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Croatia Fact File
Croatia Fact File: General Information
Population: 4,493,312 (July 2007 est.)
Size of Country: 56,542 sq km (slightly smaller than West Virginia)
Capital City: Zagreb
Time Zone: GMT+1
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Currency: Kuna
Language: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (2001 census)
System of Government: Presidential/parliamentary democracy, led by President Stjepan Mesić
Telephone Country Code: 385
Electricity: 230 volts
National Holidays: Independence Day, Oct. 8
Religion: Roman Catholic (87.8%)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 75 years
Economy: Once one of the wealthiest of the Yugoslav republics, Croatia's economy suffered badly during the 1991-95 war as output collapsed and the country missed the early waves of investment in Central and Eastern Europe that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since 2000, however, Croatia's economic fortunes have begun to improve slowly, with moderate but steady GDP growth between 4% and 5% led by a rebound in tourism and credit-driven consumer spending. Inflation over the same period has remained tame and the currency, the kuna, stable. Nevertheless, difficult problems still remain, including a stubbornly high unemployment rate, a growing trade deficit and uneven regional development
Exports: $11.17 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports: $21.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $60.26 billion (2006 est.)
GDP per Capita: $13,400 (2006 est.)
Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)
Source: CIA The World Factbook