Short facts about people of Croatia

Population:

4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  18.16% (male 403,722; female 383,151) 15-64 years:  66.61% (male 1,452,872; female 1,434,086) 65 years and over:  15.23% (male 245,727; female 414,584) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.48% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

12.82 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

11.41 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

13.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.59 male(s)/female total population:  0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  73.9 years male:  70.28 years female:  77.73 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.94 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.02% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

350 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Croat(s) adjective:  Croatian

Ethnic groups:

Croat 78.1%, Serb 12.2%, Bosniak 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovenian 0.5%, Czech 0.4%, Albanian 0.3%, Montenegrin 0.3%, Roma 0.2%, others 6.6% (1991)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)

Languages:

Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97% male:  99% female:  95% (1991 est.)

Source: World Factbook