Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2023, Croatia's population change decreased by 10.1% compared to 2022, reaching 13.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.8.

Croatia ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.8% (from 13.2 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.