Surface: 56.542 km²
Surface of the territorial sea: 31.067 km²
 

Population: 4.381.352 inhabitants
Capital: Zagreb, 770.058 inhabitants
Coastline: 5.835 km, 4.058 km being the coastline of islands, cliffs and reefs
Number of islands, cliffs and reefs: 1.185; the largest islands are Krk and Cres; there are 67 inhabited islands 
Highest peak: Dinara 1.831 m above the sea-level
Climate: 

• in the interior: moderate continental climate with hot and dry summers and cold and humid winters
• mountainous regions: fresh summer and sharp winters with a large amount of snow 
• coastal regions: Mediterranean climate with hot and very dry summers, and mild but humid winters
• average temperature in January:
  the interior -1 to 3° C; mountains -5 to 0° C; coast 5 to 10°C
• average temperature in August:
  the interior 22 to 26° C; mountains 15 to 20°C; coast 26 to 30°C

Composition of population: the majority of the population are Croats; national minorities are Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosniaks, Italians, Czechs and others 
Religions: the majority of the population are Roman Catholics, and in addition there are a number of those of Orthodox faith, as well as Muslims and Christians of other denominations
Official language and alphabet: Croatian language and Latin alphabet.

Croatia abounds with cultural-historical monuments from all periods, thanks to stormy historical events and the intertwining of influences of different cultures. Influences of the Mediterranean culture, numerous monuments from Antiquity, the Roman period and early Middle Ages, Romanesque sacral heritage, and a series of preserved Mediterranean urban complexes characterize its seaside. Continental Croatia is part of the middle European cultural circle and its prominent because of numerous prehistoric finds of world importance, old towns, fortress and castles of the Middle Ages and cultural monuments and architecture of the baroque period.