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Croatia People 2008


Population: 4,491,543 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.8% (male 363,551/female 345,132) 15-64 years: 67.2% (male 1,501,949/female 1,517,962) 65 years and over: 17% (male 295,229/female 467,720) (2008 est.)
Median age: total: 40.8 years male: 38.9 years female: 42.6 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.043% (2008 est.)
Birth rate: 9.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate: 11.66 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 6.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.13 years male: 71.49 years female: 78.97 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.41 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 200 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 10 (2001 est.)
Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)
Nationality: noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian
Ethnic groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.3% female: 97.1% (2001 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Education expenditures: 4.5% of GDP (2004)

NOTE: The information regarding Croatia on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Croatia People 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Croatia People 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.