Croatia

country in Central Europe
Country sovereign_state Q224
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Terrain
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
Natural resources
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
People & Society
Religions
Roman Catholic 79%, Orthodox 3.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other Christian 4.8%, Muslim 1.3%, other 1.1%, agnostic 1.7%, none or atheist 4.7%, unspecified 3.9% (2021 est.)
Government
Government type
parliamentary republic
Independence
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia); notable earlier dates: ca. 925 (Kingdom of Croatia established), 1 December 1918 (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes established, later became Yugoslavia)
National holiday
Statehood Day (National Day), 30 May (1990)
Legal system
civil law system influenced by legal heritage of Austria-Hungary
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$164.825 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$42,600 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
3.8% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
5.3% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
Italy 14%, Germany 11%, Slovenia 11%, Bosnia & Herzegovina 6%, Austria 6% (2023)
Imports - partners
Italy 14%, Germany 14%, Slovenia 11%, Hungary 6%, Austria 5% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Croatia is a sovereign state[1]. Croatia draws 143,780 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign state category, ranking #40 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Croatia[3]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Adriatic Sea[4]
  • Head of government: Andrej Plenković[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Instance of: unitary state[7], Mediterranean country[8], country[9]
  • Head of state: Zoran Milanović[10]
  • Capital: Zagreb[11]
  • Official language: Croatian[12]
  • Currency: euro[13]
  • Shares border with: Slovenia[14], Hungary[15], Serbia[16], Bosnia and Herzegovina[17], Montenegro[18], Liberland[19]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .hr[20]
  • Anthem: Lijepa naša domovino[21]
  • Basic form of government: republic[22]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Međimurje County[23], Dubrovnik-Neretva County[24], Istria County[25], Split-Dalmatia County[26], Vukovar-Srijem County[27], Šibenik-Knin County[28], Osijek-Baranja County[29], Zadar County[30], Brod-Posavina County[31], Požega-Slavonia County[32], Virovitica-Podravina County[33], Lika-Senj County[34], Primorje-Gorski Kotar County[35], Bjelovar-Bilogora County[36]
  • Flag: flag of Croatia[37]
  • Legislative body: Parliament of Croatia[38]
  • Executive body: Government of Croatia[39]
  • Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Croatia[40], Escut de l'Estat de Croàcia[41]
  • Part of: post-Yugoslavia states[42], Schengen Area[43], eurozone[44]
  • Commons category: Croatia[45]
  • Licence plate code: HR[46]
  • Has seal, badge, or sigil: Seal of Croatia[47]
  • Located in time zone: Central European Time[48], UTC+01:00[49], UTC+02:00[50], Europe/Zagreb[51]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Croatia include Adriatic Croatia[52], a NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[53]; Republic of Croatia Square[54], a square[55]; Hrvatica chicken[56], a chicken breed[57], founded in 1917[58]; and Croatian State Prize[59], an award[60], founded in 1995[61].

Why It Matters

Croatia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Croatia is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Works attributed to Croatia include Invocation of the Vienna (Human Dimension) Mechanism on the Situation in Georgia[64], a document[65], written by Albania[66]. Entities named for Croatia include Adriatic Croatia[52], a NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[53]; Republic of Croatia Square[54], a square[55]; Hrvatica chicken[56], a chicken breed[57], founded in 1917[58]; and Croatian State Prize[59], an award[60], founded in 1995[61].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Constitution of Croatia. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → europe:Croatia, countries:Croatia, yugoslavia:Croatia +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Croatia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299635776|Croatia (#299635776)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wiki"
  2. 5d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coextensive with → Croatia
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coextensive with: Croatia"
  3. 5d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → 1918
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2094, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  4. 7d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', '
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-gTSJ-occs-s5zF
    Sitelink count → 356
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-gTSJ-occs-s5zF, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250704821|Chorwacja (#250704821)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topi"
  5. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000801
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  6. 6w ago · Nathann.cohen · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Serbo-croatian preferred project code → hr
    Jorfsearch organization id → Croatia
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/52649|batch #52649]]: Jorfsearch September update"
  7. 12w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 45.1, 'lon': 15.2}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  8. 12w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia +6
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000801
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: 0002839"
  9. 12w ago · Ђидо · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Shares border with: Serbia and Montenegro"
  10. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Croatia
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ P14470: Locations/Croatia"
  11. 13w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Kroatien.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Croația.wav, LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-କ୍ରୋଏସିଆ.wav +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Croazia.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  12. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Leon County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27021, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  13. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 4770
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 4770, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477330|CROATIA (#167477330)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  14. 17w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 154019917, 027483304
    Icannwiki page id → Croatia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Croatia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294323185|Croatia (#294323185)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'matc"
  15. 18w ago · EUPBR · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has seal, badge, or sigil → Seal of Croatia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has seal, badge, or sigil: Seal of Croatia"
  16. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → croatia
    Svkkl authority id → g0001619-Chorvatsko
    Currency → Croatian dinar, Croatian kuna, euro
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001619-Chorvatsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  17. 22w ago · Oraina · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Currency → Croatian dinar, Croatian kuna, euro
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Currency: euro"
  18. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dbnl country id → kroat01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: kroat01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
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