Croatia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 56,594 sq. km (21,851 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 4,313,707 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.5% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 75.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8%
  • Formal name: Republic of Croatia
  • Alternate names: Hrvatska, Narodna Republika Hrvatska, Peoples Republic of Croatia, Republic of Croatia, Republika Hrvatska, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC; head of government: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC
  • Capital: Zagreb
  • Administrative divisions: 20 counties and 1 city with special status
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $21,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
  • Imports: machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
  • Currency: kuna (HRK)
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