Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

1 Vital statistics^[1]^[2]
2 Ethnic groups
3 Languages
4 Religion
5 CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Vital statistics^[1]^[2]

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate
1947	2 532	84 600	38 900	45 700	33.4	15.4	18.0
1948	2 586	90 700	41 600	49 100	35.1	16.1	19.0
1949	2 642	98 200	42 200	56 000	37.2	16.0	21.2
1950	2 661	102 680	35 991	66 689	38.6	13.5	25.1
1951	2 721	92 330	46 358	45 972	33.9	17.0	16.9
1952	2 779	112 216	34 817	77 399	40.4	12.5	27.9
1953	2 836	110 373	41 199	69 174	38.9	14.5	24.4
1954	2 891	115 854	35 158	80 696	40.1	12.2	27.9
1955	2 944	110 866	40 513	70 353	37.7	13.8	23.9
1956	2 994	111 561	38 320	73 241	37.3	12.8	24.5
1957	3 042	102 649	36 830	65 819	33.7	12.1	21.6
1958	3 089	110 332	30 123	80 209	35.7	9.8	26.0
1959	3 135	108 123	32 507	75 616	34.5	10.4	24.1
1960	3 180	110 499	33 360	77 139	34.7	10.5	24.3
1961	3 225	108 076	29 413	78 663	33.5	9.1	24.4
1962	3 271	106 826	31 087	75 739	32.7	9.5	23.2
1963	3 315	104 240	29 161	75 079	31.4	8.8	22.6
1964	3 357	101 147	29 846	71 301	30.1	8.9	21.2
1965	3 396	101 351	27 814	73 537	29.8	8.2	21.7
1966	3 433	97 689	25 138	72 551	28.5	7.3	21.1
1967	3 466	92 972	26 195	66 777	26.8	7.6	19.3
1968	3 498	89 134	26 031	63 103	25.5	7.4	18.0
1969	3 531	87 687	27 805	59 882	24.8	7.9	17.0
1970	3 564	79 296	26 355	52 941	22.2	7.4	14.9
1971	3 600	82 694	24 915	57 779	23.0	6.9	16.0
1972	3 637	82 068	26 844	55 224	22.6	7.4	15.2
1973	3 675	77 896	24 672	53 224	21.2	6.7	14.5
1974	3 712	77 833	23 661	54 172	21.0	6.4	14.6
1975	3 747	78 844	25 571	53 273	21.0	6.8	14.2
1976	3 781	79 061	25 178	53 883	20.9	6.7	14.3
1977	3 813	75 669	24 821	50 848	19.8	6.5	13.3
1978	3 844	73 306	26 016	47 290	19.1	6.8	12.3
1979	3 878	71 120	25 370	45 750	18.3	6.5	11.8
1980	3 914	70 928	26 115	44 813	18.1	6.7	11.4
1981	3 950	71 031	26 222	44 809	18.0	6.6	11.3
1982	3 986	73 375	26 775	46 600	18.4	6.7	11.7
1983	4 025	74 296	29 999	44 297	18.5	7.5	11.0
1984	4 070	74 539	29 046	45 493	18.3	7.1	11.2
1985	4 122	72 722	28 966	43 756	17.6	7.0	10.6
1986	4 189	71 203	29 127	42 076	17.0	7.0	10.0
1987	4 267	70 898	29 382	41 516	16.6	6.9	9.7
1988	4 332	70 711	29 559	41 152	16.3	6.8	9.5
1989	4 353	66 809	30 383	36 426	15.3	7.0	8.4
1990	4 308	66 952	29 093	37 859	15.5	6.8	8.8
1991	4 163	64 769	31 411	33 358	15.6	7.5	8.0
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996	3 645	46 594	25 152	21 442	12.8	6.9	5.9	1.65
1997	3 738	48 397	27 875	20 522	12.9	7.5	5.5	1.68
1998	3 653	45 007	28 679	16 328	12.3	7.9	4.5	1.56
1999	3 725	42 464	28 637	13 827	11.4	7.7	3.7	1.36
2000	3 781	39 563	30 482	9 081	10.5	8.1	2.4	1.30
2001	3 798	37 717	30 325	7 392	9.9	8.0	1.9	1.40
2002	3 828	35 587	30 155	5 432	9.3	7.9	1.4	1.20
2003	3 832	35 234	31 757	3 477	9.2	8.3	0.9	1.22
2004	3 837	35 151	32 616	2 535	9.2	8.5	0.7	1.22
2005	3 843	34 627	34 402	225	9.0	9.0	0.1	1.20
2006	3 843	34 033	33 221	812	8.9	8.6	0.2	1.18
2007	3 842	33 835	35 044	-1 209	8.8	9.1	-0.3	1.26
2008	3 842	34 176	34 026	150	8.9	8.9	0.0	1.29
2009	3 843	34 550	34 904	-69	9.0	9.0	-0.0	1.30
2010	3 841	33 379	34 633	-1 254	8.8	9.0	-0.2	1.27
2011	3 840	31 875	35 522	-3 647	8.3	9.3	-1.0	1.21
2012		32 072	35 692	-3 620

Ethnic groups

**Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to ethnic group 1948–1996**
Ethnic group	census 1948		census 1953		census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census UNHCR 1996
Ethnic group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Bosniaks	788,403	30.7	891,800	31.3	842,248	25.7	1,482,430	39.6	1,629,924	39.5	1,902,956	43.5	1,805,910	46.1
Serbs	1,136,116	44.3	1,264,372	44.4	1,406,057	42.9	1,393,148	37.2	1,320,644	32.0	1,366,104	31.2	1,484,530	37.9
Croats	614,123	23.9	654,229	23.0	711,665	21.7	772,491	20.6	758,136	18.4	760,852	17.4	571,317	14.6
Yugoslavs					275,883	8.4	43,796	1.2	326,280	7.9	242,682	5.5
Montenegrins	3,094	0.1	7,336	0.3	12,828	0.4	13,021	0.3	14,114	0.3	10,071	0.2
Romani	442	0.0	2,297	0.1	588	0.0	1,456	0.0	7,251	0.2	8,864	0.2
Albanians					3,642	0.1	3,764	0.1	4,396	0.1	4,925	0.1
Others/undeclared	23,099	0.9	25,	1.0	28,679	0.8	36,005	1	63,263	1.5	80,579	1.9	58,196	1.5
Total	2,565,277		2,847,790		3,277,948		3,746,111		4,124,008		4,377,033		3,919,953

Ethnic structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
Ethnic structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
Share of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
Share of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
Share of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.

Languages

Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian are co-official standards of a single language (generally called Serbo-Croatian in English) and as such are mutually intelligible among all three ethnic groups. All speak the Ijekavian accent of the Shtokavian dialect. Bosnian and Serbian are written in both Latin and Cyrillic, whereas Croatian is written only in a Latin alphabet.

Religion

Main article: Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islam 40%
Serbian Orthodox 31%
Roman Catholic 15%
other 14%^[3]

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0–14 years: 14.4% (male 287,720/ female 270,188)

15–64 years: 72.9% (male 1,411,098/ female 1,416,433)

65 years and over: 12.7% (male 191,556/ female 302,301)(2012 est)

Median age

Total: 41.2 years

Male: 40 years

Female: 42.4 years (2012 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.96 years

male: 75.42 years

female: 82.77 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.24 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 900 (2007 est.)

Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 97.9%

male: 99.4%

female: 96.5% (2010 est.)

References

This article incorporates "2009 edition".

External links

Living standard measurement survey 2001

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Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina