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Demography

Population:

4,025,476 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 18.3% (male 378,784/female 358,784)

15-64 years: 70.7% (male 1,458,405/female 1,388,793)

65 years and over: 10.9% (male 188,741/female 251,969) (2005 est.)

Median age:

total: 36.21 years

male: 35.81 years

female: 36.63 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.44% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:

12.49 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:

8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

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

Religions:

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%

Languages:

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian