Population 3,964,388
note: all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 19.8% (male 403,391; female 382,037)
15-64 years: 70.6% (male 1,432,559; female 1,366,224)
65 years and over: 9.6% (male 161,659; female 218,518) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.76% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 12.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 2.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 23.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.02 years
female: 74.93 years (2002 est.)
male: 69.3 years

Total fertility rate 1.71 children born/woman (2002 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)
adjective: Bosnian

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%

NOTE: The information regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bosnia and Herzegovina People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bosnia and Herzegovina People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.