Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Croatia

Population aged 15–64 in Croatia in 2025 — 2,429,912 people. Ranked 131 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 10.7%.

2025 2.43M people −0.06% vs 2024
World rank 131of 217
Period maximum 3.28M people1990
Period minimum 2.43M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Croatia, 1960–20252.25M2.5M2.75M3M3.25M3.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,721,120 people1962: 2,758,410 people1964: 2,807,521 people1966: 2,860,738 people1968: 2,916,688 people1970: 2,972,851 people1972: 3,008,715 people1974: 3,032,883 people1976: 3,058,324 people1978: 3,083,078 people1980: 3,099,221 people1982: 3,155,239 people1984: 3,210,344 people1986: 3,235,243 people1988: 3,259,476 people1990: 3,277,364 people1992: 3,135,327 people1994: 3,181,730 people1996: 3,103,283 people1998: 3,066,425 people2000: 3,001,218 people2002: 2,874,921 people2004: 2,872,667 people2006: 2,874,520 people2008: 2,871,624 people2010: 2,870,587 people2012: 2,847,771 people2014: 2,793,523 people2016: 2,700,822 people2018: 2,583,333 people2020: 2,500,475 people2022: 2,437,319 people2024: 2,431,415 people2025: 2,429,912 people
Change over the period: −291,208 (−10.7%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Croatia

Croatia 2.43M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Southern Europe computed 97.62M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.43M −1,503 −0.06%
2024 2.43M −1,966 −0.08%
2023 2.43M −3,938 −0.16%
2022 2.44M −26,582 −1.08%
2021 2.46M −36,574 −1.46%
2020 2.5M −38,303 −1.51%
2019 2.54M −44,555 −1.72%
2018 2.58M −55,454 −2.1%
2017 2.64M −62,035 −2.3%
2016 2.7M −45,389 −1.65%
2015 2.75M −47,312 −1.69%
2014 2.79M −31,087 −1.1%
2013 2.82M −23,161 −0.81%
2012 2.85M −16,394 −0.57%
2011 2.86M −6,422 −0.22%
2010 2.87M −521 −0.02%
2009 2.87M −516 −0.02%
2008 2.87M −1,551 −0.05%
2007 2.87M −1,345 −0.05%
2006 2.87M +351 +0.01%
2005 2.87M +1,502 +0.05%
2004 2.87M −237 −0.01%
2003 2.87M −2,017 −0.07%
2002 2.87M −3,856 −0.13%
2001 2.88M −122,441 −4.08%
2000 3M −41,370 −1.36%
1999 3.04M −23,837 −0.78%
1998 3.07M −12,297 −0.4%
1997 3.08M −24,561 −0.79%
1996 3.1M −51,212 −1.62%
1995 3.15M −27,235 −0.86%
1994 3.18M +32,103 +1.02%
1993 3.15M +14,300 +0.46%
1992 3.14M −80,268 −2.5%
1991 3.22M −61,769 −1.88%
1990 3.28M +8,236 +0.25%
1989 3.27M +9,652 +0.3%
1988 3.26M +11,573 +0.36%
1987 3.25M +12,660 +0.39%
1986 3.24M +11,651 +0.36%
1985 3.22M +13,248 +0.41%
1984 3.21M +22,400 +0.7%
1983 3.19M +32,705 +1.04%
1982 3.16M +33,912 +1.09%
1981 3.12M +22,106 +0.71%
1980 3.1M +8,533 +0.28%
1979 3.09M +7,610 +0.25%
1978 3.08M +11,482 +0.37%
1977 3.07M +13,272 +0.43%
1976 3.06M +13,572 +0.45%
1975 3.04M +11,869 +0.39%
1974 3.03M +11,734 +0.39%
1973 3.02M +12,434 +0.41%
1972 3.01M +15,107 +0.5%
1971 2.99M +20,757 +0.7%
1970 2.97M +26,373 +0.9%
1969 2.95M +29,790 +1.02%
1968 2.92M +28,643 +0.99%
1967 2.89M +27,307 +0.95%
1966 2.86M +27,411 +0.97%
1965 2.83M +25,806 +0.92%
1964 2.81M +24,951 +0.9%
1963 2.78M +24,160 +0.88%
1962 2.76M +20,478 +0.75%
1961 2.74M +16,812 +0.62%
1960 2.72M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.