| 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.)
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			| Median age: | total: 35.5 years male: 35.1 years
 female: 35.9 years (2002)
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			| 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.)
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			| Infant mortality rate: | 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: | total population: 72.29 years male: 69.56 years
 female: 75.22 years (2003 est.)
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			| Total fertility rate: | 1.71 children born/woman (2003 est.) | 
			
			
			| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | less than 0.1% (2001 est.) | 
			
			
			| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | NA | 
			
			
			| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 100 (2001 est.) | 
			
			
			| Nationality: | noun: Bosnian(s) adjective: Bosnian
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			| Ethnic groups: | 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: | Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10% | 
			
			
			| Languages: | Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian | 
			
			
			| Literacy: | definition: NA total population: NA%
 male: NA%
 female: NA%
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