
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Birth rate
9.57 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
rank:
198
Death rate
11.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
rank:
30
Net migration rate
1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
rank:
45
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Urbanization
urban population:
58% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization:
0.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population
ZAGREB (capital) 685,000 (2009)
Sex ratio
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.66 male(s)/female
total population:
0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
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Maternal mortality rate
17 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
rank:
142
Infant mortality rate
total:
6.06 deaths/1,000 live births
rank:
173
male:
6.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population:
75.99 years
rank:
81
male:
72.38 years
female:
79.8 years (2012 est.)
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Total fertility rate
1.44 children born/woman (2012 est.)
rank:
195
Health expenditures
7.8% of GDP (2009)
rank:
60
Physicians density
2.59 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
Hospital bed density
5.49 beds/1,000 population (2007)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
rank:
118
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
rank:
145
HIV/AIDS - deaths
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
rank:
143
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk:
intermediate
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases:
tickborne encephalitis
highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
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Obesity - adult prevalence rate
22.3% (2003)
rank:
18
Education expenditures
4.6% of GDP (2009)
rank:
75
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Literacy
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98.8%
male:
99.5%
female:
98.2% (2010 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total:
14 years
male:
13 years
female:
14 years (2008)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total:
21.9%
rank:
45
male:
18.5%
female:
27.2% (2008)
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