The Croatian diaspora 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.
Group of Croatian men in the club of town Joliet in Illinois
19th Century ad-poster of Croatian ship ready to travel to South America.
A statue honoring the immigrants, in Rosario.
Bust of Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal, in Clifton Hill
The Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Dolazak Hrvata (Arrival of Croats), painting by Oton Iveković, representing the migration of Croats to the Adriatic sea
The range of Slavic ceramics of the Prague-Penkovka culture marked in black, all known ethnonyms of Croats are within this area. Presumable migration routes of Croats are indicated by arrows, per V.V. Sedov (1979).
Arrival of the Croats to the Adriatic Sea by Oton Iveković
Coronation of King Tomislav by Oton Iveković.
