| 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.) |
| Median age |
total: 35.9 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 36.2 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.45% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
12.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
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 |
total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 24.5 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 72.57 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 75.51 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.71 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
NA |
| 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 |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: bosnia and herzegovina
local long form: none
former: people's republic of bosnia and herzegovina, socialist republic of bosnia and herzegovina
local short form: bosna i hercegovina |