---
title: "Croatia vs France — area, population, currency"
description: "Croatia is 56,594 km² with 3,876,200 people; France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/croatia-vs-france/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Croatia vs France

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

56,594 km² vs 643,801 km² · 3,876,200 vs 68,720,337

France is 11 times larger than Croatia — 643,801 against 56,594 km². France is 18 times more populous than Croatia — 68,720,337 against 3,876,200 people.

## Side by side

|  | Croatia | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Zagreb | Paris |
| Area | 56,594 km² | 643,801 km² |
| Population | 3,876,200 (2025) | 68,720,337 (2025) |
| Density | 68.5 /km² | 106.7 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Croatian | French |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +385 | +33 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | HR / HRV | FR / FRA |

## Population density

France is 1.6 times more densely populated than Croatia — 107 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.

## 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.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

> 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 Croatia bigger than France?

France is larger — 643,801 km² against 56,594 km².

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

France, with 68,720,337 against 3,876,200.

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

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

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## 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]