Population on 1 January in Croatia
Croatia had 3,874,350 people on 1 January 2025.
Croatia, 2025
3,874,350
Change from 2024
+0.3%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
25th of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,874,350 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 3,861,967 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 3,850,894 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 3,862,305 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 3,893,026 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 3,933,511 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 3,968,676 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 4,014,341 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4,078,769 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 4,131,115 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4,180,915 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 4,217,632 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 4,247,803 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 4,275,984 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 4,289,857 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 4,302,847 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 4,309,796 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 4,311,967 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 4,313,530 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 4,312,487 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 4,310,861 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 4,305,725 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 4,305,384 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 4,305,494 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 4,295,406 peopleb (break in time series) | 429,240,746 peopleb (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 +0.3% from 3,861,967 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4,180,915 people, the figure has changed by −7.3%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Croatia has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Croatia
All statistics for Croatia
Population
3,876,200 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
45.5 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
70,391 immigrants
2024 · 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