President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
President: Giorgio Napolitano
Population
4,480,043
61,261,254
Life Expectancy
75.990 years
81.860 years
Capital City
Zagreb
Rome
Largest city
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Rome (population: 2,563,240)
Human Development Index
0.862
0.945
GDP per capita
$18,400 US
$30,900 US
Literacy Rate
98.1%
98.4%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
4.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.9%
20.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Michele Ferrero & family ($9.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
17.700%
8.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
presidential/parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not finally unified until 1870)
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 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
Languages
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Exports
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
External Debt
$66,300,000,000 $
$2,684,000,000,000 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 - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.390%
1.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
28
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Area
56,594 km sq
301,340 km sq
Coastline
5,835 km
7,600 km
Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
