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Croatia

Croatia
Capital Zagreb
56,594 km² · 3,876,200 people (2025) · Euro

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.

The facts

Capital
Zagreb
Area
56,594 km² — 21,851 sq mi
Population
3,876,200 (2025)
Density
68.5 people per km²
Currency
Euro (EUR, €)
Official language
Croatian
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Calling code
+385
Drives on the
right
ISO codes
HR · HRV
Continent
Europe

How it compares

By area
125 of 200
By population
131 of 200

Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

Countries of a similar size

Country Area (km²) Population
Latvia 64,589 1,847,785
Togo 56,785 8,591,626
Croatia ← 56,594 3,876,200
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,197 3,140,095
Costa Rica 51,100 5,152,950

Common questions

What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb
What currency does Croatia use?
The Euro (EUR).
How big is Croatia?
56,594 km², or 21,851 square miles — 125 of 200 by area.
Which side of the road does Croatia drive on?
The right.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked