Republic of Croatia | |
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.png)  Location of Croatia (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Zagreb[b] 45°48′N 16°0′E / 45.800°N 16.000°E |
| Official languages | Croatian[c] |
| Writing system | Latin[d] |
| Ethnic groups (2011[4]) | |
| Religion (2011) |
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| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
| Zoran Milanović | |
| Andrej Plenković | |
| Gordan Jandroković | |
| Legislature | Croatian Parliament |
| Establishment | |
• Duchy | 9th century |
• Kingdom | 925 |
| 1102 | |
• Joined Habsburg Monarchy | 1 January 1527 |
• Secession from Austria-Hungary | 29 October 1918 |
| 4 December 1918 | |
| 25 June 1991 | |
| 12 November 1995 | |
• Joined the European Union | 1 July 2013 |
| Area | |
• Total | 56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi) (124th) |
• Water (%) | 1.09 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate |  4,058,165[5] (128th) |
• 2011 census | 4,284,889[6] |
• Density | 73/km2 (189.1/sq mi) (109th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $117.928 billion[7] (80st) |
• Per capita | $29,207[7] (49th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $63.172 billion[7] (77th) |
• Per capita | $15,646[7] (55th) |
| Gini (2018) |  29.7[8]low · 17th |
| HDI (2019) |  0.851[9]very high · 43rd |
| Currency | Kuna (HRK) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +385 |
| ISO 3166 code | HR |
| Internet TLD | |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, with twenty counties. Croatia has 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.07 million.