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General Information

 
Capital City:
Zagreb
Area: 56,542 sq km
Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Landscape: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
Population: 4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Languages: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (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)
Nat. Holiday: Independence Day, 8 October
Government:

Constitutional democratic republic

President: Stjepan (Stipe) MESIC (since 18 February 2000)
Prime Minister:

Ivo SANADER (since 9 December 2003)

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Economy

Currency:

Croatian kuna (HRK), 1 EUR = 7,5 HRK

GDP:

$50.33 billion (2004 est.)

GDP per capita:

$11,200 (2004 est.)

GDP real growth:  

3.7% (2004 est.)  

Inflation rate:

2.5% (2004 est.)

Labour force
per sector:

Services 64.5%, industry 32.8%, agriculture 2.7%

Unemployment:

13.8% (2004 est.)

Exports:

$7.845 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

- products:

transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

- partners:

Italy 23.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.7%, Germany 11.5%, Austria 9.6%, Slovenia 7.7% (2004)

Imports:

$16.7 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

- products:

machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs

- partners:

Italy 17.3%, Germany 15.7%, Slovenia 7.1%, Austria 7.1%, Russia 7%, France 4.3% (2004)

Growth sectors:

Tourism, construction, transport, health, agriculture, education, administration, insurance

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Trade with the Netherlands

 

NL exports:

€ 70.33 million (2004)

- products:

Food, livestock, vegetables and fruits, machines and transport equipment, chemicals

NL imports:

€ 45,2 million (2004)

- products:

Commodities

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Economic regions

Zagreb region

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Map

Map Croatia

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Source: CIA World Factbook, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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