Croatia
Zagreb · Southeast Europe
Croatia is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Zagreb, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Croatian.
With a population of roughly 3.9 million people spread over 56,594 km², Croatia is the 128th most populous country in the world and the 124th largest by area. That works out at about 69 people per square kilometre.
Croatia shares land borders with Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro — 5 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Zagreb, Split and Rijeka. The highest point in the country is Dinara, at 1,831 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Togo, while its population is closest to that of Eritrea.
- Capital
- Zagreb
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Population
- 3,900,000
- Area
- 56,594 km²
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Croatian
- Highest point
- Dinara
1,831 m - Land borders
- 5
Croatia: things worth knowing
- Croatia's coastline includes more than 1,200 islands, though fewer than 50 are permanently inhabited.
- The country is shaped like a crescent, and its territory is interrupted near Neum by Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coastal strip.
- The necktie descends from the scarves worn by Croatian mercenaries in 17th-century France — 'cravate' comes from 'Croat'.
Croatia in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Croatia ranks 27th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.