Demographics 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.

Vital statistics

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - March 2019 = 6,189
from January - March 2020 = 5,738
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -451

Deaths

from January - March 2019 = 10,249
from January - March 2020 = 8,973
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -1.276

Natural increase

from January - March 2019 = -4,060
from January - March 2020 = -3,235
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +825
Demographics by entity

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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - May 2019 = 6,784
from January - May 2020 = 6,302
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -482

Deaths

from January - May 2019 = 9,154
from January - May 2020 = 8,444
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -710

Natural increase

from January - May 2019 = -2,370
from January - May 2020 = -2,142
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +228
Republika Srpska

The following data are from Republic of Srpska Institute of Statistics.

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - March 2019 = 2,090
from January - March 2020 = 1,935
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -155

Deaths

from January - March 2019 = 4,440
from January - March 2020 = 3,876
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -564

Natural increase

from January - March 2019 = -2,350
from January - March 2020 = -1,941
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +409
Brčko District

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - April 2019 = 272
from January - April 2020 = 233
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -39

Deaths

from January - April 2019 = 401
from January - April 2020 = 346
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -55

Natural increase

from January - April 2019 = -129
from January - April 2020 = -113
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +16
Marriages and divorces

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska

Brčko District

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Vital statistics by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	2,933,915	3,531,465	3,946,171	4,217,168	3,806,977	3,507,720	3,462,239
Live births	107,698	99,962	77,779	71,651	52,418	34,986	30,807
Deaths	37,182	28,585	25,340	28,557	28,475	32,543	36,112
Natural change	70,517	71,377	52,438	43,094	23,944	2,443	-5,305
Crude birth rate	36.7	28.3	19.7	17.0	13.8	10.0	8.9
Crude death rate	12.7	8.1	6.4	6.8	7.5	9.3	10.4
Natural change	24.0	20.2	13.3	10.2	6.3	0.7	-1.5
Total fertility rate	4.49	3.41	2.37	1.91	1.85	1.46	1.32
Female fertile population	780,515	906,219	1,074,572	1,147,684	957,789	853,598	820,075
Marriages and divorces by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	2,933,915	3,531,465	3,946,171	4,217,168	3,806,977	3,507,720	3,462,239
Marriages	30,694	31,534	34,793	35,414	24,564	21,183	18,919
Divorces	2,322	3,112	3,411	2,631	1,709	1,763	2,594
Crude marriage rate	10.5	8.9	8.8	8.4	6.5	6.0	5.5
Crude divorce rate	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.7
Divorces per 1000 marriages	75.7	98.7	98.0	74.3	69.6	83.2	137.1

