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Croatia
Croatia is an EU member state with a population of 3.9M. Member of the European Union since 2013.
27 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
3.9M
2025 · rank 20/27
Country at a glance
Croatia is a southeastern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Zagreb. The country joined the European Communities in 2013 as the most recent EU member state to join, following the 2004 and 2007 enlargements. Economically, Croatia is an Adriatic economy with tourism, shipbuilding and services; the most recent eurozone entrant (January 2023) and Schengen entrant (also 2023). The country has used the euro since 2023, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Croatian is the official language and the country is divided into 2 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Croatia is currently 20th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Croatia, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 4k 2025 ▼6.5%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 13k 2025 ▼15.9%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 1,657k 2025 ▲1.2%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 9k 2025 ▼19.8%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 1,670k 2025 ▲1.0%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 23,448 2025 ▲22.9%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 3,720,379 2025 ▼0.7%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 129,750 2025 ▲35.8%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 558 2025 ▲0.0%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 3,874,350 2025 ▲0.3%
Migration & asylum
14 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 793 2024 ▲21.3%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 205 2026 ▼75.7%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 260 2025 ▲6.1%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 25 2025 ▼61.5%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 25 2025 ▼58.3%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 5 2024 ▲0.0%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 285 2025 ▼8.1%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 11,330 2025 ▼3.6%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 6,620 2025 ▼2.6%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 438 2024 ▲16.2%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 85,574 2024 ▲10.4%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 2,713 2024 ▲10.2%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 1,084 2024 ▲12.0%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 89,809 2024 ▲10.4%
More data on Croatia
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Croatia (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Croatia buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Croatia.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Croatia.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (27 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API