Health · Croatia
Yearly data from 1961 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Croatia's population growth (annual %) was 0.26% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.45 percentage points from -1.19% in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.26% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -0.89% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -1.19% | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.11% | 1994 |
| Lowest | -3.85% | 2001 |
| Average since 2016 | -0.69% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.65% | 1961 |
Over five years it is up 1.15 percentage points from -0.89% in 2020. Since 1961 it is down 0.39 percentage points from 0.65% in 1961.
In 2025, Croatia's population growth (annual %) rose 0.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 0.17% to 0.26%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.91 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.86 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Croatia had the 157th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 0.26% | 2025 |
| World | 0.91% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 0.43% | 2025 |
| High income | 0.41% | 2025 |
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Population growth (annual %) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.2583 |
| 2024 | 0.1686 |
| 2023 | 0.1049 |
| 2022 | -0.6035 |
| 2021 | -0.904 |
| 2020 | -0.8949 |
| 2019 | -0.9923 |
| 2018 | -1.31 |
| 2017 | -1.61 |
| 2016 | -1.09 |
| 2015 | -1.19 |
| 2014 | -0.7664 |
| 2013 | -0.6227 |
| 2012 | -0.4743 |
| 2011 | -0.3453 |
| 2010 | -0.2268 |
| 2009 | -0.105 |
| 2008 | -0.0119 |
| 2007 | -0.0219 |
| 2006 | 0.0235 |
| 2005 | 0.1287 |
| 2004 | 0.0279 |
| 2003 | 0.0285 |
| 2002 | 0.0589 |
| 2001 | -3.85 |
| 2000 | -0.9864 |
| 1999 | -0.432 |
| 1998 | -0.0614 |
| 1997 | -0.4878 |
| 1996 | -1.37 |
| 1995 | -0.6901 |
| 1994 | 1.11 |
| 1993 | 0.5371 |
| 1992 | -2.44 |
| 1991 | -1.87 |
| 1990 | 0.2118 |
| 1989 | 0.2531 |
| 1988 | 0.3257 |
| 1987 | 0.3868 |
| 1986 | 0.4251 |
| 1985 | 0.4505 |
| 1984 | 0.4718 |
| 1983 | 0.517 |
| 1982 | 0.4916 |
| 1981 | 0.2546 |
| 1980 | 0.1088 |
| 1979 | 0.2985 |
| 1978 | 0.4707 |
| 1977 | 0.5198 |
| 1976 | 0.5272 |
| 1975 | 0.4759 |
| 1974 | 0.4575 |
| 1973 | 0.4394 |
| 1972 | 0.4343 |
| 1971 | 0.4302 |
| 1970 | 0.4717 |
| 1969 | 0.5907 |
| 1968 | 0.6191 |
| 1967 | 0.647 |
| 1966 | 0.6932 |
| 1965 | 0.6573 |
| 1964 | 0.6416 |
| 1963 | 0.6878 |
| 1962 | 0.7035 |
| 1961 | 0.6527 |
Every indicator for Croatia is on the Croatia data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.GROW, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from total population; Demographic Statistics, Eurosta… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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