Croatia

Facts

Population:  4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  18.16% (male 403,722; female 383,151) 15-64 years:  66.61% (male 1,452,872; female 1,434,086) 65 years and over:  15.23% (male 245,727; female 414,584) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.48% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  12.82 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  11.41 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  13.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.59 male(s)/female total population:  0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  7.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  73.9 years male:  70.28 years female:  77.73 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.94 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.02% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  350 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Croat(s) adjective:  Croatian
Ethnic groups:  Croat 78.1%, Serb 12.2%, Bosniak 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovenian 0.5%, Czech 0.4%, Albanian 0.3%, Montenegrin 0.3%, Roma 0.2%, others 6.6% (1991)
Religions:  Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
Languages:  Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97% male:  99% female:  95% (1991 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $24.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.2% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $5,800 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  10% industry:  19% services:  71% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  4% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  6% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  1.68 million (October 2000)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:  22% (October 2000)
Budget:  revenues:  $6 billion expenditures:  $4.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:  1.7% (2000)
Electricity - production:  10.96 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  40.89% hydro:  59% nuclear:  0% other:  0.11% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  13.643 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  1 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  4.45 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soy beans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Exports:  $4.3 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Exports - partners:  Italy 18%, Germany 15.7%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8%, Slovenia 10.6%, Austria 6.2% (1999)
Imports:  $7.8 billion (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:  Germany 18.5%, Italy 15.9%, Russia 8.6%, Slovenia 7.9%, Austria 7.1% (1999)
Debt - external:  $9.9 billion (December 1999)
Economic aid - recipient:  $NA
Currency:  kuna (HRK)
Currency code:  HRK
Exchange rates:  kuna per US dollar - 8.089 (January 2001), 8.277 (2000), 7.112 (1999), 6.362 (1998), 6.101 (1997), 5.434 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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