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Croatia 🇭🇷

Croatia is a country in Europe with a population of 4,030,358. Its capital is Zagreb. The official currency is EUR, and the main languages are Croatian.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Zagreb
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 4,030,358
  • Area: 56,594 km²
  • Density: 71.2 people per km²
  • Currency: EUR
  • Languages: Croatian
  • ISO code: HR

Where Croatia sits

Croatia 🇭🇷 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Zagreb. It covers 56,594 square kilometres — 124th in the world — and is home to about 4,030,358 people, 129th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Croatia compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Croatia sits closest to Kuwait and Georgia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Togo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At 71.2 people per square kilometre it is somewhat above the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by area than by population, so it is more spacious than its population alone suggests.

Croatian is an official language in 2 countries here, among them Bosnia and Herzegovina. The EUR is shared with 25 other countries, including Andorra, Austria and Belgium, and 22 others.

To see Croatia next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Croatia

Zagreb is in the north, on the Sava River at the foot of Medvednica mountain, near the border with Slovenia. For the flag, look for the red-and-white checkerboard: no other flag in a European quiz has it.

The flag of Croatia: red, white and blue

🇭🇷 The flag is three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue, with the coat of arms in the centre: a red-and-white checkerboard shield under a crown of five small shields. Red, white and blue are the Pan-Slavic colours. The five small shields stand for historic regions: Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia.

Region and neighbours

Croatia is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea, with an archipelago of over 1,000 islands and islets. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Three facts about Croatia

  1. The necktie comes from the cravat worn by 17th-century Croatian soldiers in France.
  2. The Plitvice Lakes are a chain of 16 lakes joined by waterfalls.
  3. Dinara, 1,831 m high near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, is Croatia's highest point.

Sources: Wikipedia: Croatia, Wikipedia: Flag of Croatia, Wikipedia: Zagreb, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Croatia

Quizzes that include Croatia

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Croatia those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Croatia flag?

The flag of Croatia is three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue, with the coat of arms in the centre: a red-and-white checkerboard shield under a crown of five small shields. Red, white and blue are the Pan-Slavic colours. The five small shields stand for historic regions: Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia.

Which countries border Croatia?

Croatia shares land borders with Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

How can I remember the capital of Croatia?

Zagreb is in the north, on the Sava River at the foot of Medvednica mountain, near the border with Slovenia. For the flag, look for the red-and-white checkerboard: no other flag in a European quiz has it.