Population on 1 January by age group and sex

In 2025, Croatia's population on 1 january by age group and sex decreased by 0.8% compared to 2024, reaching 210,490.

Croatia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 27,867,363.

Croatia ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.3% (from 215,532 in 2020).

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