The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      4,621,598 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 120

      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) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 40.3 years

      male: 39.1 years

      female: 41.5 years (2010 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      0.016% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 192

      Birth rate:

      8.87 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 213

      Death rate:

      8.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 80

      Net migration rate:

      0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 81

      Urbanization:

      urban population: 47% of total population (2008)

      rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.074 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 (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 156 male: 10.18 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 7.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 78.66 years country comparison to the world: 44 male: 75.09 years

      female: 82.49 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.26 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 214

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      less than 0.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 166

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      900 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 143

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      100 (2001 est.) country comparison to the world: 150

      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 (official), Croatian (official), Serbian

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 96.7%

      male: 99%

      female: 94.4% (2000 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 13 years (2007)

      Education expenditures:

      NA

      Government ::Bosnia and Herzegovina

      Country name:

      conventional long form: none

      conventional short form: Bosnia and Herzegovina

      local long form: none

      local short form: Bosna i Hercegovina

      former: People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

      Government type:

      emerging federal democratic republic

      Capital:

      name: Sarajevo

      geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E

      time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

      Administrative divisions:

      2 first-order administrative divisions and 1 internationally supervised district* - Brcko district (Brcko Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko district is in northeastern Bosnia and is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina and formally held in condominium between the two entities; the District remains under international supervision

      Independence:

      1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for independence completed on 1 March 1992; independence declared on 3 March 1992)

      National holiday:

      National Day, 25 November (1943)

      Constitution:

      the Dayton Peace Accords, signed on 14 December 1995 in Paris, included a constitution; note - each of the entities also has its own constitution

      Legal system:

      based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: Chairman of the Presidency Nebojsa RADMANOVIC (chairman of the presidency since 10 November 2010; presidency member since 1 October 2006 - Serb); other members of the three-member presidency rotate every eight months: Bakir IZETBEGOVIC (presidency member since 3 October 2010 - Bosniak); Zeljko KOMSIC (presidency member since 1 October 2006 - Croat)

      head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola SPIRIC (since 11 January 2007)

      cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the council chairman; approved by the state-level House of Representatives (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: the three members of the presidency (one Bosniak, one Croat, one Serb) elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a second term, but then ineligible for four years); the chairmanship rotates every eight months and resumes where it left off following each general election; election last held on 3 October 2010 (next to be held in October 2014); the chairman of the Council of Ministers appointed by the presidency and confirmed by the state-level House of Representatives

      election results: percent of vote - Nebojsa RADMANOVIC with 48.9% of the votes for the Serb seat; Zeljko KOMSIC with 60.6% of the votes for the Croat seat; Bakir IZETBEGOVIC with 34.9% of the votes for the Bosniak seat

      note: President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Borjana KRISTO (since 21 February 2007); Vice Presidents Spomenka MICIC (since 21 February 2007) and Mirsad KEBO (since 21 February