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Country
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| Croatia |
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Leader
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President: Ivo Josipovic
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Population
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| 4,475,611
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Life Expectancy
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| 76.200 years
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Capital City
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| Zagreb
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Largest city
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| (population: ) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
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Human Development Index
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NA
| 0.862
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| GDP per capita |
| $18,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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| 98.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
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NA
| 4.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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NA
| 20.9%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 20.400%
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Death Penalty
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NA
| Abolished
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Political System
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| presidential/parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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| 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)
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| Languages |
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
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| Exports |
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
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| External Debt |
| $61,070,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
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| Area |
| 56,594 km sq
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| Coastline |
| 5,835 km
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| Climate |
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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