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Bosnia and Herzegovina People 1996

Population (OSCE estimate):
4,1 million (1991 4,35 million)

Ethnic divisions:
Bosniacs (the new constitutional name for Bosnian Muslims): 48% Serbs: 33%, Croats 15%

Religions:
Islam 48%, Orthodoxy 32%, Catholicism 16%, others (Protestantism, Judaism, Greek-Catholicism)

Language:
Bosnian 48%, Serbian 33%, Croatian 16%(names used in Bosnia, internationally recognized as one anguage, Serbo-Croatian).

Literacy:
91%
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Population:

3,201,823 (July 1995 est.)

note:

all data dealing with population is subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing

Age structure:

0-14 years:

22% (female 337,787; male 370,966)

15-64 years:

68% (female 1,082,357; male 1,085,610)

65 years and over:

10% (female 190,992; male 134,111) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.65% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

11.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

7.51 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

2.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

75.47 years

male:

72.75 years

female:

78.37 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.65 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)

adjective:

Bosnian, Herzegovinian

Ethnic divisions:

Muslim 38%, Serb 40%, Croat 22% (est.)

Religions:

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%

Languages:

Serbo-Croatian 99%

Literacy:

NA%

Labor force:

1,026,254

by occupation:

NA%

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