Births and fertility rates

Live births by age of mother	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Live births by age of mother
Live births total	69,424	102,680	92,330	112,216	110,373	115,854	110,866	111,561	102,649	110,332	108,123	110,499	108,076	106,826	104,239	101,147	101,351	97,689	92,972	89,134	87,687	79,296	82,694	82,068	77,896	77,833	78,844	79,061	75,669	73,306	71,120	70,928	71,031	73,375	74,296	74,539	72,722	71,203	70,898	70,711	66,809	66,952	65,430					46,594	48,061	45,007	42,464	39,563	37,717	36,485	34,691	33,862	33,233	33,038	32,801	34,023	34,449	33,445	31,694	32,414	30,551	30,134	29,647	29,985	30,061	29,328		Live births total
Under 15	16	1	1	1	8	8	8	6	5	9	9	9	27	11	14	10	16	9	21	20	28	21	20	17	39	23	12	58	33	19	29	37	43	41	70	35	26	17	22	21	28	16	16					10	13	2	1	4	15	15	10	11	6	8	7	13	12	8	9	5	5	4	5	4	10	5		Under 15
15-19	5,666	4,946	4,447	5,406	7,129	7,483	7,161	6,866	6,407	6,581	6,957	7,110	6,326	6,227	5,921	6,306	7,651	8,811	9,074	8,675	9,464	8,524	10,048	10,547	9,952	9,792	9,829	9,658	9,020	8,699	7,975	7,826	7,491	7,570	7,343	7,488	7,453	7,189	6,803	7,057	6,915	6,925	6,768					3,751	4,372	3,191	2,980	2,528	2,617	2,387	2,188	2,139	2,007	2,042	1,971	2,096	1,968	1,785	1,614	1,546	1,378	1,338	1,310	1,277	1,064	897		15-19
20-24	22,954	30,151	27,112	32,951	35,029	36,768	35,185	36,601	33,084	35,579	34,232	34,984	33,513	32,673	31,162	29,288	28,193	26,927	26,028	24,943	27,531	27,294	29,941	30,073	29,163	30,355	31,270	32,075	31,011	29,718	29,015	28,842	29,031	30,485	30,353	30,642	29,056	27,997	27,567	27,450	25,666	25,224	24,651					13,769	15,566	14,515	13,546	12,579	12,197	11,641	11,194	10,770	10,173	9,799	9,474	9,315	9,007	8,277	7,547	7,386	6,520	6,068	5,834	6,100	5,921	6,004		20-24
25-29	20,368	28,681	25,790	31,345	33,737	35,413	33,888	33,524	31,116	33,464	32,044	32,748	32,623	32,221	31,757	30,737	30,909	29,263	26,589	25,508	22,026	18,399	17,548	17,724	17,512	18,152	19,568	20,339	19,939	20,428	20,357	20,624	20,868	21,718	22,235	22,222	22,123	21,955	22,359	22,390	20,906	21,294	20,810					13,760	13,125	12,937	12,486	12,161	11,641	11,645	11,283	11,149	11,196	11,121	11,150	11,755	12,051	11,652	11,157	11,352	10,646	10,276	9,977	9,787	9,638	9,138		25-29
30-34	11,945	14,334	12,889	15,665	19,937	20,927	20,026	20,420	19,053	20,700	20,572	21,024	20,728	20,726	20,190	19,795	19,729	18,785	18,135	17,408	16,191	14,343	14,758	13,383	11,529	10,269	9,340	8,611	8,399	8,122	8,293	8,669	8,988	9,245	9,881	10,097	10,013	9,962	9,949	9,653	9,425	9,469	9,254					9,292	8,550	7,971	7,681	7,144	6,656	6,554	6,516	6,341	6,547	6,813	6,972	7,410	7,901	7,972	7,846	8,238	8,196	8,437	8,479	8,604	8,857	8,590		30-34
35-39	5,800	13,553	12,187	14,811	8,439	8,858	8,477	9,055	9,043	10,317	10,925	11,165	10,795	10,725	10,898	10,863	10,752	10,215	9,585	9,205	8,797	7,658	7,392	7,365	6,812	6,246	5,938	5,560	4,959	4,246	3,505	3,069	2,856	2,835	3,009	2,937	3,116	3,170	3,132	3,152	2,942	3,052	2,983					4,316	3,585	3,577	3,343	3,272	2,904	2,840	2,715	2,749	2,592	2,486	2,505	2,681	2,814	3,020	2,867	3,152	3,130	3,281	3,344	3,527	3,829	3,880		35-39
40-44	1,859	6,857	6,166	7,493	4,836	5,077	4,858	3,872	3,001	2,734	2,598	2,655	3,236	3,601	3,633	3,632	3,365	3,107	2,931	2,815	2,764	2,466	2,394	2,257	2,027	1,956	1,854	1,810	1,535	1,419	1,226	1,196	1,088	914	851	661	578	547	604	590	537	551	538					724	728	756	702	693	641	625	549	530	538	495	491	556	542	556	514	616	577	591	601	608	637	704		40-44
45-49	270	1,423	1,280	1,555	986	1,035	990	892	721	705	652	667	495	410	380	335	425	379	331	315	279	212	188	195	149	156	164	160	139	126	129	93	103	82	84	92	75	73	86	62	42	51	49					47	51	53	40	34	43	25	30	25	26	29	38	28	23	30	27	24	37	36	29	32	45	51		45-49
