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

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%

NOTE: The information regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bosnia and Herzegovina People 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.