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Croatia: map and facts
Croatia is in Southern Europe. It has about 3.88 million people (2025), the 128th largest population. It covers 54,901 km², the 124th largest by area. That is about 71 people per km². Its highest point is Dinara, at 1,831 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 3,876,200 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 54,901 km² (area as drawn on this map)
- Capital: Zagreb
- Highest point: Dinara, 1,831 m (CIA World Factbook (archived))
- Forest: 34.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Croatia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Sava: 945 km
- Mur: 434 km
- Kupa: 297 km
- Neretva: 225 km
- Una: 207 km
Also on the map: Drava.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Dinara: 1,831 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Dinaric Alps.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Dalmatia.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): deciduous broadleaf forest 31.3%, savanna 17.8%, farmland 15.7%, wooded savanna 14%, grassland 11%, mixed forest 3.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 36.8%, hills 33.7%, mountains 29.4%.
Forests covered 34.8% of its land in 2024, up from 33.4% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Croatia shares land borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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