50 and over	52	298	268	326	161	169	162	143	91	96	74	76	194	90	81	60	83	56	45	42	26	48	22	30	39	6	3	14	53	31	55	39	38	35	43	25	31	32	40	41	51	48	46					5	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	2		50 and over
Unknown	493	2,436	2,190	2,663	111	116	111	182	128	147	60	61	139	142	203	121	228	137	233	203	581	331	383	477	674	878	866	776	581	498	536	533	525	450	427	340	251	261	336	295	297	322	315					920	2,067	2,001	1,682	1,145	999	753	206	146	147	244	192	169	129	144	110	93	60	99	65	44	57	57		Unknown
Female fertile population by age group	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Female fertile population by age group
Total female 15–49 years	934,666	688,118	711,183	734,246	757,312	779,044	800,776	822,508	837,959	846,609	827,395	824,951	822,510	869,624	871,651	889,908	900,857	925,078	955,094	982,298	1,020,223	1,033,655	986,183	1,017,070	1,036,884	1,059,110	1,083,575	1,109,709	1,129,991	1,144,451	1,145,091	1,145,732	1,106,551	1,117,748	1,132,571	1,133,955	1,161,934	1,166,222	1,174,522	1,170,568	1,167,038	1,193,571	1,100,615					863,535	863,273	863,131	862,607	861,884	861,073	860,588	859,706	853,854	848,006	847,935	847,820	847,785	847,332	849,272	847,004	837,868	821,886	820,215	810,205	806,221	798,190	789,815		Total female 15–49 years
10-14	145,203	200,000	189,211	178,422	167,633	161,755	155,878	150,000	178,571	90,000	90,000	133,676	177,352	110,000	140,000	100,000	160,000	180,000	210,000	200,000	280,000	210,000	217,133	170,000	195,000	230,000	120,000	193,333	165,000	190,000	187,500	185,000	191,711	205,000	175,000	175,000	260,000	170,000	220,000	210,000	140,000	178,876	169,656					96,318	96,288	96,273	96,214	96,133	96,044	96,271	96,172	95,519	94,868	94,860	94,847	94,844	94,802	95,026	94,743	93,664	70,391	59,657	59,120	58,652	88,404	68,384		10-14
15-19	160,150	162,697	168,766	174,834	180,903	179,848	178,793	177,738	172,695	163,706	148,654	140,967	133,281	134,203	141,313	152,319	166,688	175,518	182,575	191,079	200,508	204,904	202,172	212,213	213,105	214,737	216,498	218,507	220,538	221,349	217,006	212,663	210,898	208,540	205,112	201,290	195,617	189,683	186,384	184,256	182,454	182,990	174,714					117,778	117,735	117,708	117,633	117,533	117,422	116,964	116,845	116,023	115,200	115,198	115,191	115,194	115,146	115,441	115,183	113,981	115,004	114,649	109,644	103,166	96,465	91,943		15-19
20-24	153,406	135,632	141,754	147,875	153,997	159,976	165,954	171,933	176,825	177,717	171,417	168,023	164,629	163,365	155,732	146,440	137,527	133,236	135,704	142,450	153,547	164,521	157,244	165,055	176,211	186,800	195,805	205,741	211,391	212,880	211,016	209,152	193,651	199,118	204,535	208,166	210,246	210,504	208,367	205,004	200,829	195,877	171,265					113,776	113,739	113,718	113,647	113,552	113,445	113,557	113,441	112,662	111,884	111,878	111,865	111,864	111,755	111,966	111,607	110,295	107,971	104,334	105,734	107,435	110,282	113,876		20-24
25-29	145,811	108,764	114,439	120,115	125,791	132,181	138,572	144,962	148,383	152,734	152,809	153,741	154,674	167,035	168,562	168,514	163,887	162,572	158,456	151,473	144,528	135,187	116,003	119,193	125,354	135,060	147,239	156,094	164,378	175,800	182,419	189,038	173,043	179,636	181,214	184,262	188,121	193,096	198,923	204,475	207,607	210,578	177,734					125,400	125,362	125,341	125,266	125,161	125,043	125,116	124,987	124,137	123,290	123,279	123,262	123,257	123,184	123,458	123,084	121,706	120,344	118,153	116,582	115,322	113,071	107,262		25-29
