President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
President: Joachim Gauck
Population
4,480,043
81,305,856
Life Expectancy
75.990 years
80.190 years
Capital City
Zagreb
Berlin
Largest city
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Berlin (population: 3,426,350)
Human Development Index
0.862
0.94
GDP per capita
$18,400 US
$38,400 US
Literacy Rate
98.1%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
7.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.9%
30.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Karl Albrecht ($21.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
17.700%
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
presidential/parliamentary democracy
federal republic
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991
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)
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
Languages
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
German
Exports
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
External Debt
$66,300,000,000 $
$5,624,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.390%
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
41
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Area
56,594 km sq
357,022 km sq
Coastline
5,835 km
2,389 km
Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
