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Croatia at a Glance

LocationSoutheastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

Population4,495,904

Population Growth Rate-0.02%

ReligionsRoman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2%

LanguagesCroatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  98.5%
male: 99.4%
female:  97.8% (2003 est.)