Croatia: Facts & Stats

Demographics

Population:

Population: 4,489,409 inhabitants (2009)
Density: 81 inhabitants per sq. km

The five largest cities are:

• Zagreb 698,966
• Split 176,314
• Rijeka 141,172
• Osijek 88,140
• Zadar 71,258

Welfare:

Croatia has a good standard of health service. The healthcare system in Croatia is controlled centrally. The state owns hospitals and the county governments own the medical centers. The Minister of Health has a wide brief. He is responsible for legislation, the annual national health plan, monitoring health status and health care needs, modifying standards in healthcare facilities, supervising training, hygiene inspections, setting the quality of food and drugs and educating the nation in healthcare.

Finance for the Croatian state health system comes from a variety of sources. Health insurance contributions are compulsory for all citizens in employment and for employers. Dependant family members are covered through the contributions made by working family members. Self-employed citizens must pay their own contributions in full.

Vulnerable groups such as old age pensioners and low-income earners are exempt from payment. The Croatian Institute for Health Insurance (CIHI) holds the budget made up of the working populace’s contributions. Some citizens supplement their state healthcare service with additional private health insurance.

Education:

Education at the elementary level is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 7 and 15 years. Secondary education lasts from two to five years and is of three kinds: grammar; technical and specialized; and mixed-curriculum.

For the year 2000, the rate of adult illiteracy was estimated at1.7% (males, 0.6%; females, 2.7%). In higher education, there are four universities and three polytechnic institutes: University of Osijek (founded in 1975); University of Rijeka (founded in 1973); University of Split (founded in 1974); and University of Zagreb (founded in 1669). In 1997, Croatia's universities, technical schools, and arts academies had 6,038 teachers and enrolled a combined total of 85,752 students.

Primary and secondary education is essentially free because it is mostly sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the Croatian Government. Higher education is also mostly free because the government funds all public universities and allows them to set quotas for free enrollment, based on students' prior results (usually high school grades and their result at the set of exams at enrollment).

Religion:

The latest estimates (2002) recorded a Roman Catholic population of 85%, with 6% Orthodox Christians, and 1% Muslims. Less than 1% were Jewish and about 4% belong to other faiths, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Greek Catholic, Pentecostals, Hare Krishnas, Baptists, Seventh-Day Adventists, and the Church of Christ.

About 2% of the population is atheists. The Orthodox can be found in Serb areas; other minority religions can be found mostly in urban areas. No formal restrictions are placed on religious groups, and all are free to conduct public services and run social and charitable institutions.

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