| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 672 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Zagreb | 166 [1] |
| Languages | |
| Croatian, Polish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Czechs, Slovaks | |
Poles of Croatia (Croatian : Poljaci u Hrvatskoj; Polish : Polacy w Chorwacji) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to the 2011 Census, there were 672 Poles living in Croatia, of which most lived in Zagreb. [1]
Croatian Poles have established two cultural societies, the Polish Cultural Association "Mikolaj Kopernik" that also includes the vocal and dance ensembles in Zagreb and the Polish Cultural Association "Fryderyk Chopin" in Rijeka.
| Official name of Croatia | Year | Number |
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| – | 1931 | 4,103 |
 PR Croatia | 1948 | 27,830 1 |
| 1953 | 1,575 | |
| 1961 | 1,151 | |
| SR Croatia | 1971 | 819 |
| 1981 | 758 | |
 Republic of Croatia | 1991 | 679 |
| 2001 | 567 | |
| ^1 In the 1948 census the Poles were amongst the "others"(Central Bureau of Statistics) [2] | ||
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. Its coast lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, with twenty counties. The country spans 56,594 square kilometres, and has a population of nearly 3.9 million.
The demographic characteristics of the population of Croatia are known through censuses, normally conducted in ten-year intervals and analysed by various statistical bureaus since the 1850s. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics has performed this task since the 1990s. The latest census in Croatia was performed in autumn of 2021. According to final results published on 22 September 2022 the permanent population of Croatia at the 2021 census had reached 3.87 million. The population density is 68.7 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the overall life expectancy in Croatia at birth was 78,2 years in 2018. The population rose steadily from 2.1 million in 1857 until 1991, when it peaked at 4.7 million. Since 1991, Croatia's death rate has continuously exceeded its birth rate; the natural growth rate of the population is negative. Croatia is in the fourth stage of the demographic transition. In terms of age structure, the population is dominated by the 15 to 64 year‑old segment. The median age of the population is 43.4, and the gender ratio of the total population is 0.93 males per 1 female.
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Darko Lukić is a Croatian theatre scholar, writer, cultural theorist and playwright living and working in Germany. As an expert in multi-disciplinary expert pool for capacity building for European Capitals of Culture worked at audience development program ADESTE+. and Rijeka, European capital of Culture 2020. Lukić also publishes scientific papers and participates in international conferences and seminars and translates from English and Spanish language. He is the member of Programme Board of Maribor 2012, European Capital of Culture 2012. He was a member of the European jury of theatrologists for “Premio Europa per il teatro” award (2009), member of the jury for “Marko Fotez” theatre award of HAZU (Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, president of the Board of Gavella Theatre, editor in Hrvatsko glumište magazine HDDU, artistic advisor of HAVC, Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, artistic advisor of Ministry of Culture - Ministarstvo kulture RH and HRT for film, member of the Cultural Council for Performing Arts of Croatian Ministry of Culture, president of the Theatre Committee of the City of Zagreb, member of the Council for International Cultural Cooperation of the City of Zagreb, and President of the Cultural Council for International Cooperation Ministry of Culture - Ministarstvo kulture RH, and member of Croatian centre of PEN International, member of IETM, CAE, ENCATC, Memory Studies Association, IFTR and EASTAP.
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