MigrantoMigration 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
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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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