POPULATION
3,989,018 (July 2003 est.)

AGE STRUCTURE
0-14 years: 19.4% (male 397,810; female 377,005)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 1,439,383; female 1,372,891)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 171,643; female 230,286) (2003 est.)

MEDIAN AGE
total: 35.5 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 35.9 years (2002)

POPULATION GROWTH RATE
0.48% (2003 est.)

BIRTH RATE
12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

DEATH RATE
8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

NET MIGRATION RATE
0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

NATIONALITY
Bosnian(s)

ETNIC GROUPS
Serb 32%, Bosniak 49%, Croat 15%, other 4% (2002)
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 42%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 2%, other 10%

LANGUAGES
Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian