People
Nationalities: Bosniak (Muslim), Bosnian Croat, Bosnian Serb.
Population (July 2002 est.): 3,964,388 (note: all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing).
Population growth rate (2002 est.): 0.76%.
Ethnic groups: Bosniak 48.3%, Serb 34.0%, Croat 15.4%, others 2.3%.
(Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2002--Bosnia-Herzegovina) Religions: Muslim (40%); Orthodox (3 1%); Catholic (15%); Protestant (4%); other (10%).
Languages: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian (formerly "Serbo-Croatian").
Education: Mandatory 8 years of primary school, 4 years in secondary school, and 4 years in universities and academies. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are 407 primary schools with 250,000 students, 171 secondary schools with 80,000 students, 6 universities in the major cities--Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, Tuzla, and Bihac--and 6 academies--4 pedagogic and 2 art academies.
Education: Adult literacy rate (%)--male 94.1, female 78.0. Health: Infant mortality rate--23.53 deaths/1,000. Life expectancy--male 71.0, female 75.0.
Work force (total): 633,860.
source: http://www.state.gov