President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General Prime minister: Stephen Harper
Population
4,480,043
34,300,083
Life Expectancy
75.990 years
81.480 years
Capital City
Zagreb
Ottawa
Largest city
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Toronto (population: 4,612,190)
Human Development Index
0.862
0.967
GDP per capita
$18,400 US
$41,100 US
Literacy Rate
98.1%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
8.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.9%
24.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
David Thomson & family ($13.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
17.700%
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
presidential/parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)
Languages
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Exports
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar - 1.0364 (2008 est.), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.390%
1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
18
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Area
56,594 km sq
9,984,670 km sq
Coastline
5,835 km
202,080 km
Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
