Croatia
Information
Capital | Zagreb |
Currency | Kuna (HRK) |
Government | Parliamentary Republic |
Area/ Size | 56,594 sq km |
Population | 4,292,095 (July 2017 est.) |
Language | Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) |
Religion | Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.) |
Climate | Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
Industry | Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 1.4% (2017 est.) Exports – commodities: transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels Exports – partners: Italy 13.4%, Germany 12.2%, Slovenia 10.6%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.8%, Austria 6.2%, Serbia 4.8% (2017) |
Transport | Airports: 69 (2013)
Pipelines: gas 2,410 km; oil 610 km (2011) Railways: total: 2,722 km Roadways: total: 26,958 km (includes 1,416 km of expressways) (2015) Waterways: 785 km (2009) |
Economy | GDP (PPP): $106.548 billion (2018 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 3.3% industry: 34.3% services: 62.9% (2017 est.) |
Other Facts | Electricity – from fossil fuels: 42.5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Electricity – from hydroelectric plants: 45.2% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) Internet users: total: 3,135,949; percent of population: 72.7% (July 2016 est.) |