Republic of Croatia
Republika Hrvatska
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Location of Croatia (dark green)
– in Europe (green & dark grey) |
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Capital and largest city |
Zagreb 45°48′N 16°0′E / 45.800°N 16.000°E |
Official languages | Croatian |
Recognised national languages | See Languages of Croatia |
Ethnic groups (2011) | |
Religion (2011) |
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Demonym | |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | |
Andrej Plenković | |
Gordan Jandroković | |
Miroslav Šeparović | |
Legislature | Sabor |
Establishment | |
• Duchy
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early 7th century |
• Kingdom
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925 |
1102 | |
• Joined Habsburg Monarchy
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1 January 1527 |
• Secession from
Austria-Hungary |
29 October 1918 |
4 December 1918 | |
25 June 1991 | |
• Joined the European Union
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1 July 2013 |
Area | |
• Total
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56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi) (124th) |
• Water (%)
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1.09 |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate
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4,154,200 (129th) |
• 2011 census
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4,284,889 (128th) |
• Density
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75.8/km2 (196.3/sq mi) (126th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total
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$100.006 billion (84th) |
• Per capita
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$24,053 (56th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total
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$51.945 billion (81st) |
• Per capita
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$12,405 (57th) |
Gini (2017) |
29.7 low · 17th |
HDI (2015) |
0.827 very high · 45th |
Currency | Kuna (HRK) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
Drives on the | right |
Calling code | +385 |
ISO 3166 code | HR |
Internet TLD |
Most populous cities of Croatia | ||||||||||
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Rank | City | County | Urban population | City-governed population | |||||
1 | Zagreb | City of Zagreb | 688,163 | 790,017 | ||||||
2 | Split | Split-Dalmatia | 167,121 | 178,102 | ||||||
3 | Rijeka | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 128,314 | 128,624 | ||||||
4 | Osijek | Osijek-Baranja | 83,104 | 108,048 | ||||||
5 | Zadar | Zadar | 71,471 | 75,082 | ||||||
6 | Pula | Istria | 57,460 | 57,460 | ||||||
7 | Slavonski Brod | Brod-Posavina | 53,531 | 59,143 | ||||||
8 | Karlovac | Karlovac | 46,833 | 55,705 | ||||||
9 | Varaždin | Varaždin | 38,839 | 46,946 | ||||||
10 | Šibenik | Šibenik-Knin | 34,302 | 46,332 | ||||||
11 | Sisak | Sisak-Moslavina | 33,332 | 47,768 | ||||||
12 | Vinkovci | Vukovar-Srijem | 32,032 | 35,312 | ||||||
13 | Velika Gorica | Zagreb | 31,553 | 63,517 | ||||||
14 | Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 28,434 | 42,615 | ||||||
15 | Bjelovar | Bjelovar-Bilogora | 27,024 | 40,276 | ||||||
16 | Vukovar | Vukovar-Srijem | 26,486 | 27,683 | ||||||
17 | Koprivnica | Koprivnica-Križevci | 23,955 | 30,854 | ||||||
18 | Solin | Split-Dalmatia | 20,212 | 23,926 | ||||||
19 | Zaprešić | Zagreb | 19,644 | 25,226 | ||||||
20 | Požega | Požega-Slavonia | 19,506 | 26,248 | ||||||
Source: 2011 Census |
Coordinates: 45°10′N 15°30′E / 45.167°N 15.500°E
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)
Croatia (/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ ( listen) kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, listen ), is a country in Central and Southern Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital city is Zagreb, which forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with its twenty counties. Croatia has a total area of 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.