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Croats

Also known as Croatians, Croat people, Croatian people

The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form a sizeable minority in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group with roots in Croatia and neighboring regions of Central and Southeastern Europe, united by a shared ancestry, culture, history, and language. They represent a significant population not only in their native homeland but also as minorities in several Western and neighboring European countries.

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Ethnic group.group: Croats Hrvati
Ethnic group.image: Map of the Croatian Diaspora in the World (2022).png
Ethnic group.regions: 3,550,000 (2021)544,780 (2013)
Ethnic group.pop1: 414,714 (2012)–1,200,000 (est.)
Ethnic group.pop2: 500,000 (2021)
Ethnic group.pop3: 400,000
Ethnic group.pop4: 250,000
Ethnic group.pop5: 220,000
Ethnic group.pop6: 164,362 (2021)
Ethnic group.ref6: – 250,000 (est.)
Ethnic group.pop7: 130,280 (2021)
Ethnic group.ref7: – 250,000 (est.)
Ethnic group.pop8: 100,000
Ethnic group.pop9: 80,000 (2021)
Ethnic group.pop10: 70,000
Ethnic group.pop11: 60,000
Ethnic group.pop12: 50,000 (est.)
Ethnic group.pop13: 41,502 (2023)

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Demonym: хорват
Image: Croats.jpg

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Commons category: Croats
native label: Hrvati

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Contents

Etymology
History
Arrival of the Slavs
Early medieval archaeology
Croat ethnogenesis
Other polities in Dalmatia and Pannonia
Early medieval age
Pannonian Principality ("Savia")
Dalmatian Croats
Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)
Personal union with Hungary (1102–1918)
Croatian national revival (1593–1918)
Modern history (1918–present)
Genetics
Language
Religion
Culture
Tradition
UNESCO | Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Croatia
Arts
Symbols
Communities
Autochthonous communities
Croatian communities with minority status
Other regions with Croat minorities
Diaspora
Maps
Historiography
See also
References
Sources
External links

Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats migrated to North and South America as well as New Zealand and later Australia, establishing a diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, with grassroots assistance from earlier communities and the Catholic Church. In Croatia (the nation state), 3.9 million people identify themselves as Croats, and constitute about 90.4% of the population. Another 553,000 live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they are one of the three constituent ethnic groups, predominantly living in Western Herzegovina, Central Bosnia and Bosnian Posavina. The minority in Serbia number about 70,000, mostly in Vojvodina. The ethnic Tarara people, indigenous to Te Tai Tokerau in New Zealand, are of mixed Croatian and Māori (predominantly Ngāpuhi) descent. Tarara Day is celebrated every 15 March to commemorate their "highly regarded place in present-day Māoridom".