摘要：Today the main problems of the islands are the poor demographic picture caused by depopulation, low birth rate, prevalence of the elderly population, and relatively low economic activities. In that reason, the paper presents the influence of the traffic connections between Croatian’s islands and mainland on the demographic picture of the islands. The aim of this paper is to conduct systematic and scientifically research of influence various factors on the demographic picture of the islands in order to insure the sustainable development of the islands and the retention of the inhabitants on the islands. This paper analyzes the population of Croatian’s islands according to the latest census and the category is correlated with the most prominent limiting factor of development, which is the traffic connection between islands and mainland. The research shows that the improvement of traffic connection and increased density of traffic network between islands and mainland does not have a direct impact on the number of island’s population, but it has a positive impact on all economic and social activities, by creating the prerequisites for sustainable development of the islands and raising the quality of life on islands, as evidenced by the growth of the island’s population on bridged islands and drop population in small islands and islands unrelated to bridges.
关键词：island’s population transport connection between islands and mainland island’s economy sustainable development
