Croatian diaspora
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The Croatian diaspora (Croatian: Hrvatsko iseljeništvo or Hrvatsko rasuće[1][2]) 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[3] and a half[4] of the total number of Croats.
More than four million Croats live out of Croatia. The largest community outside Croatia are the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the constituent nations of that country, amounting to about 545,000. The Croatian diaspora outside Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina amounts to close to a million elsewhere in Europe, and to about 1.7 million overseas. The largest overseas community is reported from the United States at 1,200,000, Chile at 400,000, and Argentina with 250,000 people.[5]
In Western Europe, the largest group is found in Germany. The German census reports 228,000 Croats in Germany as of 2006[update], but estimates of the total number of people with direct Croatian ancestry (including naturalized German citizens) range as high as 500,000. There are also significant numbers of Croats in Australia (165,000) and New Zealand (up to 100,000).[6][7]