Bosnia and Hercegovina: People

The World Factbook 1993: Bosnia and Herzegovina People

Population: 4,618,804 (July 1993 est.)

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

Population growth rate: 0.72% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 13.54 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 6.38 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.8 years male: 72.11 years female: 77.67 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.62 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s) adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian

Ethnic divisions: Muslim 44%, Serb 31%, Croat 17%, other 8%

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

Languages: Serbo-Croatian 99%

Literacy: total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 1,026,254

by occupation: agriculture 2%, industry, mining 45% (1991 est.)