Demographics or demographic data are the characteristics of a human population. These types of data are used widely in sociology, public policy, and marketing.

Commonly used demographics include gender, race, age, income, disabilities, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location.

Demographic trends describe the changes in demographics in a population over time (for example, the average age of a population may increase or decrease over time). Both distributions and trends of values within a demographic variable are of interest.

Official counting of the population Conducted every ten years

The last Census of Population, Households and Dwellings was carried out in 2011 and it included the following census units:

persons, households, dwellings and other inhabitated living quarter

According to 2010 estimate, Croatia had 4,483,804 inhabitants

In 2001 Croatia had 4,784,265 inhabitantsAccording to 2010 estimate, Croatia had

4,483,804 inhabitants

Croatia belongs to medium populated European countries

0-14 years: 15.6% (male 358,360/female 340,098)

15-64 years: 67.5% (male 1,506,364/female 1,522,789)

65 years and over: 17% (male 295,960/female 465,838) (2010 est.)

The population has grown older – the percentage of the young population decreases, while the percentage of the elderly population increases

total: 41.4 years male: 39.5 years female: 43.3 years (2011 est.)

-0.076% (2011 est.) – negative rate

Birth rate9.6 births/1,000 population Death rate11.91 deaths/1,000 population

urban population: 58% of total population rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of

change (2005-10 est.) The most populated area is the Central area

(Zagreb) The least populated areas: the Mountains

(Lika) and islands

at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010

est.) – larger female share

Life expectancy is expected life duration at birth

total population: 75.79 years male: 71.95 years (2010 est) v. 72.17 (2011

est) female: 79.4 years (2010 est.) v. 79.6 (2011

est) Think: Why do women live longer?

1.43 children born/woman The population continues growing old

because of a decrease in the natality rate and an increase in the mortality rate

Croat 89.6% Serb 4.5% other 5.9% (including Bosnian, Hungarian,

Slovene, Czech, and Roma)

Roman Catholic 87.8% Orthodox 4.4% other Christian 0.4% Muslim 1.3% other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2%

(2001 census)

Croatian (official) 96.1% Serbian 1% other and undesignated 2.9% (including

Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98.1% male: 99.3% female: 97.1%

Education expenditures3.9% of GDP (2004) v. 4.6% in 2010

Ageing of the population Density Emigration of young and educated people

(‘brain drain’)