Median age of the population in Croatia
The median age in Croatia was 45.5 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
Croatia, 2025
45.5
Change from 2024
+0.2%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
43.8 years
Position in 2025
8th of 40
Median age of the population in Croatia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Croatia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 years | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 45.4 years | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 45.4 years | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 45.4 years | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 45.3 years | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 45.0 years | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 44.7 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 44.3 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 43.9 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 43.4 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 43.1 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 42.8 years | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 42.4 years | – |
| 2012 | 42.2 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 42.1 years | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 41.9 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 41.7 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 41.5 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 41.3 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 41.0 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 40.8 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 40.6 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 40.4 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 40.1 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 39.8 yearsb (break in time series) | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 45.4 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 43.1 years, the figure has changed by +5.6%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Croatia has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
More for Croatia
All statistics for Croatia
Population aged 65 and over
23.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
37.0 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
3,874,350 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
3,874,350 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat