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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 populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.
Population
- 4,552,198 (July 2007 est.)
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.)
Median age
- Total: 38.4 years
- Male: 37.2 years
- Female: 39.5 years (2006 est.)
Population Growth Rate
1.35% (2006 estimate)
Birth rate
- 8.77 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate
- 8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate
- 13.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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)
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.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 78 years
- Male: 74.39 years
- Female: 81.88 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.22 children born/woman (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 900 (2003 est.)
- Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)
Nationality
- Noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
- Adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian
Ethnic groups
Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000) note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam.
Religions
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Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% 1
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 the Cyrillic alphabet.
Literacy
- Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 94.6%
- Male: 98.4%
- Female: 91.1% (2000 est.)
See also
References
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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