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Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Demographic data 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 47%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 15.3%, 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 somewhat mutually understandable among all 3 ethnolingual groups. Bosnian and Croatian are written in the Latin alphabet, while Serbian is 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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