Short facts about people of Boznia and Herzegovina

Population:

3,922,205 note:  all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  20.13% (male 405,713; female 383,850) 15-64 years:  70.78% (male 1,422,796; female 1,353,410) 65 years and over:  9.09% (male 150,802; female 205,634) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.38% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

12.86 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

7.99 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

8.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.73 male(s)/female total population:  1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

24.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  71.75 years male:  69.04 years female:  74.65 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.71 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.04% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s) adjective:  Bosnian, Herzegovinian

Ethnic groups:

Serb 31%, Bosniak 44%, Croat 17%, Yugoslav 5.5%, other 2.5% (1991) note:  Bosniak has replaced muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam

Religions:

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%

Languages:

Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

Literacy:

definition:  NA total population:  NA% male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook