Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Facts
Population: 4,552,198 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15% (male 353,163/female 331,133)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 1,615,011/female 1,587,956)
65 years and over: 14.6% (male 273,240/female 391,695) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.003% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 8.8 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8.42 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 9.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.067 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.698 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 9.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.17 years
male: 74.57 years
female: 82.03 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.23 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 900 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 100 (2001 est.).
Nationality: noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian.
Ethnic groups: 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.
Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%.
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 99%
female: 94.4% (2000 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.28 billion
note: Bosnia has a large informal sector that could also be as much as 50% of official GDP (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 6% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,600 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 14.2%
industry: 30.8%
services: 55% (2002).
Labor force: 1.026 million (2001).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%.
Population below poverty line: 25% (2004 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 45.5% official rate; grey economy may reduce actual unemployment to 25-30% (31 December 2004 est.).
Budget: revenues: $5.643 billion
expenditures: $5.677 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock.
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: 5.5% (2003 est.).
Electricity - production: 12.98 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 11.03 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 3.05 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 2 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $3.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: metals, clothing, wood products.
Exports - partners: Croatia 18.4%, Italy 17.1%, Slovenia 14.7%, Germany 12.8%, Austria 6.5%, Hungary 5.2%, China 4.2% (2005).
Imports: $8.25 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: Croatia 24.7%, Germany 13.6%, Slovenia 13%, Italy 11%, Austria 6.9%, Hungary 5.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $3.927 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $650 million (2001 est.).
Currency (code): konvertibilna marka (convertible mark) (BAM).
Exchange rates: konvertibilna maraka per US dollar - 1.5576 (2006), 1.5727 (2005), 1.5752 (2004), 1.7329 (2003), 2.0782 (2002)
note: the convertible mark is pegged to the euro.
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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World Press Review - Perica Vucinic reports on the Serb protests that forced the cancellation of the rebuilding of the Ferhadija mosque in Banja Luka, Bosnia.
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