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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,028 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbiaand Montenegro 266 km (241 km with Serbia; 25 km with Montenego), Slovenia501 km Coastline: 5,790 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,665,821 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.13% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.02 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.55 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.62 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Croat 78%, Serb 12%, Muslim 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovenian 0.5%, others 8.1% (1991) Religions: Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Slavic Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 0.4%,others and unknown 10.8% Languages: Serbo-Croatian 96%, other 4%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Zagreb Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) Constitution: adopted on 22 December 1990
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $12.4 billion National product real growth rate: 3.4% National product per capita: $2,640 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% Unemployment rate: 17%
Electricity:
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