Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia

Croatia: Population and employment - national accounts - annual data was 3,883 Thousand persons in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
3,883 Thousand persons
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
28th
of 47 countries
All-time high
4,620 Thousand persons
in 1995
All-time low
3,855 Thousand persons
in 2022
Years of data
31
1995–2025

Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia, 1995–2025

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k1995201020251995: 4.6k Thousand persons1996: 4.6k Thousand persons1997: 4.5k Thousand persons1998: 4.5k Thousand persons1999: 4.5k Thousand persons2000: 4.5k Thousand persons2001: 4.3k Thousand persons2002: 4.3k Thousand persons2003: 4.3k Thousand persons2004: 4.3k Thousand persons2005: 4.3k Thousand persons2006: 4.3k Thousand persons2007: 4.3k Thousand persons2008: 4.3k Thousand persons2009: 4.3k Thousand persons2010: 4.3k Thousand persons2011: 4.3k Thousand persons2012: 4.3k Thousand persons2013: 4.2k Thousand persons2014: 4.2k Thousand persons2015: 4.1k Thousand persons2016: 4.1k Thousand persons2017: 4.0k Thousand persons2018: 4.0k Thousand persons2019: 3.9k Thousand persons2020: 3.9k Thousand persons2021: 3.9k Thousand persons2022: 3.9k Thousand persons2023: 3.9k Thousand persons2024: 3.9k Thousand persons2025: 3.9k Thousand persons

Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand persons.

Analysis

In 2025, population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia stood at 3,883 Thousand persons.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia peaked at 4,620 Thousand persons in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3,855 Thousand persons, in 2022.

Croatia ranks 28th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia, year by year

Annual values for Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia, 1995 to 2025.
Year Thousand persons Change
1995 4,620 Thousand persons
1996 4,557 Thousand persons -1.4%
1997 4,535 Thousand persons -0.5%
1998 4,532 Thousand persons -0.1%
1999 4,513 Thousand persons -0.4%
2000 4,468 Thousand persons -1.0%
2001 4,300 Thousand persons -3.8%
2002 4,305 Thousand persons +0.1%
2003 4,306 Thousand persons +0.0%
2004 4,308 Thousand persons +0.1%
2005 4,312 Thousand persons +0.1%
2006 4,313 Thousand persons +0.0%
2007 4,313 Thousand persons -0.0%
2008 4,311 Thousand persons -0.0%
2009 4,306 Thousand persons -0.1%
2010 4,296 Thousand persons -0.2%
2011 4,283 Thousand persons -0.3%
2012 4,258 Thousand persons -0.6%
2013 4,229 Thousand persons -0.7%
2014 4,195 Thousand persons -0.8%
2015 4,150 Thousand persons -1.1%
2016 4,098 Thousand persons -1.2%
2017 4,038 Thousand persons -1.5%
2018 3,986 Thousand persons -1.3%
2019 3,947 Thousand persons -1.0%
2020 3,908 Thousand persons -1.0%
2021 3,874 Thousand persons -0.9%
2022 3,855 Thousand persons -0.5%
2023 3,858 Thousand persons +0.1%
2024 3,869 Thousand persons +0.3%
2025 3,883 Thousand persons +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4,551 Thousand persons 4,513 Thousand persons 4,620 Thousand persons 5
2000s 4,324 Thousand persons 4,300 Thousand persons 4,468 Thousand persons 10
2010s 4,148 Thousand persons 3,947 Thousand persons 4,296 Thousand persons 10
2020s 3,875 Thousand persons 3,855 Thousand persons 3,908 Thousand persons 6

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 25 Ireland 5,469 Thousand persons compare
  2. 26 Slovakia 5,456 Thousand persons compare
  3. 26 Slovakia 5,456 Thousand persons compare
  4. 28 Croatia 3,883 Thousand persons compare
  5. 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,412 Thousand persons compare
  6. 31 Lithuania 2,889 Thousand persons compare
  7. 31 Lithuania 2,889 Thousand persons compare

See the full ranking of 52 places →

More work & labour data for Croatia

All data for Croatia →

Frequently asked questions

What is population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia?
Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia was 3,883 Thousand persons in 2025, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest population and employment - national accounts - annual data recorded in Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 4,620 Thousand persons in 1995.
What is the lowest population and employment - national accounts - annual data recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 3,855 Thousand persons in 2022.
How does Croatia rank for population and employment - national accounts - annual data?
Croatia ranks 28th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
Is population and employment - national accounts - annual data rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Croatia data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Population and employment - national accounts - annual data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-and-employment-national-accounts-annual-data/croatia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/population-and-employment-national-accounts-annual-data/croatia/">Population and employment - national accounts - annual data in Croatia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population and employment - national accounts - annual data
Unit
Thousand persons
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
52 places, 1,618 data points, 1975–2025
Last refreshed