30-34	133,077	63,145	71,467	79,788	88,110	95,941	103,772	111,603	119,007	125,683	128,174	130,706	133,237	139,946	144,628	149,962	149,916	155,505	161,057	161,634	162,724	160,796	148,858	143,287	136,277	128,042	120,361	116,680	118,630	124,954	133,534	142,115	144,324	148,633	156,593	163,647	169,139	175,387	179,261	181,107	183,723	188,208	175,209					125,433	125,397	125,380	125,306	125,201	125,083	124,865	124,737	123,897	123,057	123,043	123,023	123,015	123,041	123,411	123,161	121,895	121,476	122,283	121,774	120,934	120,282	119,527		30-34
35-39	121,573	82,040	76,678	71,316	65,954	67,105	68,257	69,408	78,430	88,482	93,536	97,388	101,241	111,952	118,715	125,584	128,153	131,806	135,190	139,259	144,688	146,705	141,447	147,892	148,734	149,069	149,196	147,090	142,500	135,655	125,733	115,811	109,307	110,742	116,178	124,979	135,478	142,152	148,436	156,040	162,541	168,943	162,544					124,598	124,563	124,545	124,470	124,366	124,249	124,219	124,092	123,255	122,418	122,406	122,386	122,379	122,310	122,581	122,261	120,948	120,602	120,647	121,037	120,451	120,481	120,599		35-39
40-44	112,098	73,970	74,881	75,792	76,703	76,398	76,093	75,788	69,791	63,287	57,862	60,956	64,051	88,044	83,326	91,256	97,254	102,204	108,556	113,508	121,228	125,178	124,235	126,798	130,774	133,973	137,333	142,520	146,190	147,813	145,954	144,096	141,287	134,412	128,939	120,182	113,333	109,400	109,818	115,686	124,884	134,817	136,978					121,712	121,676	121,656	121,582	121,480	121,367	121,551	121,425	120,601	119,778	119,768	119,752	119,746	119,624	119,836	119,464	118,211	118,255	116,460	118,286	119,840	119,610	119,139		40-44
45-49	108,552	61,870	63,198	64,526	65,854	67,595	69,335	71,076	72,828	75,000	74,943	73,170	71,397	65,079	59,375	55,833	57,432	64,237	73,556	82,895	93,000	96,364	96,224	102,632	106,429	111,429	117,143	123,077	126,364	126,000	129,429	132,857	134,041	136,667	140,000	131,429	150,000	146,000	143,333	124,000	105,000	112,158	102,171					134,838	134,801	134,783	134,703	134,591	134,464	134,316	134,179	133,279	132,379	132,363	132,341	132,330	132,272	132,579	132,244	130,832	118,234	123,689	117,148	119,073	117,999	117,469		45-49
50-54	105,654	48,852	51,434	54,015	56,596	57,509	58,423	59,336	60,667	73,846	67,273	68,205	69,138	81,818	67,500	75,000	75,455	70,000	64,286	52,500	52,000	53,333	60,771	75,000	78,000	60,000	111,111	70,000	106,000	103,333	116,667	130,000	118,016	116,667	107,500	125,000	155,000	160,000	133,333	136,667	127,500	138,409	132,000					143,834	143,796	143,782	143,698	143,578	143,444	142,907	142,760	141,814	140,864	140,843	140,814	140,799	140,766	141,120	140,810	139,365	133,428	128,873	131,169	126,991	125,931	127,940		50-54
General,specific and total fertility rates	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	General,specific and total fertility rates
General fertility rate	74.28	149.22	129.83	152.83	145.74	148.71	138.45	135.64	122.50	130.32	130.68	133.95	131.40	122.84	119.59	113.66	112.51	105.60	97.34	90.74	85.95	76.71	83.85	80.69	75.13	73.49	72.76	71.24	66.96	64.05	62.11	61.91	64.19	65.65	65.60	65.73	62.59	61.05	60.36	60.41	57.25	56.09	59.45					53.96	55.67	52.14	49.23	45.90	43.80	42.40	40.35	39.66	39.19	38.96	38.69	40.13	40.66	39.38	37.42	38.69	37.17	36.74	36.59	37.19	37.66	37.13		General fertility rate
Under 15	0.11	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.15	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.20	0.10	0.16	0.20	0.23	0.20	0.40	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.09	0.09					0.11	0.14	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.16	0.16	0.10	0.12	0.06	0.08	0.07	0.14	0.13	0.08	0.10	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.11	0.07		Under 15
