Croatia's People | Croatia People

Population: 4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure: 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.)

Median age: Total: 39.97 years male: 38.01 years female: 41.76 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.02% (2005 est.)

Death rate: 11.38 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio: 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.)

Infant mortality rate: 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.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 74.45 years male: 70.79 years female: 78.31 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: Less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 200 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: Less than 10 (2001 est.)

Nationality: Noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian

Ethnic groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

Languages: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

Literacy: 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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