Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

Population pyramid

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Population

4,498,976 (July 2006 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 Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the Quran, its principal scripture, whose followers, known as Muslims (مسلم), believe God (Arabic: الله ) sent through revelations to Muhammad. ...

Religions

Islam 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%

• Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. ... Pedestrians walk by the Tsars Mosque built in the Ottoman era, the oldest mosque in Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich and varied history, surviving World War II, Communism and the Yugoslav Wars, after having been been born as a result of the Spanish Inquisition, and having been almost destroyed by the Holocaust. ...

Languages

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

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Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 94.6%

Male: 98.4%

Female: 91.1% (2000 est.)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

More than 95% of population of Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to one of its three constitutive nations: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs. ...

References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. World Factbook 2004 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ...

External links

• Living standard measurement survey 2001