National Name: Bosna i Hercegovina

Presidency, Chairman of the (rotating): Nebojsa Radmanovic (2006)

Prime Minister: Adnan Terzic (2002)

Total area: 19,741 sq mi (51,129 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 4,498,976 (all data dealing with population are subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing) (growth rate: 1.4%); birth rate: 8.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.8/1000; life expectancy: 78.0; density per sq mi: 228

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial)

Other large cities: Banja Luka, 189,700; Tuzla 119,200; Mostar, 90,800

Monetary unit: Marka

Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Ethnicity/race: Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000)

Religions: Islam 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%

Literacy rate: n.a.

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $28.59 billion (note: Bosnia has a large informal sector that could also be as much as 50% of official GDP); per capita $6,800. Real growth rate: 5.3%. Inflation: 1.4%. Unemployment: 45.5% official rate. Arable land: 14%. Agriculture: wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock. Labor force: 1.026 million (2001); agriculture n.a., industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining. Natural resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower. Exports: $2.7 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): metals, clothing, wood products. Imports: $6.8 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Italy, Croatia, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 938,000 (2003); mobile cellular: 1.05 million (2003). Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998). Television broadcast stations: 33 (plus 277 repeaters) (Sept. 1995). Internet hosts: 6,994 (2004). Internet users: 100,000 (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 1,021 km (electrified 795 km) (2004). Highways: total: 21,846 km; paved: 11,424 km; unpaved: 10,422 km (1999 est). Waterways: Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries (2004). Ports and harbors: Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje. Airports: 27 (2004 est.).

International disputes: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed sections of the boundary.


 

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