👥 Croatian Counties by Population
Population of each county (županija) at the 2021 census.
Split-Dalmatia14%
Zagreb9.6%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar8.5%
Osijek-Baranja8.2%
Istria6.2%
Zadar5.1%
Varaždin5.1%
Vukovar-Srijem4.6%
Sisak-Moslavina4.5%
Brod-Posavina4.2%
Krapina-Zagorje3.9%
Dubrovnik-Neretva3.7%
Karlovac3.6%
Međimurje3.4%
Bjelovar-Bilogora3.3%
Koprivnica-Križevci3.2%
SŠibenikŠibenik-Knin3.1%
Virovitica-Podravina
Požega-Slavonia
Lika-Senj
1
Split-DalmatiaDalmatia
0.42M
2
ZagrebCentral Croatia
0.30M
3
Primorje-Gorski KotarCentral Croatia
0.27M
4
Osijek-BaranjaSlavonia
0.26M
5
IstriaIstria
0.20M
6
ZadarCentral Croatia (Through Gračac) and Dalmatia
0.16M
7
VaraždinCentral Croatia
0.16M
8
Vukovar-SrijemSlavonia
0.14M
9
Sisak-MoslavinaCentral Croatia
0.14M
10
Brod-PosavinaSlavonia
0.13M
11
Krapina-ZagorjeCentral Croatia
0.12M
12
Dubrovnik-NeretvaDalmatia
0.12M
13
KarlovacCentral Croatia
0.11M
14
MeđimurjeCentral Croatia
0.11M
15
Bjelovar-BilogoraCentral Croatia
0.10M
16
Koprivnica-KriževciCentral Croatia
0.10M
17
SŠibenikŠibenik-KninDalmatia
0.10M
18
Virovitica-PodravinaSlavonia
0.07M
19
Požega-SlavoniaSlavonia
0.06M
20
Lika-SenjCentral Croatia
0.04M
21
Zagreb, the city ofCity of ZagrebZagreb, the city ofCity of Zagreb
0.02M
Highlights
Within Croatia, Split-Dalmatia ranks first in 2021 with 0.42M, followed by Zagreb (0.30M) and Primorje-Gorski Kotar (0.27M).
Across 21 entries, values run from 0.42M (Split-Dalmatia) to 0.02M (Zagreb, the city ofCity of Zagreb), with a median of 0.12M.
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: million people.
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), 2021 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026