Croatia Population Pyramid 1962
Year
1962Croatia in 1962
The population of Croatia in 1962 was 4,255,014. A decade earlier, in 1952, the population was 3,957,414; it has grown by 7.5% since.
With a median age of 29.7 years, Croatia had a youth dependency ratio of 40.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 11.4 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Croatia had on average 1.46 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 78.5 years in 2023: 81.7 for women and 75.4 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
523,145 immigrants live in Croatia, 13.5% of the population.
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 363,041 |
| Serbia | 45,887 |
| Germany | 30,277 |
| Ukraine | 25,475 |
| Slovenia | 17,559 |
826,014 people born in Croatia live in other countries.
| Germany | 271,197 |
| Serbia | 223,325 |
| Austria | 59,348 |
| Slovenia | 52,829 |
| Australia | 47,534 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 4,255,014 | 29.7 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,407,533 | 21.6 | |
| Albania | 1,743,733 | 19.5 | |
| Serbia | 6,838,635 | 29.4 | |
| Slovenia | 1,633,081 | 29.5 |





