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Political, physical and population maps of Croatia with its 21 first-level divisions, the capital Zagreb and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Croatia

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 21 units

Croatia is divided into 21 first-level administrative divisions:

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-PosavskaBrodsko-PosavskaDubrovacko-NeretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovackaKoprivničko-KriževačkaKrapinsko-ZagorskaLicko-SenjskaMedimurskaOsjecko-BaranjskaPrimorsko-GoranskaŠibensko-KninskaSisacko-MoslavackaSplitsko-DalmatinskaVaraždinskaViroviticko-PodravskaVukovarsko-SrijemskaZadarskaZagrebacka

Largest cities in Croatia

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1ZagrebCapital722,526
2Split214,741
3Rijeka170,992
4Slavonski Brod97,718
5Osijek95,077
6Zadar71,258
7Pula61,599
8Karlovac55,063
9Šibenik37,112
10Dubrovnik36,994

Zagreb is the largest urban area in Croatia with about 722,526 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Croatia: ≈ 1,888 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Mur
  • Danube
  • Ferenc Csatorna
  • Sava
  • Drau

🏞️ Lakes

No major lakes at this scale.

Ethnic groups in Croatia

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Croat
91.6%Serb
3.2%other
3.9%unspecified
1.3%

Croat 91.6%, Serb 3.2%, other 3.9% (including Bosniak, Romani, Albanian, Italian, and Hungarian), unspecified 1.3% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Croat is the most common ethnic group across most of the 21 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Croatia

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Roman Catholic
79%Orthodox
3.3%Protestant
0.3%other Christian
4.8%Muslim
1.3%other
1.1%agnostic
1.7%none or atheist
4.7%unspecified
3.9%

Roman Catholic 79%, Orthodox 3.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other Christian 4.8%, Muslim 1.3%, other 1.1%, agnostic 1.7%, none or atheist 4.7%, unspecified 3.9% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Roman Catholic is the most common religious group across most of the 21 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Croatia

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Croatian
95.2%Serbian
1.2%other
3.1%

Croatian (official) 95.2%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3.1% (including Bosnian, Romani, Albanian, and Italian) unspecified 0.5% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Croatian is the most common language group across most of the 21 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.