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People
4,486,881 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
123
0-14 years: 15.6% (male 358,360/female 340,098)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 1,506,364/female 1,522,789)
65 years and over: 17% (male 295,960/female 465,838) (2010 est.)
total: 41.2 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 43 years (2010 est.)
-0.061% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
9.63 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
11.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
urban population: 57% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 175
male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 75.58 years
country comparison to the world: 80
male: 71.95 years
female: 79.4 years (2010 est.)
1.43 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 195
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
fewer than 10 (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2009)
noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian
Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Croatian (official) 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97.1% (2001 census)
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2007)
3.9% of GDP (2004)
country comparison to the world: 112
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