Croatian speaking countries
Croatian is the official language in Croatia and is spoken in 5 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Croatian language (native name: hrvatski jezik) has its roots in the Indo-European language family.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 91 percent is in Croatia. A total of about 4.9 million people worldwide speak Croatian as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | Southern Europe | yes | 91.4 % | 3,564,000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Southern Europe | no | 28.8 % | 942,000 |
| Austria | Western Europe | no | 1.6 % | 143,000 |
| Switzerland | Western Europe | no | 1.4 % | 122,000 |
| Hungary | Eastern Europe | no | 0.9 % | 87,000 |
| Slovenia | Southern Europe | no | 3.2 % | 67,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Croatian as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.