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Croatia
Republic of Croatia
Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe. Its capital city is Zagreb. About 4.1 million people live there, in an area of 56 594 square kilometres.
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Where is Croatia?
Croatia lies in Southeast Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 5 028 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 6 268 km long.
It shares a border with 5 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
How big is Croatia?
Croatia covers 56 594 square kilometres.
That is about 22 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 124th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 72.2 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Croatia?
About 4.1 million people live in Croatia.
That is the 128th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Croatian.
They pay with the Euro (€).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 74 years.
The land of Croatia
The land in Croatia sits on average 331 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 6 268 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 313 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Croatia different?
A dish the country is known for: Istrian stew.
Websites from here often end in .hr.
Croatia and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.5 live in Croatia.
It takes up about 0.04 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 25th largest of 45 countries, and the 27th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Croatia and its neighbours
Hungary, its largest neighbour, is about 1.6 times bigger.
Hungary has more people: 9.8 million against 4.1 million.
Nature and animals
The longest river is the Danube, running 2 850 km from source to mouth.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Croatia?
The capital of Croatia is Zagreb. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Croatia?
About 4.1 million people live in Croatia, which makes it the 128th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Croatia?
Croatia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia — 5 neighbours in total.
How big is Croatia?
Croatia covers 56 594 square kilometres, making it the 124th largest country in the world. That is about 22 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Croatia in?
Croatia is in Europe, in the part called Southeast Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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