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Croatia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Croatia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.26%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -60.4% since 1961
Population growth for Croatia was 0.26% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.11% in 1994. The lowest was -3.85% in 2001 (about -14.9× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.44% per year.
Croatia ranks 156 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Croatia sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 122%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.26%
First (1961)
0.65%
Change
-60.4%
Highest
1.11%
in 1994
Lowest
-3.85%
in 2001
Average
-0.10%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.44%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.26% |
| 2024 | 0.17% |
| 2023 | 0.1% |
| 2022 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | -0.89% |
| 2019 | -0.99% |
| 2018 | -1.31% |
| 2017 | -1.61% |
| 2016 | -1.09% |
| 2015 | -1.19% |
| 2014 | -0.77% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.