Population:
4,613,414 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.5% (male 344,760/female 323,303)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male 1,645,274/female 1,617,136)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male 279,781/female 403,160) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 39.8 years
male: 38.7 years
female: 41 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.339% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
8.85 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
8.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 47% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.5 years
male: 74.92 years
female: 82.34 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.25 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
900 (2007 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.)

Education expenditures:
NA