# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by natural population change, 2024

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/croatia-provinces

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | -282 |
| 2 | Međimurska županija | -284 |
| 3 | Požeško-slavonska županija | -418 |
| 4 | Ličko-senjska županija | -439 |
| 5 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | -592 |
| 6 | Zadarska županija | -609 |
| 7 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | -642 |
| 8 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | -650 |
| 9 | Šibensko-kninska županija | -670 |
| 10 | Brodsko-posavska županija | -764 |
| 11 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | -775 |
| 12 | Karlovačka županija | -918 |
| 13 | Varaždinska županija | -950 |
| 14 | Zagrebačka županija | -951 |
| 15 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | -1,036 |
| 16 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | -1,101 |
| 17 | Istarska županija | -1,105 |
| 18 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | -1,263 |
| 19 | Osječko-baranjska županija | -1,746 |
| 20 | Grad Zagreb | -1,773 |
| 21 | Primorsko-goranska županija | -2,043 |