Age structure:
0-14 years:
18% (male 396,484; female 376,267)
15-64 years:
67% (male 1,445,101; female 1,420,159)
65 years and over:
15% (male 238,853; female 405,352) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.93% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 12.82 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 11.51 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.59 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.67 years
male:
70.04 years
female:
77.51 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.94 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Croat(s)
adjective:
Croatian
Ethnic groups: Croat? 78.1% Serb? 12.2%, Muslim 0.9%, Hungarian? 0.5%, Slovenian? 0.5%, Czech? 0.4%, Albanian? 0.3%, Montenegrin? 0.3%, Roma? 0.2%, others 6.6% (1991)
Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
Languages: Croatian? 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian?, Czech?, Slovak?, and German)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
99%
female:
95% (1991 est.)
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