Bosnia and Herzegovina People:
Population:
4,025,476 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.3% (male:378,784; female:358,784)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male:1,458,405; female:1,388,793)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male:188,741; female:251,969) (2005)
Median age:
total: 36.21 years
male: 35.81 years
female: 36.63 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.44% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.49 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.44 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.3 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 21.05 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 23.62 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 18.31 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.85 years (2005 est.)
male: 70.09 years
female: 75.8 years
Total fertility rate:
1.71 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
900 (2003 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
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.6%
male: 98.4%
female: 91.1% (2000)
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