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Population:
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4,495,904 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.4% (male 378,615/female 359,231)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,497,355/female 1,514,993) 65 years and over: 16.6% (male 283,460/female 462,250) (2005 est.) |
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Median age:
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total: 39.97 years
male: 38.01 years female: 41.76 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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-0.02% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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9.57 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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11.38 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.61 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.45 years
male: 70.79 years female: 78.31 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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200 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 10 (2001 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian |
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Ethnic groups:
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Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census) |
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census) |
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Languages:
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Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5% male: 99.4% female: 97.8% (2003 est.) |
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