15-19	35.63	30.40	26.99	31.67	39.45	41.65	40.09	38.63	37.10	40.20	46.80	50.47	47.52	46.40	41.90	41.40	45.90	50.20	49.70	45.40	47.20	41.60	49.93	49.70	46.70	45.60	45.40	44.20	40.90	39.30	37.03	36.80	35.78	36.30	35.80	37.20	38.10	37.90	36.50	38.30	37.90	38.03	38.92					32.48	38.73	28.31	26.34	22.13	22.88	20.83	18.84	18.52	17.50	17.86	17.21	18.29	17.16	15.53	14.06	13.60	12.01	11.71	11.97	12.40	11.05	9.78		15-19
20-24	150.69	222.30	195.91	228.25	227.69	230.07	212.23	212.88	187.10	200.20	199.70	208.32	203.83	200.00	200.10	200.00	205.00	202.10	191.80	175.10	179.30	165.90	191.30	182.20	165.50	162.50	159.70	155.90	146.70	139.60	138.55	137.90	151.03	153.10	148.40	147.20	138.20	133.00	132.30	133.90	127.80	129.40	144.63					123.41	142.74	133.32	123.91	113.98	110.36	104.63	99.26	96.01	91.33	88.23	85.19	83.68	80.90	74.24	67.86	67.16	60.51	58.35	55.30	56.86	53.79	52.83		20-24
25-29	140.68	263.70	230.83	267.30	268.47	268.18	244.80	231.26	209.70	219.10	209.70	213.12	211.19	192.90	188.40	182.40	188.60	180.00	167.80	168.40	152.40	136.10	151.98	148.70	139.70	134.40	132.90	130.30	121.30	116.20	112.44	109.10	121.49	120.90	122.70	120.60	117.60	113.70	112.40	109.50	100.70	101.61	117.65					111.90	109.20	107.80	103.62	99.97	95.56	94.99	90.81	90.20	91.21	90.88	90.99	95.84	98.20	94.79	90.96	93.54	88.64	87.26	85.77	84.99	85.40	85.36		25-29
30-34	90.40	227.00	184.73	201.10	226.50	218.34	193.17	182.97	160.10	164.70	160.50	160.94	155.77	148.10	139.60	132.00	131.60	120.80	112.60	107.70	99.50	89.20	99.60	93.40	84.60	80.20	77.60	73.80	70.80	65.00	62.58	61.00	62.74	62.20	63.10	61.70	59.20	56.80	55.50	53.30	51.30	50.55	53.07					75.54	71.12	66.40	63.73	58.71	54.62	53.57	52.55	51.40	53.44	55.78	57.00	60.54	64.45	64.88	63.93	67.78	67.60	69.22	69.78	71.25	73.77	72.01		30-34
35-39	48.05	165.20	162.80	212.73	128.08	132.13	124.32	130.46	115.30	116.60	116.80	114.71	106.76	95.80	91.80	86.50	83.90	77.50	70.90	66.10	60.80	52.20	52.50	49.80	45.80	41.90	39.80	37.80	34.80	31.30	28.09	26.50	26.32	25.60	25.90	23.50	23.00	22.30	21.10	20.20	18.10	18.15	18.44					35.32	30.02	30.00	27.92	27.07	23.99	23.33	22.01	22.40	21.27	20.46	20.59	22.02	23.09	24.74	23.53	26.14	26.00	27.28	27.69	29.32	31.84	32.24		35-39
40-44	16.70	92.70	84.34	101.27	63.11	66.52	63.91	51.09	43.00	43.20	44.90	43.58	50.59	40.90	43.60	39.80	34.60	30.40	27.00	24.80	22.80	19.70	19.36	17.80	15.50	14.60	13.50	12.70	10.50	9.60	8.46	8.30	7.76	6.80	6.60	5.50	5.10	5.00	5.50	5.10	4.30	4.11	3.95					6.07	6.24	6.49	6.00	5.87	5.42	5.25	4.55	4.41	4.51	4.16	4.12	4.67	4.55	4.66	4.32	5.23	4.89	5.09	5.09	5.08	5.34	5.92		40-44
45-49	2.51	23.00	20.75	24.68	14.99	15.33	14.29	12.55	9.90	9.40	8.70	9.12	6.94	6.30	6.40	6.00	7.40	5.90	4.50	3.80	3.00	2.20	1.96	1.90	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.30	1.10	1.00	1.00	0.70	0.77	0.60	0.60	0.70	0.50	0.50	0.60	0.50	0.40	0.46	0.48					0.36	0.39	0.41	0.31	0.26	0.33	0.19	0.22	0.19	0.20	0.22	0.29	0.21	0.17	0.23	0.20	0.18	0.31	0.29	0.25	0.27	0.38	0.44		45-49
50 and over	0.49	6.10	5.34	6.18	2.85	2.94	2.78	2.41	1.50	1.30	1.10	1.11	2.81	1.10	1.20	0.80	1.10	0.80	0.70	0.80	0.50	0.90	0.36	0.40	0.50	0.10	0.03	0.20	0.50	0.30	0.48	0.30	0.32	0.30	0.40	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.30	0.40	0.35	0.35					0.04	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02		50 and over
Total fertility rate	2.42	5.12	4.53	5.34	4.84	4.86	4.46	4.30	3.81	3.97	3.94	4.00	3.91	3.65	3.56	3.44	3.49	3.33	3.12	2.96	2.83	2.53	2.83	2.72	2.50	2.40	2.35	2.28	2.13	2.01	1.94	1.90	2.03	2.03	2.02	1.98	1.91	1.85	1.82	1.80	1.70	1.71	1.89					1.93	1.99	1.86	1.76	1.64	1.57	1.51	1.44	1.42	1.40	1.39	1.38	1.43	1.44	1.40	1.32	1.37	1.30	1.30	1.28	1.30	1.31	1.29		Total fertility rate

