Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Croatia
Nationality
noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian
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Area total: 56,542 sq km land: 56,414 sq km water: 128 sq km
Population: 4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Croat 89.6% Serb 4.5% other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma)
Capital: ZAGREB 726,770
Largest Cities
Split – 189,388 Rijeka – 167,964 Osijek – 104,761
Official Language
Croatian 96.1% Serbian 1% other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
Religion
Roman Catholic 87.8% Orthodox 4.4% other Christian 0.4% Muslim 1.3% other and undesignated 0.9% none 5.2%
Political system: Republic
GDP: purchasing power parity – $50.33 billion
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $11,200
Annual growth: 3.7% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 8.2% industry: 30.1% services: 61.7%
Inflation: 2.5% (2004 est.)