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 Croatia Thematic Maps
Country (long form) Republic of Croatia
Capital Zagreb
Total Area 21,829.44 sq mi
56,542.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than West Virginia)
Population 4,334,142 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 4,388,085
Languages Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
Literacy 97.0% total, 99.0% male, 95% female (1991 est.)
Religions Roman Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8% (1991)
Life Expectancy 70.28 male, 77.73 female (2001 est.)
Government Type presidential/parliamentary democracy
Currency 1 Croatian kuna (HRK) = 100 lipas
GDP (per capita) $5,800 (2000 est.)
Industry chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism
Agriculture wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soy beans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Arable Land 21%
Natural Resources oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower

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