The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

      Climate:

       Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with

       hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast

      Terrain:

       geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low

       mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m

       highest point: Dinara 1,830 m

      Natural resources:

       oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum,

       natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower

      Land use: arable land: 26.09% permanent crops: 2.27% other: 71.65% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       30 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       destructive earthquakes

      Environment - current issues: air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992–95 civil strife

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity,

       Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous

       Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

       Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic

       Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

      Geography - note:

       controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and

       Turkish Straits

      People Croatia

      Population:

       4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 16.4% (male 378,615/female 359,231)

       15–64 years: 67% (male 1,497,355/female 1,514,993)

       65 years and over: 16.6% (male 283,460/female 462,250) (2005 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 39.97 years

       male: 38.01 years

       female: 41.76 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.02% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.57 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Death rate:

       11.38 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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 (2005 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 6.84 deaths/1,000 live births

       male: 6.79 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 74.45 years

       male: 70.79 years

       female: 78.31 years (2005 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.39 children born/woman (2005 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%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian,

       Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim

       1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

      Languages:

       Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including

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

      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 long form: Republika Hrvatska

       local short form: Hrvatska

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

      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:

       Independence Day, 8 October (1991); note - 25 June 1991 is the day

       the Croatian Parliament voted for independence; following a 3-month

       moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav

       crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 October 1991

       to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia

      Constitution:

       adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001

      Legal system:

       based on civil