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Bosnia
 
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Capital: Sarajevo
Area size (Land only): 51000 sq. km Slightly larger than Denmark
Time zone: GMT +1
Currency: Marka
Area code: (+) 387
Driving: Right
Climate description: Continental climate, but moderate because of the country's proximity to the Adriatic coast.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Serb, Croat and Bosnian (all official)
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 3.8 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 4.0 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 3.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 3.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
2050est 3.2 million U.N. DESA (2004)
2050 3.0 million U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Muslim Slavs (Bosnian) 49 percent, Orthodox Serbs 31 percent, Catholic Croats 17 percent. Serbs are a majority in northeast Bosnia and the Croats are a majority in the west in Herzegovina.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Muslim, Christian Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 46.9 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 46.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 45.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 45.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 44.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 44.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 43.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 43.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
2005 17.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 16.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 17.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 17.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 18.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available percent


Average life expectancy
2005 74.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 74.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 74.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 74 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 73.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available years

Life expectancy - male
2005 71.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 71.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 71.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 71.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 71.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available years

Life expectancy - female
2005 77.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 77.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 76.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 76.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 76.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available years

Infant mortality
2007 13 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 13 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 13 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 13 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 14 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 15 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 15 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2007 14 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 15 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 15 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 15 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 17 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 18 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 18 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 No data available percent

Maternal mortality
2005 3 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 31 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 66 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 62 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 68 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 66 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 66 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2007 2 percent U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006 2 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 4 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 4 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
2003-2005 <5 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average 9 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 9 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2006 99 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 97 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 98 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 95 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 95 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 93 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Literacy - average
2004 96.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 94.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 94.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Literacy - male
2004 99.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 98.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 98.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Literacy - female
2004 94.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 91.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 91.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Landlines telephones
2008 273 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 282 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 262 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 256 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 252 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 248 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 239 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 226 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 211 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers
2008 843 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 649 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 499 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 422 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 372 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 284 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 198 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 119 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 25 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Internet users
2008 332 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 268 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 243 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 206 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 150 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 38 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 26 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 12 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 10 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 92 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 84 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 93 (joint) Transparency International
2005 88 (joint) Transparency International
2004 82 (joint) Transparency International
2003 70 (joint) Transparency International
2002 Not ranked
2001 Not ranked
2000 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2007 3790 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 3340 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 3000 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 2550 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 2040 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 1750 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 1600 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 1520 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2007 15.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 12.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 10.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 10.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 8.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 6.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 5.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 5.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth
2006 6.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 5.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 6.1  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 4.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 5.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 4.4  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 5.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2007 6.0 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 6.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 2.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 2.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 1.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 5.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 4.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 24.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
21.4 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 134 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 134 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 145 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 140 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 <0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 No data available percent
2005 No data available percent
2004 No data available percent
2003 No data available percent

Malaria
No Risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2007 51 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2006 52 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2005 52 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2004 53 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2003 55 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2002 56 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2001 58 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2000 63 per 100,000 people WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2008 74131 UNHCR
2007 78273 UNHCR
2006 199946 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 109930 UNHCR
2004 229339 UNHCR
2003 300006 UNHCR
2002 406448 UNHCR
2001 447321 UNHCR
2000 504981 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2008 7257 UNHCR
2007 7367 UNHCR
2006 10318 UNHCR
2005 10568 UNHCR
2004 22215 UNHCR
2003 22517 UNHCR
2002 28022 UNHCR
2001 32745 UNHCR
2000 38152 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
2009 124593 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008 124958 IDMC 2008
2007 132000 IDMC 2008
2006 180000 IDMC 2006
2005 183400 IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year
2007 30 Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006 35 Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004 43 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 54 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 1.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 2.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 No data available percent
2001 9.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 4.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 4.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 4.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 3.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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