Businesses in Cres

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Cres

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	103
Restaurants	44
Real estate	43
Hotels and motels	24
Shopping	19
Holiday homes, cabins and resorts	17
Churches	17
Bars, pubs and taverns	14
Cafes	13
Travel agencies	12
Atm's	10
Bakeries	9

Cres Facts

Area	1.6 km²
Population	1,029
Male Population	515 (50.0%)
Female Population	514 (50.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-29.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-29.9%
Median Age	45.5 years (Male: 43.6, Female: 47.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$24,371 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	44.96092, 14.41246

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Cres Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	1,467	1,617	1,468	1,401	1,029	986	940
Population Density	902.8 / km²	995.1 / km²	903.4 / km²	862.2 / km²	633.2 / km²	606.8 / km²	578.5 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cres Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 29.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Cres	-29.9%	-36.4%	-29.9%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	—	—	—
Croatia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cres Median Age

Median Age: 45.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Cres	45.5 yrs	47.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	45.1 yrs	46.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Croatia	42 yrs	44.1 yrs	40 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Cres Population Density

Population Density: 633 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Cres	1,029	1.625 km²	633 / km²
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	289,697	3,576.8 km²	81 / km²
Croatia	4.2 million	56,366.2 km²	73.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cres Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Cres

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Cres

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Cres Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$8,456	$10,420	$13,092	$16,490	$17,146	$17,664	$17,943	$24,371
Total GDP	$4.4M	$5.3M	$6.2M	$7.8M	$8.2M	$8.3M	$8.1M	$11.1M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Cres CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Cres	6,675 tn	6.49 tn	4,107.7 tons/km²
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	1,742,251 tn	6.01 tn	487.1 tons/km²
Croatia	23,288,703 tn	5.59 tn	413.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Cres CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	6,675 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	6.49 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	4,107.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (4)
Earthquake	Medium (4)
Landslide	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
8/8/17	9:35 AM	4	30.9 km	10,000 m	3km E of Omisalj, Croatia	usgs.gov
7/30/13	12:58 PM	4.4	49.6 km	11,100 m	16km NNW of Brinje, Croatia	usgs.gov
5/6/11	11:44 PM	4	49 km	9,000 m	Croatia	usgs.gov
10/6/08	9:19 AM	3.3	35.8 km	10,000 m	Slovenia-Croatia border region	usgs.gov
12/15/07	10:12 PM	3	29.1 km	10,000 m	Slovenia-Croatia border region	usgs.gov
6/10/07	8:48 PM	3.2	40.1 km	10,000 m	Croatia	usgs.gov
2/5/07	8:30 AM	4.9	43.7 km	10,000 m	Croatia	usgs.gov
8/7/06	4:59 AM	3	41.3 km	10,000 m	Croatia	usgs.gov
4/24/05	6:34 PM	4.4	69 km	10,000 m	Slovenia	usgs.gov
3/9/05	2:46 PM	3.4	37.7 km	5,000 m	Croatia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Cres

Cres (pronounced [t͡srɛ̂ːs]; Italian: Cherso, German: Kersch, Latin: Crepsa, Greek: Χέρσος, Chersos) is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, the island Krk or f..

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