| Population : |
4,007,608 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 18.9% (male 389,062; female 368,721)
15-64 years: 70.6% (male 1,447,725; female 1,379,729)
65 years and over: 10.5% (male 180,801; female 241,570) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.45% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
12.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
8.33 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 72.57 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 75.51 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.71 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Serb 37.1%, Bosniak 48%, 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 |
| Religions : |
Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% |
| Languages : |
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian |
