1. PopulationCroatia

   Croatia: 68% fewer births than in 1950

   In 1950, the first year of the UN series, 97.1k babies were born; in 2023, 31.5k. Fertility (1950–2023): 2.93 → 1.47 children per woman.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Switzerland and Italy: 19% and 65% of adults read no book in a year; adult literacy scores 266 and 246
• Croatia: more deaths than births for over 30 years in a row
• Promises to pay families with children more: 6 of 10 came true on time
• Resettling refugees under the 2015 European deal: 2 countries of 12 took all they pledged
• Croatia: wind and sun have overtaken coal
• Croatia: 1.6 times as many people aged 65+ as children under 15

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