| Geography | |
| land area: | 56.542 km² |
| sea area: | 31.067 km² |
| Coastline with islands: | 5-835 km |
| Islands, rocks and reefs: | approx. 1.200 |
| size cities | |
| Zagreb: | 790.000 residents |
| Split: | 178.200 residents |
| Rijeka: | 128.400 residents |
| Osijek: | 108.000 residents |
| Population | |
| Total: | 4,3 million inhabitants |
| Bevolkerungsdichte: | 75,8 / km² |
| Language: | Kroatisch |
| government | |
| Parliamentary democracy | Constitution 1990 with presidential system; Conversion to a purely parliamentary system after constitutional reform in 2000 |
| administrative units | |
| counties: | 21 (including City of Zagreb) |
| Cities: | 112 |
| Municipalities: | 424 |
| settlements: | 6.767 |
| State powers | |
| Executive: | President (Head of State), Prime Minister (Head of Government) and Council of Ministers (Cabinet) |
| Legislative branch: | MPs in unicameral system (Sabor) |
| judiciary: | Three branches of the court |
| Features | |
| President: | Directly elected, 5-year term, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. |
| Prime minister: | Political accountability only to Parliament (Sabor). |
| Members of Parliament: | Elected for legislative periods |
| Other | |
| Important economic sectors: | Agriculture, food, textiles, wood, metal processing, chemicals, petroleum, electrical engineering, shipbuilding, shipping, tourism |
| Important raw materials: | Petroleum, bauxite, iron, calcium, natural asphalt, mica, clay, salt, hydroelectric power |
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