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Population:
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4,496,869 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.6% (male 383,729; female 364,287)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,497,525; female 1,515,956)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 277,616; female 457,756) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 39.7 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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-0.02% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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9.51 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.03 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.14 years
male: 70.21 years
female: 78.29 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.39 children born/woman (2004 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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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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