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			 Population: 
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			3,989,018 (July 2003 est.) 
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				 Age structure: 
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					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.) 
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				 Median age: 
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					total: 35.5 years 
			 male: 35.1 years 
			 female: 35.9 years (2002) 
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				 Population growth rate: 
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				0.48% (2003 est.) 
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				 Birth rate: 
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				12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) 
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				 Death rate: 
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				8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) 
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				 Net migration rate: 
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				0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) 
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				 Sex ratio: 
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					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.) 
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				 Infant mortality rate: 
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					total: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births 
			 female: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) 
			 male: 25.37 deaths/1,000 live births 
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				 Life expectancy at birth: 
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					total population: 72.29 years 
			 male: 69.56 years 
			 female: 75.22 years (2003 est.) 
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				 Total fertility rate: 
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				1.71 children born/woman (2003 est.) 
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				 HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 
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				less than 0.1% (2001 est.) 
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				 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 
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				NA 
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				 HIV/AIDS - deaths: 
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				100 (2001 est.) 
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				 Nationality: 
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					noun: Bosnian(s) 
			 adjective: Bosnian 
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				 Ethnic groups: 
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				Serb 37.1%, Bosniak 48%, 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 
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				 Religions: 
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				Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10% 
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				 Languages: 
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				Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian 
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				 Literacy: 
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					definition: NA 
			 total population: NA% 
			 male: NA% 
			 female: NA%   
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