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2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina

First census in Bosnia after the civil war

Field	Value
name	2013 Census
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
date	1–15 October 2013
population	3,531,159 (final)

in Bosnia and Herzegovina The most recent census of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 2013 census (Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. / Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова у Босни и Херцеговини, 2013.), took place from 1 October until 15 October 2013 with a reference , 22 years after the previous census. It was the first census after the Bosnian War. It was organized by the Central Census Bureau of Bosnia and Herzegovina and supported by the European Union.

Preliminary results of the census were published on 5 November 2013, revealing that 3,791,622 people were enumerated. The final results, including ethnicity data, were planned to be published in the second half of 2014, when data processing would be completed. , the final results had still not been released, due to a dispute between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska statistical agencies.

The Steering Committee of the International Monitoring Operation on the Population and Housing Censuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the international observers by the census process, reported in March 2016 that a new director was appointed to the national statistical agency in December 2015, who could decide on the blockingu issues, and that the result of the 2013 census had to be published by July 2016. On 30 June 2016, the official results were published. The census results are contested by the Republika Srpska statistical office and by Bosnian Serb politicians, who oppose the inclusion of non-permanent Bosnian residents in the figures. The population according to the final results is lower than in the preliminary results published in 2013.

Results

Population density in Bosnia and Herzegovina by municipality, early data from the 2013 census

Preliminary results

Total enumerated persons	Percentage of total population
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,791,622
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,371,603
Republika Srpska	1,326,991
Brčko District	93,028

Final results

title=Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results	url=http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf	publisher=Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina	date=June 2016	access-date=1 July 2016	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224103940/http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf	archive-date=24 December 2017}}	Percentage of total population
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,531,159
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,219,220
Republika Srpska	1,228,423
Brčko District	83,516

Ethnic groups

% change of the number of ethnic Bosniaks by Municipality from 1991 to 2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina by Mother Tongue 2013

The final results published on 30 June 2016 included statistics on ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Population	%
Bosniaks	1,769,592
Serbs	1,086,733
Croats	544,780
Others	96,539
Not declared	27,055
No answer	6,460

1991	2013	1991-2013 change	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
Bosniaks	1,902,956	43.47%	1,769,592	50.11%	-133,364	+6.64%
Serbs	1,366,104	31.21%	1,086,733	30.78%	-279,371	-0.43%
Croats	760,852	17.38%	544,780	15.43%	-216,072	-1.95%
Others	296,012	6.79%	96,539	2.73%	-199,473	-4.06%
Not declared					27,055	0.71%
No answer					6,460	0.18%

Religion

Population	%
Islam	1,790,454
Orthodox	1,085,760
Catholic	536,333
Atheist	27,853
Agnostic	10,816
Other	40,655
Not declared	32,700
No answer	6,588

Census

Census covered the following topics:

Usual place of residence
Name
Name of father or mother's surname
Sex
Date of birth and identification number
Place of birth
Presence
Length and purpose of presence / absence in the list
Place of residence immediately after birth
Place of residence of the person at the time of the 1991 census
If the person was a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina
If the person was displaced person in Bosnia and Herzegovina
If the person has formally legal status of displaced persons and intends to return to place from which the displaced
A place in Bosnia and Herzegovina which the person moved and the year of immigration
Whether the person ever lived outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina years or more
Month and year immigration and the state from which a person moved
Reasons for immigration to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legal marital status
Common-law communities
Number of live births and the month and year of their birth
Nationality
Ethnic/national origin
Mother tongue
Religion
Literacy
Highest completed school
Education
Schools attended by the person
Current status activities
Status in employment
Branch of economic activity companies (at work)
Occupation
Main source of means of livelihood
Whether the person is dependent
Activity of the breadwinner
Place of work or school attendance and frequency of return in place of permanent residence
Functional ability of a person to perform daily activities and cause of disability
Length of stay in the country and abroad for temporary civilian stay and work in another country and place of residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina for them and their family members

References

(23 January 2013). "Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Holds Its 36th Session". Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(27 September 2013). "In first census since war, Bosnia's 'Others' threaten ethnic order".
(5 November 2013). "Preliminary Results of the 2013 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jukic, Elvira M.. (9 June 2015). "Disputes Delay Publication of Bosnia Census". Balkan Insight.
(2016). "Twenty-second Report from the Steering Committee of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) of B&H Census".
Toe, Rodolfo. (30 June 2016). "Census Reveals Bosnia's Changed Demography". Balkan Insight.
Toe, Rodolfo. (30 June 2016). "Bosnia to Publish Census Without Serb Agreement". Balkan Insight.
(2016). "Bosnia-Herzegovina has lost a fifth of its pre-war population". The Guardian.
(June 2016). "Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results". Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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