# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by population, 2025

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/croatia-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/croatia-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grad Zagreb | 777,359 |
| 2 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | 430,526 |
| 3 | Zagrebačka županija | 309,964 |
| 4 | Primorsko-goranska županija | 265,990 |
| 5 | Osječko-baranjska županija | 249,734 |
| 6 | Istarska županija | 204,709 |
| 7 | Zadarska županija | 165,766 |
| 8 | Varaždinska županija | 158,860 |
| 9 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | 136,797 |
| 10 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | 134,008 |
| 11 | Brodsko-posavska županija | 125,978 |
| 12 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | 119,320 |
| 13 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | 116,393 |
| 14 | Karlovačka županija | 109,561 |
| 15 | Međimurska županija | 105,003 |
| 16 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | 99,203 |
| 17 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | 98,266 |
| 18 | Šibensko-kninska županija | 95,898 |
| 19 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | 67,221 |
| 20 | Požeško-slavonska županija | 60,594 |
| 21 | Ličko-senjska županija | 43,200 |