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.)