Croatian diaspora

The Croatian diaspora (Hrvatsko iseljeništvo or Hrvatsko rasuće) consists of communities of ethnic Croats and/or Croatian citizens living outside Croatia. Estimates on its size are only approximate because of incomplete statistical records and naturalization, but (highest) estimates suggest that the Croatian diaspora numbers between a third and a half of the total number of Croats. More than four million Croats live out of Croatia. The largest community outside Croatia are the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the constituent nations of that country, amounting to about 750,000. The Croatian diaspora outside Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina amounts to close to a million elsewhere in Europe, and to about 1.7 million overseas. The largest overseas community is reported from the United States at 1,200,000, Chile at 400,000, and Argentina with 250,000 people. In Western Europe, the largest group is found in Germany. The German census reports 228,000 Croats in Germany , but estimates of the total number of people with direct Croatian ancestry (including naturalized German citizens) range as high as 450,000. There are also significant numbers of Croats in Australia (over 100,000) and New Zealand (up to 100,000). Balkans 331,076 (2022) 39,107 (2021) 6,021 (2011) 4,842 (2021) Western and Central Europe 450,000 (see Croatian German) 150,719 35,642 (2002) 24,000 (2018) 180,000 (2006) 100,000 (est) 25,730 80,000 10,000 (2001 UK Census) 499 (Croatian citizens) Northern Europe 28,000 5,400 3,909 470 (Croatian citizens) Africa 8,000 North America 1.2M (2021) 133,965 South America 250,000 5,000 45,000 (est) 380,000 (est) 41,502 6,000 5,800 (est) 5,000 (est) Oceania 133,264 (2016) 2,550 - 100,000(est.) Croatian American According to the 2005 US Community Survey, there are 401,208 Americans of full or partial Croatian descent. Croatians in Detroit first appeared around 1890, settling usually in the region of Russel. In Illinois the Croatians started concentrating mostly around Chicago.