Immigration in Croatia
Croatia recorded 70,391 immigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Croatia, 2024
70,391
Change from 2023
+1.4%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
18th of 33
Immigration in Croatia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Croatia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70,391 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 69,396 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 57,972 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 35,912 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 33,414 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 37,726 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 26,029 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 15,553 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 13,985 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 11,706 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 10,638 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 10,378 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 8,959 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 8,534 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 8,846 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 13,213 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 16,883 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 14,622 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 14,978 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 18,383 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 18,455 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 20,365 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 24,415 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.4% from 69,396 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10,638 immigrants, the figure has changed by +561.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Croatia has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Croatia
All statistics for Croatia
Emigration
38,997 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
793 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-3,481 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
845 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division