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title: "China vs Croatia — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 people; Croatia is 56,594 km² with 3,876,200. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-croatia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Croatia

**China vs Croatia: China is larger; China has more people**

9,596,960 km² vs 56,594 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 3,876,200

China is 170 times larger than Croatia — 9,596,960 against 56,594 km². China is 363 times more populous than Croatia — 1,406,585,000 against 3,876,200 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Zagreb |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 56,594 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 3,876,200 (2025) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 68.5 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Croatian |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +385 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | HR / HRV |

## Population density

China is 2.1 times more densely populated than Croatia — 147 against 68 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Chinese yuan and the Euro.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## Croatia

The Adriatic coast is about 1,780 km long as the crow flies but roughly 6,000 km including the 1,200-odd islands, islets and reefs, of which about fifty are inhabited. Plitvice is sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls, dammed by travertine that the water itself deposits and which is still growing about a centimetre a year.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is China bigger than Croatia?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 56,594 km².

### Which has more people, China or Croatia?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 3,876,200.

### What is the time difference between China and Croatia?

China is UTC+08:00 and Croatia is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Croatia](https://atoneplace.net/country/croatia/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]