Share of people living in cities in Croatia: 57.8% in 2025, ranking 135th of 217 countries. In 2010 it was 55.3%.
Data last updated · Period: 2010–2025
Understanding the chart
The line chart above tracks share of people living in cities in Croatia for each year from 2010 to 2025, 16 data points in all. Each dot is one year; the first and last years and the highest point are labelled with their values, and the vertical scale is in % of total. All values in this period were above zero. The data table below the chart lists every value, and you can download the data, embed the chart or share it from the buttons above. The figures cover 2010–2025 and come from World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Key insights
- Between 2010 and 2025, Croatia's urban population rose from 55.3% to 57.8%, a rise of 2.5 percentage points.
- The highest value in this period was 57.8% in 2025; the lowest was 55.3% in 2011.
- Recently, the figure has risen in each of the last two years (2024: 57.5%; 2025: 57.8%).
- That is 0.0 percentage points below the world figure of 57.8%.
- Croatia has the 135th-highest value of 217 countries with recent data.
- In Southern Europe, Croatia has the 13th-highest value of 16 countries with recent data; the highest is Gibraltar (100.0%), and the typical (median) value is 64.3%.
Analysis
Averaged over periods, the figure was 55.3% in 2010 to 2014, 55.9% in 2015 to 2019 and 57.1% in 2020 onwards. The value went up in 14 of the 15 year-to-year steps and down in 1. The biggest one-year rise came in 2025 (+0.3 percentage points). The biggest one-year fall came in 2011 (−0.0 percentage points). Year to year, the figure typically varied by about 0.9 percentage points around its average of 56.2%, a stable pattern.
Croatia and its neighbours
Urban population (% of total) among 16 countries in Southern Europe with recent data, ranked from highest to lowest.
| Rank in region | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Serbia | 62.6% | 2025 |
| 11 | Portugal | 61.5% | 2025 |
| 12 | Albania | 58.9% | 2025 |
| 13 | Croatia | 57.8% | 2025 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 56.0% | 2025 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% | 2025 |
| 16 | Kosovo | 50.9% | 2025 |
Croatia on related measures
- Population: 3.9 million (2025, 130th-highest of 217 countries)
- Population growth (annual %): 0.26% (2025, 156th-highest of 217 countries)
- Population density (people per sq. km): 69.0 (2023, 136th-highest of 216 countries)
- Population aged 0 to 14 (% of total): 13.7% (2025, 202nd-highest of 217 countries)
- Population aged 15 to 64 (% of total): 62.7% (2025, 141st-highest of 217 countries)
Global position: Croatia's figure is higher than 38% of the 217 countries with data for this measure.
What it means
For businesses and investors, the figure is most useful alongside related measures for the same country, such as growth, inflation, population and incomes, and compared with similar countries. Compared with its neighbours in Southern Europe, where the typical value is 64.3%, Croatia is 6.4 percentage points lower.
About this statistic
The share of people living in areas defined as urban by each country. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
For the full definition, caveats and every country ranked, see Urban population (% of total) by country, 2025.
Questions and answers
What is the share of people living in cities in Croatia?
57.8% (Urban population, 2025 · 135th of 217). Share of people living in cities in Croatia: 57.8% in 2025, ranking 135th of 217 countries. In 2010 it was 55.3%.
How has urban population in Croatia changed since 2010?
Between 2010 and 2025, Croatia's urban population rose from 55.3% to 57.8%, a rise of 2.5 percentage points. The highest value in this period was 57.8% in 2025; the lowest was 55.3% in 2011.
How this page was made
Generated by Advanton from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2010–2025), data updated 8 November 2026: chart, ranks, comparisons and text are computed from the published figures; no figures are changed. About the data.
Data
| Year | Urban population (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 55.3% |
| 2011 | 55.3% |
| 2012 | 55.3% |
| 2013 | 55.4% |
| 2014 | 55.5% |
| 2015 | 55.6% |
| 2016 | 55.7% |
| 2017 | 55.9% |
| 2018 | 56.1% |
| 2019 | 56.3% |
| 2020 | 56.5% |
| 2021 | 56.8% |
| 2022 | 57.0% |
| 2023 | 57.2% |
| 2024 | 57.5% |
| 2025 | 57.8% |
Source and notes
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Period: 2010–2025. Coverage: Croatia.
The share of people living in areas defined as urban by each country. City dwellers are usually easier and cheaper to reach with deliveries, shops and services.
Cite this statistic
Please also credit the original source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).Related statistics
- Urban population (% of total) by country, 2025
- Share of people living in cities in Albania, 2010–2025
- Share of people living in cities in Andorra, 2010–2025
- Share of people living in cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010–2025
- Share of people living in cities in Spain, 2010–2025
- GDP of Croatia, 2010–2025
- Economic growth (GDP growth) in Croatia, 2010–2025
- GDP per person in Croatia, 2010–2025
- GDP per person, adjusted for prices (PPP, international $) in Croatia, 2010–2024
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