Croatia
Population growth in Croatia
Population growth in Croatia: 1.29% a year in 1950 and -0.34% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.34% a year
- Since 1950
- −1.63 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 197 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.82% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.82% a year in 2100, between -2.84% a year and 0.54% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 1.29% a year in 1950, the lowest -1.57% a year in 2017.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Croatia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.34 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.22 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.68 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.81 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -0.82 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -1.11 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -1.57 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -1.22 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -1.06 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -0.65 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -0.44 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -0.35 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | -0.66 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | -0.29 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.15 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -0.05 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -0.02 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.02 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.06 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.12 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.22 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -1.37 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -1.37 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | -1.34 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | -1.29 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | -1.25 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | -1.24 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -1.18 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -1.13 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -1.08 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | -0.71 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.3 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.3 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.31 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.35 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.37 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.41 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 0.44 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 0.48 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 0.54 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 0.53 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0.35 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.39 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.39 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.41 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.42 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 0.42 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0.41 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 0.4 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 0.4 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 0.39 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 0.39 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.43 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 0.5 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 0.57 | 2 |
| 1966 | 0.62 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 0.65 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 0.69 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 0.73 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 0.78 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 0.71 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 0.39 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 0.48 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 0.55 | 2 |
| 1957 | 0.61 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 0.68 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.76 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.85 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.24 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.21 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.12 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.29 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Croatia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.72-1.5–-0.05 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.68-1.54–0.13 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.66-1.63–0.24 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.65-1.64–0.25 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.62-1.59–0.34 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.64-1.63–0.34 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.64-1.62–0.36 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.66-1.67–0.34 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.65-1.64–0.35 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.64-1.7–0.39 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.65-1.74–0.39 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.63-1.7–0.55 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.64-1.71–0.47 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.68-1.8–0.4 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.68-1.8–0.4 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.69-1.83–0.34 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.7-1.79–0.38 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.72-1.9–0.37 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.72-1.87–0.46 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.73-1.87–0.41 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.76-1.91–0.4 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.76-1.86–0.4 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.76-1.91–0.44 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.78-1.95–0.38 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.79-1.89–0.4 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.79-1.97–0.41 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.81-2–0.42 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.81-1.95–0.41 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.8-1.94–0.41 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.81-2.05–0.38 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.81-1.97–0.49 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.82-2.06–0.47 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.84-1.99–0.46 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.83-2.02–0.37 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.85-2.16–0.37 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.85-2.13–0.39 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.86-2.19–0.32 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.86-2.22–0.42 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.86-2.16–0.41 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.86-2.25–0.44 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.84-2.26–0.48 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.85-2.28–0.45 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.86-2.24–0.37 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.85-2.32–0.47 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.86-2.35–0.46 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.84-2.29–0.38 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.81-2.28–0.46 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.83-2.28–0.58 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.84-2.25–0.47 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.83-2.34–0.47 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.82-2.37–0.53 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.84-2.31–0.51 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.83-2.41–0.59 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.83-2.38–0.5 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.82-2.42–0.5 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.82-2.47–0.59 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.81-2.43–0.54 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.8-2.45–0.61 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.81-2.41–0.57 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.8-2.37–0.62 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.81-2.4–0.55 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.8-2.49–0.58 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.79-2.43–0.59 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.79-2.45–0.59 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.81-2.52–0.57 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.81-2.5–0.56 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.79-2.48–0.58 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.81-2.58–0.61 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.81-2.58–0.59 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.81-2.59–0.67 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.83-2.62–0.66 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.83-2.7–0.63 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.83-2.87–0.61 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.82-2.76–0.59 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.83-2.81–0.54 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.83-2.77–0.6 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.82-2.84–0.54 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending in US dollars$1.93B in 2025
- Military spending per person$544 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel20,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports141 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports53 million TIV in 2024
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