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Flag of Croatia                                Map of Croatia
Location:Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Geographic coordinates:45 10 N, 15 30 E
Map references:Europe
Area:total: 56,542 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km
water: 128 sq km
Area—comparative:slightly smaller than West Virginia
Land boundaries:total: 2,197 km
Maritime claims:territorial sea: 12 nm
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
Land use:arable land: 25.82%
permanent crops: 2.19%
other: 71.99% (2005)
Irrigated land:110 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:105.5 cu km (1998)
Natural hazards:destructive earthquakes
Geography—note:controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; the vast majority of Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks
Population:4,493,312 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 16% (male 368,639/female 349,703)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,499,354/female 1,515,932)
65 years and over: 16.9% (male 292,526/female 467,158) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 40.6 years
male: 38.6 years
female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:-0.035% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:9.63 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:11.57 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.989 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.626 male(s)/female
total population: 0.926 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 74.9 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 78.75 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.41 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS—people living with HIV/AIDS:200 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS—deaths:less than 10 (2001 est.)
Major infectious diseases:degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis
Nationality:noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97.1% (2001 census)
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:name: Zagreb
geographic coordinates: 45 48 N, 16 00 E
Independence:25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Constitution:adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001
Legal system:based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Executive branch:chief of state: President Stjepan (Stipe) MESIC (since 18 February 2000)
Political pressure groups and leaders:NA
International organization participation:ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in the US:chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marijan GUBIC
chancery: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 588-5899
FAX: [1] (202) 588-8936
Diplomatic representation from the US:chief of mission: Ambassador Robert A. BRADTKE
embassy: 2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb
mailing address: use street address
telephone: [385] (1) 661-2200
FAX: [385] (1) 661-2373
GDP (purchasing power parity):$69.44 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):$50.96 billion (2007 est.)
GDP—real growth rate:5.6% (2007 est.)
GDP—per capita (PPP):$15,500 (2007 est.)
GDP—composition by sector:agriculture: 7.2%
industry: 32%
services: 60.7% (2007 est.)
Labor force:1.714 million (2007 est.)
Labor force—by occupation:agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32.8%
services: 64.5% (2004)
Unemployment rate:11.8% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:11% (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Distribution of family income—Gini index:29 (2001)
Investment (gross fixed):30.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:revenues: $22.46 billion
expenditures: $23.85 billion (2007 est.)
Public debt:45.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Industrial production growth rate:6.5% (2007 est.)
Electricity—production:11.99 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity—consumption:14.97 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity—exports:3.634 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity—imports:8.746 billion kWh (2005)
Oil—production:27,190 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil—consumption:99,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil—exports:40,930 bbl/day (2004)
Oil—imports:109,800 bbl/day (2004)
Oil—proved reserves:69.14 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas—production:1.477 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas—consumption:2.58 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas—imports:1.103 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas—proved reserves:27.16 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:$-3.836 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:$12.11 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports—commodities:transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Exports—partners:Italy 23.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.7%, Germany 10.4%, Slovenia 8.3%, Austria 6.1% (2006)
Imports:$25.78 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports—commodities:machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Imports—partners:Italy 16.7%, Germany 14.5%, Russia 9.7%, Slovenia 6.8%, Austria 5.4%, China 5.3% (2006)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:$13.13 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt—external:$41.56 billion (30 June 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment—at home:$18.33 billion (2006 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment—abroad:$2.878 billion (2006 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:$29.01 billion (2006)
Economic aid—recipient:ODA, $125.4 million (2005)
Currency (code):kuna (HRK)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Telephones—main lines in use:1.832 million (2006)
Telephones—mobile cellular:4.47 million (2006)
Telephone system:general assessment: the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s; the number of fixed telephone lines has increased to about 40 per 100 persons; virtually 100 mobile cellular telephones per 100 persons
domestic: more than 90 percent of local lines are digital
Radio broadcast stations:AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Television broadcast stations:36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country
Internet hosts:261,954 (2007)
Internet users:1.576 million (2006)
Airports:68 (2007)
Airports—with paved runways:total: 23
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 9 (2007)
Airports—with unpaved runways:total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 37 (2007)
Heliports:2 (2007)
Pipelines:gas 1,556 km; oil 583 km (2007)
Railways:total: 2,726 km
Roadways:total: 28,436 km
paved: 28,436 km (includes 792 km of expressways) (2006)
Waterways:785 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 75 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,165,409 GRT/1,867,160 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 21, cargo 12, chemical tanker 3, passenger/cargo 28, petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 2 (Bermuda 2)
registered in other countries: 36 (Bahamas 1, Belize 1, Liberia 5, Malta 12, Marshall Islands 4, Panama 6, St Vincent and The Grenadines 7) (2007)
Ports and terminals:Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)
Military branches:Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air Force, Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2007)
Manpower available for military service:males age 18-49: 1,005,058
females age 18-49: 1,008,511 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:males age 18-49: 725,914
females age 18-49: 823,611 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:males age 18-49: 29,020
females age 18-49: 27,897 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP:2.39% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues
Refugees and internally displaced persons:IDPs: 4,200-7,000 (Croats and Serbs displaced in 1992-95 war) (2006)

