Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Zagreb
- Region
- Europe, Southeast Europe
- Population
- 3,876,200 (2025)
- Area
- 56,542 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Croatian, Serbian
- Calling code
- +385
- Internet domain
- .hr
- ISO codes
- HR, HRV, 191
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Croatia covers about 56,542 square kilometres. By area it ranks 129th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Togo and a little larger than Bosnia and Herzegovina. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia. Its centre lies at about 45° north, 16° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 3.88 million people live in Croatia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 131st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 69 people to each square kilometre. About 58 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 79 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Croatian, Serbian. A person from Croatia is called Croatian.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 105 billion (2025), which is about US$ 27,104 for each person (2025).
Time
Croatia uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Zagreb). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Zagreb | 663,592 |
| Split | 149,830 |
| Rijeka | 107,964 |
| Osijek | 75,535 |
| Zadar | 67,309 |
| Sesvete | 55,313 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southeast Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.