🌆 Largest Cities in Croatia
Croatian cities and towns ranked by population of the municipality at the 2021 census.
Zagreb29%
Split6%
Rijeka4%
Osijek3.6%
Zadar2.6%
Velika Gorica2.3%
Pula
Slavonski Brod
Karlovac
Varaždin
Šibenik
Dubrovnik
Sisak
Kaštela
Samobor
Bjelovar
Vinkovci
Koprivnica
Čakovec
Solin
Zaprešić
Đakovo
Sinj
Vukovar
Požega
Petrinja
Kutina
Virovitica
Križevci
Sveta Nedelja
Dugo Selo
Poreč
Metković
Sveti Ivan Zelina
Jastrebarsko
60 others19%
1
ZagrebZagreb
767,131
2
SplitSplit-Dalmatia
160,577
3
RijekaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
107,964
4
OsijekOsijek-Baranja
96,313
5
ZadarZadar County
70,779
6
Velika GoricaZagreb County
61,075
7
PulaIstria County
52,220
8
Slavonski BrodBrod-Posavina
49,891
9
KarlovacKarlovac County
49,377
10
VaraždinVaraždin County
43,782
11
ŠibenikŠibenik-Knin
42,599
12
DubrovnikDubrovnik-Neretva
41,562
13
SisakSisak-Moslavina
40,121
14
KaštelaSplit-Dalmatia
37,794
15
SamoborZagreb County
37,435
16
BjelovarBjelovar-Bilogora
36,316
17
VinkovciVukovar-Srijem
30,842
18
KoprivnicaKoprivnica-Križevci
28,580
19
ČakovecMeđimurje
27,122
20
SolinSplit-Dalmatia
24,862
21
ZaprešićZagreb County
24,133
22
ĐakovoOsijek-Baranja
23,577
23
SinjSplit-Dalmatia
23,452
24
VukovarVukovar-Srijem
23,175
25
PožegaPožega-Slavonia
22,294
26
PetrinjaSisak-Moslavina
19,950
27
KutinaSisak-Moslavina
19,601
28
ViroviticaVirovitica-Podravina County
19,302
29
KriževciKoprivnica-Križevci
18,949
30
Sveta NedeljaZagreb County
18,221
31
Dugo SeloZagreb County
17,676
32
PorečIstria County
16,607
33
MetkovićDubrovnik-Neretva
15,235
34
Sveti Ivan ZelinaZagreb County
14,602
35
JastrebarskoZagreb County
14,562
36
NašiceOsijek-Baranja
14,291
37
OmišSplit-Dalmatia
14,139
38
MakarskaSplit-Dalmatia
13,301
39
Ivanić-GradZagreb County
12,982
40
VrbovecZagreb County
12,981
41
RovinjIstria County
12,968
42
IvanecVaraždin County
12,723
43
UmagIstria County
12,699
44
TrogirSplit-Dalmatia
12,393
45
OgulinKarlovac County
12,246
46
Novi MarofVaraždin County
11,795
47
Nova GradiškaBrod-Posavina
11,690
48
KninŠibenik-Knin
11,633
49
KrapinaKrapina-Zagorje
11,530
50
SlatinaVirovitica-Podravina County
11,503
51
GospićLika-Senj
11,502
52
NovskaSisak-Moslavina
11,137
53
OpatijaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
10,619
54
LabinIstria County
10,424
55
PopovačaSisak-Moslavina
10,255
56
Duga ResaKarlovac County
10,212
57
KastavPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
10,202
58
DaruvarBjelovar-Bilogora
10,105
59
CrikvenicaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
9,980
60
ValpovoOsijek-Baranja
9,784
61
BenkovacZadar County
9,680
62
ImotskiSplit-Dalmatia
9,153
63
ŽupanjaVukovar-Srijem
9,153
64
PleternicaPožega-Slavonia
9,138
65
BelišćeOsijek-Baranja
8,884
66
ZabokKrapina-Zagorje
8,656
67
VodiceŠibenik-Knin
8,649
68
GarešnicaBjelovar-Bilogora
8,624
69
LudbregVaraždin County
8,477
70
OtočacLika-Senj
8,332
71
PazinIstria County
8,279
72
PločeDubrovnik-Neretva
8,220
73
TriljSplit-Dalmatia
8,182
74
Donji MiholjacOsijek-Baranja
8,031
75
Beli ManastirOsijek-Baranja
7,973
76
BakarPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
7,573
77
Mali LošinjPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
7,537
78
ĐurđevacKoprivnica-Križevci
7,378
79
RabPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
7,161
80
GlinaSisak-Moslavina
7,116
81
PakracPožega-Slavonia
7,086
82
PrelogMeđimurje
7,027
83
LepoglavaVaraždin County
6,945
84
ČazmaBjelovar-Bilogora
6,930
85
KrkPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
6,816
86
DrnišŠibenik-Knin
6,276
87
BuzetIstria County
5,999
88
SenjLika-Senj
5,973
89
PregradaKrapina-Zagorje
5,927
90
Mursko SredišćeMeđimurje
5,855
91
VodnjanIstria County
5,838
92
OzaljKarlovac County
5,837
93
OroslavjeKrapina-Zagorje
5,834
94
VrgoracSplit-Dalmatia
5,698
95
Biograd na MoruZadar County
5,601
96
ZlatarKrapina-Zagorje
5,574
97
Varaždinske TopliceVaraždin County
5,537
98
KorčulaDubrovnik-Neretva
5,415
99
Grubišno PoljeBjelovar-Bilogora
5,367
100
Donja StubicaKrapina-Zagorje
5,326
Highlights
Within Croatia, Zagreb ranks first in 2021 with 767,131, followed by Split (160,577) and Rijeka (107,964).
Zagreb is 4.8 times higher than Split, the runner-up.
Across 100 entries, values run from 767,131 (Zagreb) to 5,326 (Donja Stubica), with a median of 11,503.
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: 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