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Population:
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4,422,248 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.3% (male 415,873; female 394,414)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 1,465,488; female 1,454,778)
65 years and over: 15.6% (male 258,943; female 432,752) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 38.9 years
male: 37.1 years
female: 40.7 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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0.31% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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12.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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11.25 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 7.78 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.37 years
male: 70.76 years
female: 78.2 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.93 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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200 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 10 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian
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Ethnic groups:
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Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1% (2001)
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001)
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Languages:
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Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.4%
female: 97.8% (2003 est.)
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