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The Republic of Croatia


Land area: 56.542 km2

Territorial sea area: 31.067 km2

Geographical position:

Croatia is situated on the cross-roads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and its hinterland. It streches from the hilly sides of the Alps on the North-West to the Panonnian plain on the East.

Population (2001 Census): 4.437.460 

Number of inhabitants per km2: 78,5

Official language and script: Croatian language and Latin script

Currency unit: 1 Kuna (100 lipa)

Capital: Zagreb - 779.145 inhabitants

Territorial-administrative structure:

  • 21 counties (including the City of Zagreb)
  • 122 towns
  • 424 municipalities
  • 6767 settlements

Length of the coast, including islands: 5.835 km

Number of islands, cliffs and reefs: 1.185 - inhabited 47

Climate:

  • Continental in the Northern Croatia
  • Mountainous in the Central Croatia
  • Mediterranean along the Adriatic Coast (average of 2600 sunny hours per year)

Population:

  • majority: Croatian
  • national minorities: Serbs, Muslims, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians and others

Religions:

  • majority: Roman Catholics
  • Orthodox, Islamic, Jews, Protestants and others


Economy Indicators

2004

 Gross domestic product (GDP) (in billions of US$)

34.3

 GDP per capita (US$)

 7,730

 Population (in millions)

 4,4

 Industrial production

 3,7 %

 Inflation rate

 2,1 %

 Unemployment rate

 18,2 %

 Exports (in millions of US$)

8.022,5

 Imports (in millions of US$)

 16.583,2

 Current account balance (in millions of US$)

-366,7

 Central bugdet balance (% of GDP)

 -2,2

 Average monthly gross sallary (US$)

991,6

 CNB's foreign exchange reserves

 8.759

 Number of companies

61.643

 Number of banks

 39

 Persons employed with legal entities

1.085.159

 CNB's discount rate

 4,5 %