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.
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Vecernje Novine
(Independent), Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the News
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Countries of the Western Balkans have expected to be next on the list of E.U. enlargement for quite some time, but the global economic crisis has made those expectations a distant prospect.
The European Commission (EC) annual reports on would-be members brought a mixture of hope and bitterness in the Balkans.
Too much state shrinks civic space; too much civil society can weaken institutions of government. After 50 years of too much state, the balance was somewhat unwillingly tipped in the other direction.
The United Nations failed to protect a designated
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