🇭🇷 Cities in Croatia — API & JSON data

695 cities. 21 regions. 23 languages. That's the current coverage for Croatia in the Geomelon API, led by Zagreb at 767,131 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Croatia cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Zagreb	—	767,131
Split	Split-Dalmatia County	160,577
Rijeka	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	107,964
Osijek	Osijek-Baranja County	96,313
Zadar	Zadar County	70,779
Velika Gorica	Zagreb County	61,075
Pula	Istria County	52,220
Slavonski Brod	Brod-Posavina County	49,891
Karlovac	Karlovac County	49,377
Grad Karlovac	Karlovac County	49,377

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=hr&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "42cce356-dc5f-4469-860f-365715ae541f",
    "name": "Zagreb",
    "population": 767131,
    "countryName": "Croatia",
    "countryCode": "HR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇷",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "ae917c3e-b61a-4976-b273-69fa7d242261",
    "name": "Split",
    "population": 160577,
    "countryName": "Croatia",
    "countryCode": "HR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇷",
    "regionName": "Split-Dalmatia County"
  },
  {
    "id": "13e0528c-0db8-4fc2-9d05-c02e5ddec05f",
    "name": "Rijeka",
    "population": 107964,
    "countryName": "Croatia",
    "countryCode": "HR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇷",
    "regionName": "Primorje-Gorski Kotar County"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=hr&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=hr&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Croatia are available in 23 languages.

en: Zagreb
zh: 萨格勒布
ru: Загреб

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 172 Croatia cities as JSON (27 KB, no API key) from the Croatia cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Croatia does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 695 cities in Croatia across 21 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Croatia city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Croatia are available in 23 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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