Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population pyramid

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Population

4,552,198 (July 2007 est.)

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 15.5% (male 359,739/female 336,978)

15-64 years: 70.1% (male 1,590,923/female 1,564,665)

65 years and over: 14.4% (male 265,637/female 381,034) (2006 est.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 38.4 years

Male: 37.2 years

Female: 39.5 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Population Growth Rate

1.35% (2006 estimate)

[edit] Birth rate

12,34 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Death rate

8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

13.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

At birth: 1.07

Under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2006 est)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 11.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 8.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 78 years

Male: 74.39 years

Female: 81.88 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.22 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 900 (2003 est.)

Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)

Adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian

[edit] Ethnic groups

Bosniak 48%, Serb 37%, Croat 14%, other 1% (2005) note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam.

[edit] Religions

Main article: Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% ^[1]

[edit] Languages

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian all co-official and mutually understandable among all 3 ethnolingual groups. Croatian and Bosnian are written in the Latin alphabet, whereas Serbian is written in both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 94.6%

Male: 98.4%

Female: 91.1% (2000 est.)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ CIA World Factbook

This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".

[edit] External links

Living standard measurement survey 2001

[0] CIA World Factbook

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