President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
313,847,465
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
78.490 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Washington, DC
Zagreb
Largest city
New York City (population: 8,008,280)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0.95
0.862
GDP per capita
$49,000 US
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
99%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
7.3
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.6%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
William Gates III ($40.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
9.000%
17.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
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 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$14,710,000,000,000 $
$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
4.060%
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
110
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Location
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
9,826,675 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
19,924 km
5,835 km
Climate
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
