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Languages

Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, 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

Ethnic Groups

Bosnian, Herzegovinian %

Urbanization

urban population: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 132

rate of urbanization: 48.3% of total population (2011)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 3,871,643 (July 2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 129

15-24 years - : 13.7% (male 272,812/female 256,152)

25-54 years - : 12.7% (male 255,074/female 238,428)

55-64 years - : 46.7% (male 906,265/female 899,870)

65 years and over - : 13.7% (male 253,045/female 276,769)

Dependency Ratios

total dependency ratio: 13.3% (male 199,515/female 313,713) (2014 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 44.8 %

elderly dependency ratio: 22 %

potential support ratio: 22.7 %

Median Age

total: 4.4 (2014 est.)

male: 40.8 years

female: 39.4 years

Sex Ratio

at birth - : SARAJEVO (capital) 389,000 (2011)

0-14 years - : 1.07 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.07 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1.07 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.95 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.63 male(s)/female

Maternal Mortality Rate

26.3 (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

total: 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 157

male: 76.33 years

female: 73.33 years

total population: 5.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total Fertility Rate

79.55 years (2014 est.)

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

1.26 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 218

Drinking Water Source

Urban: 99.6% of population

Rural: 0.4% of population

Total: 0.5% of population

Physicians Density

10.2% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 23

Sanitation Facility Access

Urban: 95.4% of population

Rural: 1.1% of population

Total: 7.9% of population

HIV Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

4.6% of population (2012 est.)

HIV Aids People Living with HIV Aids

Less than 0.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 127

HIV Aids Deaths

900 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 151

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

100 (2001 est.) country comparison to the world: 128

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

26.5% (2008) country comparison to the world: 47

Education Expenditures

1.5% (2012) country comparison to the world: 128

Literacy

definition: NA

total population: age 15 and over can read and write

male: 98%

female: 99.5%

Year

Population

  • Muslim

Nationality 2014

  • within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Montenegro, and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority in the west and an ethnic Serb majority in the east noun


  • Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s) adjective


Religions

  • Bosnian Official
    0.00%
  • Croatian Official
    0.00%
  • Serbian Official
    0.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    42.2 years (2014 est.)

Birth Rate

  • -0.11% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 207

Death Rate

  • 8.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 211

Migration Rate

  • 9.64 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 54

Urban Areas Population

  • rate
    0.86% annual

Physicians Density

  • 10.2% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 23

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.69 physicians/1,000 population (2010)