ABSTRACT
POPULATION: All population figures are subject to considerable error due to the dislocations of war and ethnic cleansing. In 1991 Bosnia and Herzegovina had a population of 4,365,000. (98e) 3,116,000 (including about 600,000 refugees within the country, but not the estimated 1.5 million refugees outside the country). Muslim region 1,671,000; Serb region 1,104,000; Croat region 341,000, MAJOR NATIONAL GROUPS: (98e) Bosniak (Bosnian, Bosnian Muslim) 36%, Serb 34%, Croat 21%, Rom (Gypsy) 5%, Montenegrin 1%, Albanian, Jew. MAJOR LANGUAGE: Serbo-Croatian. MAJOR RELIGIONS: (98e) Orthodox 39%, Sunni Muslim 36%, Roman Catholic 17%, Protestant 4%, Uniate, Jewish. MAJOR CITIES: (98e) (Muslim-controlled region) Sarajevo 404,000 (511,000), Tuzla 78,000 (123,000), Zenica 71,000 (100,000), Travnik 40,000 (55,000), Bihac 35,000 (50,000), Goradze 30,000 (65,000); (Serb-controlled region) Banja Luka 185,000 (254,000), Bjeljina 34,000, Prijedor 33,000, Doboj 28,000, Zvornik 27,000. (Croat-controlled region) Mostar 53,000 (90,000). (Disputed) Brcko 33,000.
