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The population
From almost 5 millions occupants, Croats make up 78% and Serbians 12%. National minorities: Hungarians, Slovene, Italians, Czechs and Albanians also live there (the part from them this Moslems). Croats are the rzymsko-Catholic confession mainly, and Serbians belong to the orthodox Church. At present approx. 750 war fugitives from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the terrains of the Croatia intent by Serbians tyś, he lives in provisional conditions on the terrain of the Croatia. He approx. 1 million Croats lives in the different parts of the former Yugoslavia beyond this, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, northern Wojwodinic (Vojvodinie) and in the neighbourhoods of the Gulf Kotorskiej in the Montenegro. He approx. 2,3 million Croats lives for the border, of what almost 1,5 million in the USA, 270 000 in the Germany, 240 000 in the Australia, 150 000 in the Canada and 150 000 in the Argentina. He the most Croats lives in Pittsburgu and Buenos Aires beyond Europe. They are the largest cities of the Croatia: the Zagreb (1 million), Split (300 000), Rijeka (250 tyś), Osijek (175 tyś) and Zadar(150tyś).
Unfortunately ethnic discrimination was legalized by Prawo the Citizenship resolved in October 1991 r. by the Croatian parliament. It affirms to become the citizen of the Croatia (this also relates to Serbians, born in the Croatia) you should approve oneself the acquaintance of Croatian and Latin alphabet and to show the acceptance of the Croatian culture. One can not possess the double citizenship and children from mixed marriages to become legitimate citizens and have the right to the possession of the property and receive permission on the work, they have to fold the announcement that they are Croats.