As the Croatian coast fills up with seasonal workers and those all important tourists, the north-eastern region of Slavonia is emptying rapidly - perhaps permanently. Does anyone have a solution to stop the tragedy of what is happening in this beautiful and historic region? Time is running out. Is it perhaps time to look at what is on the table from a potential economic powerhouse and new next door neighbour - Liberland? And if not, what IS the solution?

More people are leaving Croatia, and more are dying than being born. The premilinary 2015 statistics. 

No problem with population growth in Bol on Brac.

Croatia's new proposed Ministry of Demagraphic Revival has attracted the attention of Croatian satirists in recent days, all the more so when the initial acronym was a word for male genitalia. Lee Murphy, a Zagreb-based Irishman from Cork, looks beyond the jokes at the broader issues surrounding the new ministry, and the new government's history in dealing with them.  

Croatia's declining population in numbers. 

The population of Croatia looks set to decline longterm, according to the UN. 

UN's 2015 Revision of World Population Prospects is out.

Official statistics on Croatia's birth and death rates are released.