ACOG - Bosnia and Herzegovina  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia

Area:
total area: 51,233 sq km
land area: 51,233 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries: total 1,459 km, Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km (312 kmwith Serbia; 215 km with Montenegro)

Coastline: 20 km


People

Population: 3,201,823 (July 1995 est.)

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)

Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 11.29 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.51 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 2.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.47 years
male: 72.75 years
female: 78.37 years

Total fertility rate: 1.65 children born/woman

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%
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Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
conventional short form: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Type: emerging democracy

Capital: Sarajevo

Independence: NA April 1992 (from Yugoslavia)

Constitution: promulgated in 1974 (under the Communists), amended 1989, 1990, and1991; the Assembly planned to draft a new constitution in 1991, before conditions deteriorated; constitution of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (includingMuslim and Croatian controlled parts of Republic) ratified April 1994


Economy

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Electricity:
capacity: 3,800,000 kW
production: NA kWh
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