2021 Croatian census

Questions and data uses

1. Population
2. * surname and first name, gender, personal identification number, date of birth, marital status; the type of living community in which a person lives; number of live births; place of residence/residence; presence in the census settlement at the time of the Census; reason for absence/presence; time of absence/presence; time of intention of absence/presence; place of absence/place of residence; birthplace; place of residence of the mother at the time of the person's birth; the place from which the person immigrated and the year and reason for immigrating; the foreign country where the person resided for a year or longer, the year of moving to the Republic of Croatia and the reason for staying abroad; citizenship; nationality ; mother tongue; religious affiliation; achieved education; attending school/studies; economic activity, position in employment; interest; activities; main sources of livelihood; place of work/school; frequency of returning to the place of residence; means of travel to work/school/study
3. Households
4. * relative and family composition of the household; type of household; the basis on which the household uses the apartment; area of used agricultural land and ownership of livestock or poultry
5. Housing and other residential units
6. * type and manner of use of the residential unit; apartment ownership; surface area of the apartment; number of rooms in the apartment; kitchen, bathroom and toilet in the apartment; types of installations in the apartment ; method of heating the apartment; type of energy source; air conditioning; type of building in which the apartment is located; the number of apartments in the building where the apartment is located, the location of the apartment in the building; year of construction of the building in which the apartment is located.

Timeline

• 3 April 2021: Law on the Census of Population, Households and Apartments in the Republic of Croatia in 2021 entered into force
• 13–26 September 2021: citizens could be registered independently using the census questionnaire in electronic form that was available on the e-Citizens portal, simultaneously listing the household and the apartment in which they live
• 27 September – 14 November 2021: enumerators used electronic devices to enumerate all census units that were not self-enumerated and controlled the data collected by self-enumeration
• 22 September 2022: the final results of the Census 2021 have been published

