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Croatia

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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.

Press

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Dnevnik

(Business daily), Zagreb
http://www.dnevnik.com.hr/

Feral Tribune

(Independent weekly), Split
http://www.feral.hr

Glas Istre

(Independent, Regional daily), Pula
http://www.glasistre.hr/

Globus Online

(Independent weekly), Zagreb
http://www.globus.com.hr/

Jutarnji list

(Independent), Zagreb

Nacional

(Independent weekly), Zagreb
http://www.nacional.hr

Novi List

(Independent daily), Rijeka
http://www.novilist.hr

Croatia in the News

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The Hardest Words

Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro have moved toward reconciliation as the countries’ respective presidents, Stipe Mesic and Svetozar Marovic, expressed remorse during a meeting in Belgrade. Katarina Subasic reports from Belgrade.

Caught Between America and Europe

Angered by French President Jacques Chirac, Eastern European countries are cementing their ties with the United States, Franko Egro writes in Shekulli

Croatia: New Math

Croatia’s 2001 census indicates a sharp drop in the Serb population, prompting commentators across the political spectrum to speculate about the cause of the decline. Some blame the nationalist designs of Serbs themselves, while others fault Croat chauvinism.

Rebuilding Croatia

World Press Review - Nina Bilandzic interviews Stjepan Mesic, President of Croatia

 
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