Bosnia and Herzegovina Demographics Profile 2003

Population

3,989,018 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 19.4% (male 397,810; female 377,005)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 1,439,383; female 1,372,891)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 171,643; female 230,286) (2003 est.)

Median age

total: 35.5 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 35.9 years (2002)

Population growth rate

0.48% (2003 est.)

Birth rate

12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate

8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate

0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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 (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.29 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 75.22 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.71 children born/woman (2003 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)
adjective: Bosnian

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%, Protestant 4%, other 10%

Languages

Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

Literacy

definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%