Bosnia 
Facts
Population:
3,922,205
note:
all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
20.13% (male 405,713; female 383,850)
15-64 years:
70.78% (male 1,422,796; female 1,353,410)
65 years and over:
9.09% (male 150,802; female 205,634) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.38% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
12.86 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.99 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
8.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:
0.73 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
24.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.75 years
male:
69.04 years
female:
74.65 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.71 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.04% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
adjective:
Bosnian, Herzegovinian
Ethnic groups:
Serb 31%, Bosniak 44%, Croat 17%, Yugoslav 5.5%, other 2.5% (1991)
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%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
19%
industry:
23%
services:
58% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.026 million
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
35%-40% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.9 billion
expenditures:
$2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining
Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
2.585 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
38.68%
hydro:
61.32%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
2.684 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
150 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
430 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Exports:
$950 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
NA
Exports - partners:
Croatia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany
Imports:
$2.45 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
NA
Imports - partners:
Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy
Debt - external:
$3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1 billion (1999 est.)
Currency:
marka (BAM)
Currency code:
BAM
Exchange rates:
marka per US dollar - 2.086 (January 2001), 2.124 (2000), 1.837 (1999), 1.760 (1998), 1.734 (1997), 0.015 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Independent magazine), Sarajevo
http://www.bhdani.com
(Privately owned daily), Sarajevo
http://www.avaz.ba/
Extramagzin
(Weekly tabloid), Bijeljina
(Nationalist daily), Banjaluka
http://www.glassrpske.com/
Sarajevo
http://www.hrvatska-rijec.com/
Jutarnji list
(Privately-owned daily), Sarajevo
(Pro-Muslim opposition daily), Sarajevo
http://www.nippljiljan.com
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the News
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Countries of the Western Balkans have expected to be next on the list of E.U. enlargement for quite some time, but the global economic crisis has made those expectations a distant prospect.
The European Commission (EC) annual reports on would-be members brought a mixture of hope and bitterness in the Balkans.
Too much state shrinks civic space; too much civil society can weaken institutions of government. After 50 years of too much state, the balance was somewhat unwillingly tipped in the other direction.
The United Nations failed to protect a designated
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