Migration trends in Croatia
Europe
826.2K people from Croatia have built lives abroad. That's 21.4% of the country population, spread across 43 different countries
3.9M
Population
523.1K
Immigrants
826.2K
Emigrants
−303K
Outflow
Every 6th person born in Croatia now lives abroad
The #76 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Croatia
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
417.9K immigrants · 840.8K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 50%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of departures to Germany — 86.6K people left
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
2020
- Germany replaced Serbia as the main destination for those leaving
Today
- Since 1990: 105.2K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad