Croatia vs Georgia
Georgia has about the same population as Croatia: 3,935,766 vs 3,876,200, a gap of 59,566. Georgia is growing faster (+3.18% vs +0.26% a year), adding about 125,219 people a year against +10,013. Croatia is the older society: 23.6% aged 65+ against 16.0% in Georgia, while Georgia has more children (20.5% under 15 vs 13.7%). People in Croatia live 4.3 years longer on average (78.9 vs 74.7). GDP per capita is 2.8× higher in Croatia ($27,104 vs $9,692).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Croatia) and 2025 (Georgia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Croatia vs Georgia — side by side
| Population | 3,876,2002025 | 3,935,7662025 |
|---|---|---|
| Growth rate / yr | +0.26%2025 | +3.18%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.32024 | 11.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 13.22024 | 11.82024 |
| Children per woman | 1.462024 | 1.802024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.9 yrs2024 | 74.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 13.7%2025 | 20.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 23.6%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Density | 69.0 /km²2023 | 65.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 56,199 km²2023 | 69,700 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 57.8%2025 | 61.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -3,4812025 | +1,2832025 |
| GDP per capita | $27,1042025 | $9,6922025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #130 | #129 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Croatia: 0.9× from 1960 to 2025; Georgia: 1.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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