Brod-Posavina County (Croatian: Brodsko-posavska županija) is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.

Geography

The Brod-Posavina County borders on the Sisak-Moslavina County in the west, Požega-Slavonia County in the north, Osijek-Baranja County in the northeast, and Vukovar-Syrmia County in the east.

Administrative divisions

Brod-Posavina County is further divided into 2 towns (grad, pl. gradovi) and 26 municipalities (općina, pl. općine).

Towns

Town	Population (2021 census)
Slavonski Brod	49,891
Nova Gradiška	11,690

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2021 census)
Bebrina	2,817
Brodski Stupnik	2,357
Bukovlje	2,727
Cernik	2,964
Davor	2,529
Donji Andrijevci	3,059
Dragalić	1,058
Garčin	3,951
Gornja Vrba	2,168
Gornji Bogićevci	1,428
Gundinci	1,610
Klakar	2,020
Nova Kapela	3,393
Okučani	2,323
Oprisavci	1,968
Oriovac	4,770
Podcrkavlje	2,207
Rešetari	3,852
Sibinj	5,730
Sikirevci	2,028
Slavonski Šamac	1,576
Stara Gradiška	911
Stari Perkovci	1,123
Staro Petrovo Selo	4,110
Velika Kopanica	2,621
Vrbje	1,691
Vrpolje	2,818

Demographics

Historical populations of Brod-Posavina County

Year Pop. ±% 1857 74,136 —     1869 79,273 +6.9% 1880 77,739 −1.9% 1890 90,751 +16.7% 1900 99,979 +10.2% 1910 116,295 +16.3% 1921 112,693 −3.1% 1931 128,790 +14.3% 1948 134,436 +4.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1953 142,614 +6.1% 1961 154,309 +8.2% 1971 164,065 +6.3% 1981 167,667 +2.2% 1991 174,998 +4.4% 2001 176,765 +1.0% 2011 158,575 −10.3% 2021 130,267 −17.9%
Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005

As of the 2021 census, the county had 130,267 residents. The population density was 64 people per km.

As of the 2011 census, the county had 158,575 residents. The population density was 78 people per km.

Ethnic Croats form the majority with 95.0% of the population, followed by Serbs at 2.6%.

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority councils of the Brod-Posavina County while Albanians, Bosniaks and Ukrainians of Croatia elected individual representatives. Certain municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils and representatives as well.