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Croatia – Fertility Rate

Name: Croatia Fertility Rate
Creator: World Bank
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Average number of children a woman would bear over her lifetime if current age-specific fertility rates persisted. A rate below 2.1 is below replacement level. · World Bank

1.46 −0.07 from 2022 G20 rank: 51st · all-time high: 2.24 (1960)

APA

Croatia Fertility Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/croatia/fertility-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_croatia_fertility-rate,
  title = {Croatia Fertility Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/croatia/fertility-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	1.53	–	–
2025* trend	1.52	–	–
2023	1.46	−0.07	51st
2022	1.53	−0.09	58th
2021	1.62	+0.14	71st
2020	1.48	+0.01	41st
2019	1.47	+0.00	37th
2018	1.47	+0.05	34th
2017	1.42	−0.01	23rd
2016	1.43	+0.02	23rd
2015	1.41	−0.05	22nd
2014	1.46	+0.00	24th
2013	1.46	−0.06	25th
2012	1.52	+0.11	29th
2011	1.41	−0.05	18th
2010	1.46	−0.04	24th
2009	1.50	+0.03	26th
2008	1.47	−0.01	23rd
2007	1.48	+0.01	34th
2006	1.47	−0.03	36th
2005	1.50	+0.07	37th
2004	1.43	+0.02	30th
2003	1.41	−0.01	31st
2002	1.42	−0.04	29th
2001	1.46	+0.07	30th
2000	1.39	+0.01	24th
1999	1.38	−0.07	24th
1998	1.45	−0.24	25th
1997	1.69	+0.02	40th
1996	1.67	+0.09	39th
1995	1.58	+0.11	32nd
1994	1.47	−0.05	22nd
1993	1.52	+0.04	22nd
1992	1.48	−0.05	11th
1991	1.53	−0.10	12th
1990	1.63	+0.00	19th
1989	1.63	−0.16	20th
1988	1.79	+0.15	27th
1987	1.64	−0.12	22nd
1986	1.76	−0.06	28th
1985	1.82	−0.05	32nd
1984	1.87	−0.01	36th
1983	1.88	−0.02	32nd
1982	1.90	−0.03	29th
1981	1.93	−0.01	33rd
1980	1.93	−0.02	32nd
1979	1.95	−0.01	31st
1978	1.96	+0.01	31st
1977	1.95	+0.01	25th
1976	1.94	−0.02	21st
1975	1.95	−0.03	19th
1974	1.98	−0.03	19th
1973	2.01	+0.01	20th
1972	2.01	+0.03	13th
1971	1.97	+0.09	8th
1970	1.88	−0.07	2nd
1969	1.95	−0.08	5th
1968	2.03	−0.07	5th
1967	2.10	−0.13	9th
1966	2.23	+0.00	12th
1965	2.22	+0.08	11th
1964	2.14	−0.00	8th
1963	2.15	−0.05	9th
1962	2.19	−0.03	10th
1961	2.22	−0.02	11th
1960	2.24	–	10th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +21.7% GDP growth 12.6% C/A balance 0.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Croatia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw fertility rate improve within 24 months. View full analysis →