| Population: |
4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Population growth rate: |
1.48% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
12.82 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
11.41 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
13.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
7.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
73.9 years
male:
70.28 years
female:
77.73 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.94 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.02% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
350 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Croat(s)
adjective:
Croatian
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| 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)
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| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
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| Languages: |
Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
99%
female:
95% (1991 est.)
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