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Croatia vs Montenegro
How Croatia and Montenegro compare on 38 measures, from 1865 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Croatia was higher: 78.6 years against 77.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Croatia was higher: $18,410 against $8,780
- Population · In 2023, Croatia was higher: 3.9 million people against 633,600 people
- Military spending · In 2025, Croatia was higher: 2.02% of GDP against 1.89% of GDP
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Croatia was higher: 0.69 of 1 against 0.64 of 1
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Montenegro: 77.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCroatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Montenegro: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Montenegro: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Montenegro: 85.1% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Montenegro: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Montenegro: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Montenegro: 633,600 people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Montenegro: 1.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Montenegro: 1.8 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Montenegro: 65.6% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Montenegro: 39.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Montenegro: 17.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Montenegro: 18.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Montenegro: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Montenegro: $163M in 2025
- Military spending per personCroatia: $544 in 2025Montenegro: $277 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Montenegro: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Montenegro: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Montenegro: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Montenegro: 4.66% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Montenegro: 1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Montenegro: 4 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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