President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
5,485,998
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
56.550 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Zagreb
Largest city
Freetown (population: 802,639)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0.329
0.862
GDP per capita
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
35.1%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.2%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
17.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
constitutional democracy
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$66,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
5
Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
71,740 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
402 km
5,835 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
