Population  4.48 million (estimated July 2013)
Life expectancy: men - 72.6 years, women - 80 years

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

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

Religion - Roman Catholic 88%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.9%, none 5.2%