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Croatia

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Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. The Croatian archipelago contains over 1,000 islands and islets, the largest overseas territory on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital, largest city and main cultural and economic centre is Zagreb. Major urban centers include Split, Rijeka, and Osijek. The country is composed of twenty counties spanning 56,594 square kilometres within four administrative regions. Croatia has a population of nearly 3.9 million as of 2026.

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People are called
Croatian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+385
Capital
Zagreb
Population
3,871,833
Area
56,594 km2
Climate
Mediterranean
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Croatian 95.2%, Serbian 1.2%
Sells
ships, garments, electricity, packaged medicine
Sells to
Italy 14%, Germany 11%, Slovenia 11%
Land borders
5: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+385
Founded
1991
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Croatian

These are English demonyms for people from Croatia. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Croatia yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Croatia in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Croatianofficial
95.2%
1.2%

Largest cities

Zagreb  capital 663,592
Split 149,830
Rijeka 107,964
Osijek 75,535
Zadar 67,309

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Franjo Tudjman
Franjo Tudjman First president of independent Croatia Franjo Tuđman was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999.
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito Yugoslav leader, born in Croatia Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until his death in 1980.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Inventor, born in Croatia Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, famous, past leaders.