Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Demographics

Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...

features of the population

Population

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of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

, including population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Vital statistics

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1947	2 532	84 600	38 900	45 700	33.4	15.4	18.0
1948	2 586	90 700	41 600	49 100	35.1	16.1	19.0
1949	2 642	98 200	42 200	56 000	37.2	16.0	21.2
1950	2 661	102 680	35 991	66 689	38.6	13.5	25.1
1951	2 721	92 330	46 358	45 972	33.9	17.0	16.9
1952	2 779	112 216	34 817	77 399	40.4	12.5	27.9
1953	2 836	110 373	41 199	69 174	38.9	14.5	24.4
1954	2 891	115 854	35 158	80 696	40.1	12.2	27.9
1955	2 944	110 866	40 513	70 353	37.7	13.8	23.9
1956	2 994	111 561	38 320	73 241	37.3	12.8	24.5
1957	3 042	102 649	36 830	65 819	33.7	12.1	21.6
1958	3 089	110 332	30 123	80 209	35.7	9.8	26.0
1959	3 135	108 123	32 507	75 616	34.5	10.4	24.1
1960	3 180	110 499	33 360	77 139	34.7	10.5	24.3
1961	3 225	108 076	29 413	78 663	33.5	9.1	24.4
1962	3 271	106 826	31 087	75 739	32.7	9.5	23.2
1963	3 315	104 240	29 161	75 079	31.4	8.8	22.6
1964	3 357	101 147	29 846	71 301	30.1	8.9	21.2
1965	3 396	101 351	27 814	73 537	29.8	8.2	21.7
1966	3 433	97 689	25 138	72 551	28.5	7.3	21.1
1967	3 466	92 972	26 195	66 777	26.8	7.6	19.3
1968	3 498	89 134	26 031	63 103	25.5	7.4	18.0
1969	3 531	87 687	27 805	59 882	24.8	7.9	17.0
1970	3 564	79 296	26 355	52 941	22.2	7.4	14.9
1971	3 600	82 694	24 915	57 779	23.0	6.9	16.0
1972	3 637	82 068	26 844	55 224	22.6	7.4	15.2
1973	3 675	77 896	24 672	53 224	21.2	6.7	14.5
1974	3 712	77 833	23 661	54 172	21.0	6.4	14.6
1975	3 747	78 844	25 571	53 273	21.0	6.8	14.2
1976	3 781	79 061	25 178	53 883	20.9	6.7	14.3
1977	3 813	75 669	24 821	50 848	19.8	6.5	13.3
1978	3 844	73 306	26 016	47 290	19.1	6.8	12.3
1979	3 878	71 120	25 370	45 750	18.3	6.5	11.8
1980	3 914	70 928	26 115	44 813	18.1	6.7	11.4
1981	3 950	71 031	26 222	44 809	18.0	6.6	11.3
1982	3 986	73 375	26 775	46 600	18.4	6.7	11.7
1983	4 025	74 296	29 999	44 297	18.5	7.5	11.0
1984	4 070	74 539	29 046	45 493	18.3	7.1	11.2
1985	4 122	72 722	28 966	43 756	17.6	7.0	10.6
1986	4 189	71 203	29 127	42 076	17.0	7.0	10.0
1987	4 267	70 898	29 382	41 516	16.6	6.9	9.7
1988	4 332	70 711	29 559	41 152	16.3	6.8	9.5
1989	4 353	66 809	30 383	36 426	15.3	7.0	8.4
1990	4 308	66 952	29 093	37 859	15.5	6.8	8.8
1991	4 163	64 769	31 411	33 358	15.6	7.5	8.0
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996	3 645	46 594	25 152	21 442	12.8	6.9	5.9
1997	3 738	48 397	27 875	20 522	12.9	7.5	5.5
1998	3 653	45 007	28 679	16 328	12.3	7.9	4.5
1999	3 725	42 464	28 637	13 827	11.4	7.7	3.7
2000	3 781	39 563	30 482	9 081	10.5	8.1	2.4
2001	3 798	37 717	30 325	7 392	9.9	8.0	1.9
2002	3 828	35 587	30 155	5 432	9.3	7.9	1.4
2003	3 832	35 234	31 757	3 477	9.2	8.3	0.9
2004	3 837	35 151	32 616	2 535	9.2	8.5	0.7
2005	3 843	34 627	34 402	225	9.0	9.0	0.1
2006	3 843	34 033	33 221	812	8.9	8.6	0.2
2007	3 842	33 835	35 044	-1 209	8.8	9.1	-0.3
2008	3 842	34 176	34 026	150	8.9	8.9	0.0
2009	3 843	34 550	34 904	- 69	9.0	9.0	-0.0
2010

Ethnic groups

**Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to ethnic group 1948-1996**
Ethnic group	census 1948		census 1953		census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census UNHCR 1996
Ethnic group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Bosniaks Bosniaks The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...	788,403	30.7	891,800	31.3	842,248	25.7	1,482,430	39.6	1,629,924	39.5	1,902,956	43.5	1,805,910	46.1
Serbs Serbs The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...	1,136,116	44.3	1,264,372	44.4	1,406,057	42.9	1,393,148	37.2	1,320,644	32.0	1,366,104	31.2	1,484,530	37.9
Croats Croats Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...	614,123	23.9	654,229	23.0	711,665	21.7	772,491	20.6	758,136	18.4	760,852	17.4	571,317	14.6
Yugoslavs Yugoslavs Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...					275,883	8.4	43,796	1.2	326,280	7.9	242,682	5.5
Montenegrins	3,094	0.1	7,336	0.3	12,828	0.4	13,021	0.3	14,114	0.3	10,071	0.2
Romani	442	0.0	2,297	0.1	588	0.0	1,456	0.0	7,251	0.2	8,864	0.2
Others/undeclared	23,099	0.9	27,756	1.0	28,679	0.9	39,769	1.1	67,659	1.6	85,504	2.0	58,196	1.5
Total	2,565,277		2,847,790		3,277,948		3,746,111		4,124,008		4,377,033		3,919,953

Languages

Bosnian

Bosnian language

Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

, Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

are co-official standards of a single language (generally called Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

in English) and as such are mutually intelligible among all three ethnic groups. Bosnian and Croatian is written in the Latin alphabet while Serbian is written in both Latin and Cyrillic

Serbian Cyrillic alphabet

The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script for the Serbian language, developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two standard modern alphabets used to write the Serbian language, the other being Latin...

.

The ethnic groups all speak the Shtokavian dialect

Shtokavian dialect

Shtokavian or Štokavian is the prestige dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language, and the basis of its Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin standards...

of Serbo-Croatian and dialectal differences naturally exist over the country:

Bosniaks: Predominantly Ijekavian
Serbs: Predominantly Ijekavian
Croats: Predominantly Ijekavian

Religion

Islam
Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina are a little under two million in number and constitute 40 percent of the country's population . The modern Bosniaks, often referred to as Bosnian Muslims, descend from Slavic speakers who converted to Islam in the 15th and 16th centuries. Bosniaks are...

40%
Serbian Orthodox 31%
Roman Catholic 15%
other 14%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 14% (male 333,989/female 313,234)

15-64 years: 71% (male 1,655,669/female 1,625,750)

65 years and over: 15% (male 283,233/female 410,288) (2011 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: 0.69 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 7.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 78.5 years

Male: 74.92 years

Female: 82.34 years (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 900 (2007 est.)

Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 94.6%

Male: 98.4%

Female: 91.1% (2000 est.)

External links

Living standard measurement survey 2001

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