County rankings

City rankings

Rank	City	County	Population	Region
1	Zagreb	Zagreb|name=City of Zagreb Population by ethnicity and religion Ethnic map of Croatia by municipalities Census information with a number of Croats and 22 official recognized minorities of Croatia. Ethnicity Population Share Croats 3,547,614 91.63% Serbs 123,892 3.20% Bosniaks 24,131 0.62% Roma 17,980 0.46% Albanians 13,817 0.36% Italians 13,763 0.36% Hungarians 10,315 0.27% Czechs 7,862 0.20% Slovenians 7,729 0.20% Slovaks 3,688 0.10% Macedonians 3,555 0.09% Montenegrins 3,127 0.08% Germans 3,034 0.08% Ukrainians 1,905 0.05% Russians 1,481 0.04% Ruthenians 1,343 0.03% Poles 657 0.02% Jews 410 0.01% Turks 404 0.01% Austrians 365 0.01% Romanians 337 0.01% Bulgarians 262 0.01% Vlachs 22 0.00% Others 13,196 0.34% Regional affiliation 12,712 0.33% Declared religion 5,874 0.15% Not classified 3,108 0.08% Not declared 22,388 0.58% Unknown 26,862 0.69% Census also included religion with a connection to nations of Croatia. Religion/ Ethnicity Total Catholics Orthodox Protestants Other Christians Muslims Jews Oriental religions Other religions, movements and life philosophies Agnostics and sceptics Not religious and atheists Not declared Unknown Total 3,871,833 3,057,735 128,395 9,956 186,960 50,981 573 3,392 37,066 64,961 182,188 66,581 83,045 Croats 3,547,614 2,988,051 15,980 5,142 179,159 10,841 301 2,264 33,999 57,216 150,430 51,147 53,084 Albanians 13,817 5,311 11 3 242 7,421 - 4 79 80 235 143 288 Austrians 365 180 7 16 15 4 2 2 9 15 75 19 21 Bosniaks 24,131 255 158 9 37 21,119 - 5 87 367 1,113 407 574 Bulgarians 262 46 114 7 16 3 - - 4 13 40 10 9 Montenegrins 3,127 257 1,078 10 77 101 - 4 30 251 992 139 188 Czechs 7,862 6,487 12 152 224 - - 10 53 159 507 128 130 Hungarians 10,315 6,399 64 2,414 325 2 1 5 66 130 453 219 237 Macedonians 3,555 399 1,889 26 133 200 - 6 37 130 479 121 135 Germans 3,034 1,579 36 417 102 18 2 13 20 80 422 149 196 Poles 657 518 2 - 30 - - 1 10 14 53 14 15 Romani 17,980 10,093 2,406 51 811 3,287 - 3 90 20 245 312 662 Romanians 337 102 114 5 39 4 2 - 4 7 29 7 24 Russians 1,481 173 790 3 49 9 - 4 14 42 229 71 97 Ruthenians 1,343 1,098 40 8 62 - - 3 6 24 56 16 30 Slovaks 3,688 2,397 11 872 107 1 1 2 23 38 132 60 44 Slovenians 7,729 5,151 32 47 319 13 2 9 62 307 1,186 255 346 Serbs 123,892 2,042 101,250 192 2,076 38 7 67 468 2,342 11,406 1,650 2,354 Italians 13,763 10,027 20 26 767 12 4 16 102 336 1,473 475 505 Turks 404 2 2 - 7 305 - 1 5 8 26 26 22 Ukrainians 1,905 952 574 32 85 1 - 3 9 30 107 42 70 Vlachs 22 3 4 - - - - 1 2 5 7 - - Jews 410 9 2 - 5 - 210 1 7 42 97 14 23 Other 13,196 3,088 806 419 508 3,251 29 753 313 481 2,011 770 767 Regional affiliation 12,712 7,967 78 15 558 31 1 45 345 591 2,098 473 510 Declared religion 5,874 475 1,266 6 79 3,436 - 5 55 64 243 100 145 Not classified 3,108 238 50 15 104 19 1 64 698 351 1,115 301 152 Not declared 22,388 1,999 1,131 44 741 615 4 71 355 1,565 6,012 9,368 483 Unknown 26,862 2,437 468 25 283 250 6 30 114 253 917 145 21,934 Population by first language Croatian citizens by first language, including non-official recognized Serbo-Croatian and Croato-Serbian: Language Population Share Croatian 3,687,735 95,25% Serbian 45,004 1,16% Bosnian 17,531 0,45% Romani 15,269 0,39% Albanian 13,503 0,35% Italian 12,890 0,33% Serbo-Croatian 8,182 0,21% Slovenian 7,620 0,20% Hungarian 7,218 0,19% Czech 4,915 0,13% Croato-Serbian 4,278 0,11% German 3,358 0,09% Macedonian 3,334 0,09% Slovak 2,859 0,07% Russian 2,081 0,05% Ukrainian 1,198 0,03% Ruthenian 1,011 0,03% Montenegrin 943 0,02% Polish 730 0,02% Romanian 671 0,02% Turkish 368 0,01% Bulgarian 263 0,01% Hebrew 82 0,00% Vlach 40 0,00% Others 9,910 0,26% Unknown 20,840 0,54% Population by sex and age structure Sex and age structure of the population of Croatia: Age and sex All Men Women Total 3,871,833 1,865,129 2,006,704 0–4 175,535 90,245 85,290 5–9 181,445 93,311 88,134 10–14 195,436 100,216 95,220 15–19 188,729 97,228 91,501 20–24 208,852 107,102 101,750 25–29 214,023 109,139 104,884 30–34 227,551 114,778 112,773 35–39 255,617 128,398 127,219 40–44 267,349 134,213 133,136 45–49 260,146 130,035 130,111 50–54 260,056 127,953 132,103 55–59 279,504 134,655 144,849 60–65 288,351 136,338 152,013 66–69 279,106 129,728 149,378 70–74 228,612 100,506 128,106 75–79 146,855 59,065 87,790 80–84 122,719 44,672 78,047 85–89 67,249 21,206 46,043 90–94 21,019 5,604 15,415 >95 3,679 737 2,942