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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Photos of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dedicated on 6 April 1946, the Eternal Flame Memorial in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina honors the military and civilian victims of World War II.

Introduction

World Factbook Glyph

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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 128

Area - comparative

Area comparison map:
<p>slightly smaller than West Virginia</p>

People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Bosnia and Herzegovina. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Taxes and other revenues

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Debt - external

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Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

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Heliports

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Military and Security

Terrorism

Transnational Issues