The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female

      total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 175 male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 75.58 years country comparison to the world: 80 male: 71.95 years

      female: 79.4 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.43 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 195

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      less than 0.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 165

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      200 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 160

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 10 (2001 est.) country comparison to the world: 154

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: intermediate

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea

      vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis

      note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

      Nationality:

      noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)

      adjective: Croatian

      Ethnic groups:

      Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian,

       Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

      Languages:

      Croatian (official) 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 98.1%

      male: 99.3%

      female: 97.1% (2001 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 14 years

      male: 14 years

      female: 14 years (2007)

      Education expenditures:

      3.9% of GDP (2004) country comparison to the world: 112

      Government ::Croatia

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Croatia

      conventional short form: Croatia

      local long form: Republika Hrvatska

      local short form: Hrvatska

      former: People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia

      Government type:

      presidential/parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Zagreb

      geographic coordinates: 45 48 N, 16 00 E

      time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

      Administrative divisions:

      20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad -

       singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska, Brodsko-Posavska,

       Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria),

       Karlovacka, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Krapinsko-Zagorska,

       Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska, Osjecko-Baranjska,

       Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska,

       Sibensko-Kninska, Sisacko-Moslavacka, Splitsko-Dalmatinska

       (Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska, Viroviticko-Podravska,

       Vukovarsko-Srijemska, Zadarska, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka

      Independence:

      25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 8 October (1991); note - 25 June 1991 was the day the Croatian parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia

      Constitution:

      adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001

      Legal system:

      based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Ivo JOSIPOVIC (since 18 February 2010)

      head of government: Prime Minister Jadranka KOSOR (since 6 July 2009); Deputy Prime Ministers Bozidar PANKRETIC (since 6 July 2009), Darko MILINOVIC (since 13 November 2009), Domagoj Ivan MILOSEVIC (since 29 December 2010), Petar COBANKOVIC (since 29 December 2010), Slobodan UZELAC (since 12 January 2008), Gordan JANDROKOVIC (since 29 December 2010)

      cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the parliamentary assembly (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: president elected СКАЧАТЬ