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Counties

The population of the counties (županije) of Croatia according to census results and official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1981-03-31	Population Census (C) 1991-03-31	Population Census (C) 2001-03-31	Population Census (C) 2011-03-31	Population Census (C) 2021-08-31	Population Estimate (E) 2024-12-31
Bjelovar - Bilogora	BJB	Zup	Bjelovar	2,640	149,458	144,042	133,084	119,764	101,879	98,266	264000	→
Brod - Posavina	BRP	Zup	Slavonski Brod	2,030	167,667	174,998	176,765	158,575	130,267	125,978	203000	→
Dubrovnik - Neretva	DUN	Zup	Dubrovnik	1,781	115,683	126,329	122,870	122,568	115,564	116,393	178100	→
Grad Zagreb	GZA	CityCR	Zagreb	641	723,065	777,826	779,145	790,017	767,131	777,359	64100	→
Istra [Istria]	IST	Zup	Pazin	2,813	188,332	204,346	206,344	208,055	195,237	204,709	281300	→
Karlovac	KAR	Zup	Karlovac	3,626	186,169	184,577	141,787	128,899	112,195	109,561	362600	→
Koprivnica - Križevci	KOK	Zup	Koprivnica	1,748	133,790	129,397	124,467	115,584	101,221	99,203	174800	→
Krapina - Zagorje	KRZ	Zup	Krapina	1,229	153,567	148,779	142,432	132,892	120,702	119,320	122900	→
Lika - Senj	LIS	Zup	Gospić	5,353	90,836	85,135	53,677	50,927	42,748	43,200	535300	→
Međimurje	MED	Zup	Čakovec	729	116,825	119,866	118,426	113,804	105,250	105,003	72900	→
Osijek - Baranja	OSB	Zup	Osijek	4,155	356,286	367,193	330,506	305,032	258,026	249,734	415500	→
Požega - Slavonija [Pozega - Slavonia]	POS	Zup	Požega	1,823	99,189	99,334	85,831	78,034	64,084	60,594	182300	→
Primorje - Gorski Kotar	PGK	Zup	Rijeka	3,588	304,038	323,130	305,505	296,195	265,419	265,990	358800	→
Šibenik - Knin	SIK	Zup	Šibenik	2,984	152,128	152,477	112,891	109,375	96,381	95,898	298400	→
Sisak - Moslavina	SIM	Zup	Sisak	4,468	255,292	251,332	185,387	172,439	139,603	134,008	446800	→
Split - Dalmacija [Split - Dalmatia]	SPD	Zup	Split	4,540	436,680	474,019	463,676	454,798	423,407	430,526	454000	→
Varaždin	VAR	Zup	Varaždin	1,262	187,495	187,853	184,769	175,951	159,487	158,860	126200	→
Virovitica - Podravina	VIP	Zup	Virovitica	2,024	107,339	104,625	93,389	84,836	70,368	67,221	202400	→
Vukovar - Srijem	VUS	Zup	Vukovar	2,454	224,103	231,241	204,768	179,521	143,113	136,797	245400	→
Zadar	ZAD	Zup	Zadar	3,646	194,098	214,777	162,045	170,017	159,766	165,766	364600	→
Zagreb	ZAG	Zup	Zagreb	3,060	259,429	282,989	309,696	317,606	299,985	309,964	306000	→
Croatia	HRV	Rep	Zagreb	56,542	4,601,469	4,784,265	4,437,460	4,284,889	3,871,833	3,874,350		→

Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-08-31
1	Zagreb	GZA	663,592
2	Split	SPD	149,830
3	Rijeka	PGK	107,964
4	Osijek	OSB	75,535
5	Zadar	ZAD	67,309
6	Sesvete	GZA	55,313
7	Pula	IST	52,220
8	Slavonski Brod	BRP	45,005
9	Karlovac	KAR	41,869
10	Varaždin	VAR	36,187

Contents: Cities & Settlements

The population of all Croatian cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

Tabulated figures refer to the corresponding settlement (and not to the municipality).

