Birth rate: 10.45 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 11.14 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.94 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 8 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.75 years male: 70.43 years female: 77.28 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.54 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Croat(s) adjective: Croatian
Ethnic groups: Croat 80% Serb 10% Muslim 0.9% Hungarian 0.5% Slovenian 0.5% others 8.1% (1991)
Religions: Catholic 76.5% Orthodox 11.1% Slavic Muslim 1.2% Protestant 0.4% others and unknown 10.8%
Languages: Croatian 96% other 4% (including Italian Hungarian Czechoslovak and German)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 99% female: 95% (1991 est.)
