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Age structure > 0-14 years	18.3		[184th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	70.7		[18th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Age structure > 65 years and over	14.4 %		[37th of 225]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Birth rate	8.82 births/1,000 population		[216th of 226]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Death rate	8.54 deaths/1,000 population		[94th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ethnic groups Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6%; note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Percentage living in urban areas	44%		[138th of 199]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population	4,590,310		[119th of 242]
Source: Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies
Population growth rate	0.666%		[148th of 235]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
Population in 2015	3,893		[128th of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Projected population growth	-0.65%		[114th of 141]
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.05		[41st of 223]
Source: Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org
Sex ratio > At birth	1.07 male(s)/female		[27th of 223]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Sex ratio > Total population	0.97 male(s)/female		[154th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Sex ratio > Under 15 years	1.07 male(s)/female		[24th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Total fertility rate	1.24 children born/woman		[211st of 225]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Total Population	4,498,976		[117th of 227]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Urban population	1,785,533		[127th of 195]
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute
Urbanization	43		[137th of 204]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	91		[80th of 144]
Source: Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

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