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Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ethnic groups

According to data from the 2013 census published by the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniaks constitute 50.11% of the population, Bosnian Serbs 30.78%, Bosnian Croats 15.43%, and others form 2.73%, with the remaining respondents not declaring their ethnicity or not answering.
The census results are contested by the Republika Srpska statistical office and by Bosnian Serb politicians, who oppose the inclusion of non-permanent Bosnian residents in the figures.
The European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, determined that the methodology used by the Bosnian statistical agency was in line with international recommendations.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, religion is often linked to ethnicity, i.e. most Bosniaks are Muslim, Serbs are Orthodox Christian, and Croats are Roman Catholic.

Languages

Bosnia's constitution does not specify any official languages; however, academics Hilary Footitt and Michael Kelly note that the Dayton Agreement states that it is "done in Bosnian, Croatian, English and Serbian", and they describe this as the "de facto recognition of three official languages" at the state level. The equal status of Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian was verified by the Constitutional Court in 2000. It ruled that the provisions of the Federation and Republika Srpska constitutions on language were incompatible with the state constitution, since they only recognised "Bosniak" and Croatian and Serbian as official languages at the entity level.
As a result, the wording of the entity constitutions was changed and all three languages were made official in both entities. The three languages are mutually intelligible and are also known collectively as Serbo-Croatian. Use of one of the three varieties has become a marker of ethnic identity. Michael Kelly and Catherine Baker argue: "The three official languages of today's Bosnian state...represent the symbolic assertion of national identity over the pragmatism of mutual intelligibility".
All standard varieties are based on the Ijekavian varieties of the Shtokavian dialect. Serbian and Bosnian are written in both Latin and Cyrillic, whereas Croatian is written only in Latin alphabet. There are also some speakers of Italian, German, Turkish and Ladino. Yugoslav Sign Language is used with Croatian and Serbian variants.
According to the results of the 2013 census, 52.86% of the population consider their mother tongue to be Bosnian, 30.76% Serbian, 14.6% Croatian and 1.57% another language, with 0.21% not giving an answer.

Religion

According to the 2013 census, 50.7% of the population identify religiously as Muslim, 30.75% as Serbian Orthodox Christian, 15.19% as Roman Catholic, 1.15% as other, 1.1% as agnostic or atheist, with the remainder not declaring their religion or not answering. A 2012 survey found that 47% of Bosnia's Muslims are non-denominational Muslims, while 45% follow Sunnism.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina religion is strongly linked to ethnicity.

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

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