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1981-03-31	Population Census (C) 1991-03-31	Population Census (C) 2001-03-31	Population Census (C) 2011-03-31	Population Census (C) 2021-08-31	Area
Bjelovar	BJB	25,203	26,926	27,783	27,024	24,392	2390	→
Čakovec	MED	14,595	15,999	15,790	15,147	15,078	1664	→
Đakovo	OSB	18,105	20,317	20,912	19,491	16,875	4001	→
Dubrovnik	DUN	41,864	47,348	30,436	28,434	26,922	1209	→
Dugo Selo	ZAG	5,471	6,508	8,880	10,453	11,097	1204	→
Gospić	LIS	8,725	9,025	6,088	6,575	6,362	2069	→
Karlovac	KAR	55,031	59,999	49,082	46,833	41,869	9464	→
Kastav	PGK	4,485	5,995	8,891	10,440	10,202	1144	→
Koprivnica	KOK	20,812	24,238	24,809	23,955	22,262	3889	→
Krapina	KRZ	3,998	4,481	4,647	4,471	4,201	255	→
Križevci	KOK	9,900	11,236	11,541	11,231	10,522	3204	→
Kutina	SIM	13,209	14,992	14,814	13,735	12,012	4977	→
Makarska	SPD	9,342	11,743	13,381	13,426	12,809	2620	→
Metković	DUN	9,845	13,873	15,384	15,329	13,971	2326	→
Nova Gradiška	BRP	13,293	14,044	13,264	11,821	9,820	1410	→
Osijek	OSB	103,026	104,761	90,411	84,104	75,535	5904	→
Pazin	IST	4,842	5,282	4,986	4,386	3,981	1597	→
Petrinja	SIM	15,778	18,706	13,801	15,683	12,963	3934	→
Podstrana	SPD	2,798	5,240	7,341	9,129	10,403	1162	→
Požega (Slavonska Požega)	POS	19,867	21,046	20,943	19,506	16,867	2443	→
Pula (Pola)	IST	56,153	62,378	58,594	57,460	52,220	5355	→
Rijeka	PGK	158,030	165,693	143,800	128,384	107,964	4273	→
Rovinj	IST	11,271	12,910	13,467	13,056	11,629	6260	→
Samobor	ZAG	12,404	14,170	15,147	15,956	16,911	1656	→
Sesvete	GZA	28,340	35,337	44,914	54,085	55,313	3623	→
Šibenik	SIK	36,952	41,012	37,060	34,302	31,115	4373	→
Sinj	SPD	9,177	11,378	11,468	11,478	10,771	730	→
Sisak	SIM	43,494	45,792	36,785	33,322	27,859	3201	→
Slavonski Brod	BRP	47,583	55,683	58,642	53,531	45,005	4168	→
Solin	SPD	11,176	12,575	15,850	20,212	20,996	1154	→
Split	SPD	169,322	189,388	175,140	167,121	149,830	2297	→
Trogir	SPD	8,588	10,266	10,907	10,923	10,107	1151	→
Varaždin	VAR	39,545	41,846	41,434	38,839	36,187	3429	→
Velika Gorica	ZAG	24,834	31,614	33,339	31,553	30,036	3169	→
Vinkovci	VUS	33,004	35,347	33,239	32,029	28,111	6786	→
Virovitica	VIP	15,075	16,262	15,814	14,688	13,486	3773	→
Vukovar	VUS	39,898	44,639	30,126	26,468	22,255	6128	→
Zadar	ZAD	63,364	76,343	69,556	71,471	67,309	5203	→
Zagreb	GZA	656,380	706,770	691,724	688,163	663,592	30598	→
Zaprešić	ZAG	8,201	15,678	17,538	19,644	18,768	1891	→

Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	1,892,155
Females	1,982,195

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-14 years	552,416
15-64 years	2,450,178
65+ years	869,239

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	24,698
80-89 years	189,968
70-79 years	375,467
60-69 years	567,457
50-59 years	539,560
40-49 years	527,495
30-39 years	483,168
20-29 years	422,875
10-19 years	384,165
0-9 years	356,980

Citizenship (C 2021)
Croatia	3,842,318
Foreign Citizenship / Stateless	29,342

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Croats	3,547,614
Serbs	123,892
Other group	129,383

Religion (C 2021)
Catholics	3,057,735
Orthodox	128,395
Other Christians	196,916
Muslims	50,981
Other religion	41,031
No religion	247,149