2013 Census of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2013 census in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place from October 1st to 15th, 2013.
The last previous census was held in 1991, before the Bosnian War , which significantly changed the population. At that time the country had 4.4 million inhabitants, of whom 43.7 percent identified themselves as Muslims (Bosniaks), 31.2 percent as Serbs and 17.4 percent as Croatians . Around 100,000 people were killed in the war. Millions had to leave their place of residence, many fled to other parts of the country or abroad; this changed the ethnic makeup of most communities. The census was also intended to provide information on the success of efforts to enable the displaced to return to their homes.
The results of the census have been available since July 2016. The methodology for the final results was decided according to the instructions of the International Monitoring Committee (UNECE and Eurostat) and the final results were only available after 2 years and 10 months. The final results are recognized by the state statistical institute BHAS and the Institute of the Federation FZS, but not by the statistical institute of the Republika Srpska RZS. Discussions are currently ongoing about whether and to what extent the RZS should create its own statistics for the entity level. The main point of contention lies in the question of the recognition of students, employees and, above all, refugees who commute, train or live in another country.
On July 21, 2016, however , the government in Banja Luka decided to withdraw the objection.
Results
The final data show that the number of residents has fallen sharply since 1991. The population fell from 4.4 to 3.53 million or there was a loss of around 20% by 2013.
| Number of residents | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,531,159 | 100.00% |
| Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,219,220 | 62.75% |
| Republika Srpska | 1,228,423 | 34.79% |
| Brčko district | 83,516 | 2.37% |
Officially published as of June 31, 2016:
- 50.11% Bosniaks (mostly Muslim)
- 30.78% Serbs (mostly Orthodox)
- 14.60% Croatians (mostly Catholic)
- 2.73% others
- 0.77% without information
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- ↑ a b Statistics according to major municipalities (Bosn./eng./deutsch)
- ^ "Uniform program on information processing of the census, households and apartments in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013". In: bhas.ba. Retrieved July 29, 2016 (bosn).
- ↑ Agencija za statistiku BiH, Agency for Statistics Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: bhas.ba. Retrieved July 29, 2016 (Bosn).
- ↑ Federalni zavod za statistiku - Federalni zavod za statistiku. In: fzs.ba. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ^ Republički zavod za statistiku - Republika Srpska. (No longer available online.) In: www.rzs.rs.ba. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zašto se RS boji rezultata popisa (Bosn.) [1]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Bosn.)
- ↑ Unhappy Bosnia-Herzegovina New Germany from November 11, 2013.
- ↑ Sarajevo, June 2016. CENZUS OF POPULATION, HOUSEHOLDS AND DWELLINGS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 2013 FINAL RESULTS http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf (bosn./engl.).
