The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

9.51 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 7.03 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 74.14 years

       male: 70.21 years

       female: 78.29 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.39 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       200 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 10 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)

       adjective: Croatian

      Ethnic groups:

       Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%,

       Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1%

       (2001)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%,

       others and unknown 6.2% (2001)

      Languages:

       Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech,

       Slovak, and German)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 98.5%

       male: 99.4%

       female: 97.8% (2003 est.)

      Government Croatia

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Croatia

       conventional short form: Croatia

       local short form: Hrvatska

       former: People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia

       local long form: Republika Hrvatska

      Government type:

       presidential/parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

       Zagreb

      Administrative divisions:

       20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad -

       singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija, Brodsko-Posavska

       Zupanija, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija, Istarska Zupanija,

       Karlovacka Zupanija, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka Zupanija,

       Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija, Licko-Senjska Zupanija, Medimurska

       Zupanija, Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija, Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija,

       Primorsko-Goranska Zupanija, Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija,

       Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija, Splitsko-Dalmatinska Zupanija,

       Varazdinska Zupanija, Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija,

       Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija, Zadarska Zupanija, Zagreb*,

       Zagrebacka Zupanija

      Independence:

       25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

      National holiday:

       Statehood Day, 25 June (1991)

      Constitution:

       adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001

      Legal system:

       based on civil law system

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal (16 years of age, if employed)

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Stjepan (Stipe) MESIC (since 18 February

       2000)

       head of government: Prime Minister Ivo SANADER (since 9 December

       2003); Deputy Prime Ministers Jadranka KOSOR (since 23 December

       2003) and Andrija HEBRANG (since 23 December 2003)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and

       approved by the parliamentary Assembly

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       election last held 16 January 2005 (next to be held January 2010);

       prime minister nominated by the president in line with the balance

       of power in the Assembly

       election results: Stjepan MESIC reelected president; percent of vote

       - Stjepan MESIC (HNS) 66%, Jadranka KOSOR (HDZ) 34%

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral Assembly or Sabor (152 seats; note - one seat was added

       in the November 2003 parliamentary elections; members elected from

       party lists by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

       elections: Assembly - last held 23 November 2003 (next to be held in

       2007)

       note: minority government coalition - HDZ, DC, HSLS, HSU, SDSS

       election results: Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; number

       of seats by party - HDZ 66, SDP 34, HSS 10, HNS 10, HSP 8, IDS 4,

       Libra 3, HSU 3, SDSS 3, other 11

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts

       appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the

       Republic, which is elected by the Assembly

      Political parties and leaders:

       Croatian Bloc or HB [Ivic PASALIC]; Croatian Christian Democratic

       Union or HKDU [Anto KOVACEVIC]; Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ

       [Ivo SANADER]; Croatian Party of Rights or HSP [Anto DJAPIC];

       Croatian Peasant Party or HSS [Zlatko TOMCIC]; Croatian Pensioner

       Party or HSU [Vladimir JORDAN]; Croatian People's Party or HNS

       [Vesna PUSIC]; Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS [Ivan CEHOK];

       Croatian True Revival Party or HIP [Miroslav TUDJMAN]; Democratic

       Centre or DC [Vesna SKARE-OZBOLT]; Independent Democratic Serb Party

       or SDSS [Vojislav STRANIMIROVIC]; Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS

       [Ivan JAKOVCIC]; Liberal Party or LS [Zlatko BENASIC]; Party of

       Liberal Democrats or Libra [Jozo RADOS]; Social Democratic Party of

       Croatia or SDP