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How many babies are born in Croatia?

30.6 thousand babies born in Croatia in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 145th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Croatia: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Croatia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~14K ~360K 40.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~17K ~420K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~22K ~540K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~49.4K ~1.23M 40.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~101K ~2.49M 40.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 97.1K 3.86M 25.1 UN estimate
2000 40.9K 4.33M 9.5 UN estimate
2023 31.4K 3.9M 8.1 UN estimate
2026 30.6K 3.82M 8.0 UN projection
2050 25.2K 3.23M 7.8 UN projection
2075 20.1K 2.62M 7.7 UN projection
2100 15.5K 2.14M 7.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Croatia among estimates through 2023 were in 1919, at about ~118K. That is roughly 8.2 times the estimated ~14.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.47 children per woman, fertility in Croatia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Croatia each year?

An estimated 30.6 thousand babies are born in Croatia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 84 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Croatia?

Croatia has an estimated 8.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.47 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.