2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina

First census in Bosnia after the civil war 2013 Censusin Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–15 October 2013 3,531,159 (final) right Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 by nationality Bosniaks 50.12 green Serbs 30.83 Royalblue Croats 15.43 Orange Others 2.73 Silver Not declared/no answer 0.88 White 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 January 2022 Unknown date format is present. date of census 30 September 2013 at 24:00 hours (midnight),http://www.vijeceministara.gov.ba/saopstenja/sjednice/saopstenja_sa_sjednica/default.aspx?id=14233&langTag=en-US Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Holds Its 36th Session Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 January 2013 1 July 2016 22 years after the previous census. It was the first census after the Bosnian War.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-census-idUSBRE98Q0DT20130927 In first census since war, Bosnia's 'Others' threaten ethnic order 27 September 2013 reuters.com Reuters 19 October 2013 Sito-Sucic Daria 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.http://www.bhas.ba/obavjestenja/Preliminarni_rezultati_bos.pdf Preliminary Results of the 2013 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 November 2013 1 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123135507/http://www.bhas.ba/obavjestenja/Preliminarni_rezultati_bos.pdf 23 November 2018 The final results, including ethnicity data, were planned to be published in the second half of 2014, when data processing would be completed. 2015 06, the final results had still not been released, due to a dispute between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska statistical agencies.http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/political-disputes-delay-publication-of-bosnia-s-census-results Disputes Delay Publication of Bosnia Census Elvira M. Jukic Balkan Insight 9 June 2015 28 June 2015 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 blocking issues, and that the result of the 2013 census had to be published by July 2016.Twenty-second Report from the Steering Committee of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) of B&H Census 2016 http://www.bhas.ba/census/904599_IPA%202014%20-%20ad-hoc%20mission%20IMO%20SC%20BiH%20Census-twenty%20second%20assessm....docx.pdf 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,http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/new-demographic-picture-of-bosnia-finally-revealed-06-30-2016 Census Reveals Bosnia's Changed Demography Rodolfo Toe Balkan Insight 30 June 2016 1 July 2016 who oppose the inclusion of non-permanent Bosnian residents in the figures.http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bosnia-to-release-long-awaited-census-results-on-thursday-06-29-2016 Bosnia to Publish Census Without Serb Agreement Rodolfo Toe Balkan Insight 30 June 2016 1 July 2016 The population according to the final results is lower than in the preliminary results published in 2013. The European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, concluded in May 2016 that the methodology used by the Bosnian statistical agency is in line with international recommendations.Bosnia-Herzegovina has lost a fifth of its pre-war population 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/bosnia-herzegovina-has-lost-a-fifth-of-its-pre-war-population-census-shows The Guardian Results thumb|260px|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 3,791,622 100.00% Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,371,603 62.55% Republika Srpska 1,326,991 35.00% Brčko District 93,028 2.45% Final results Total populationCensus of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina June 2016 1 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20171224103940/http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf 24 December 2017 Percentage of total population Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,531,159 100.00% Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,219,220 62.85% Republika Srpska 1,228,423 34.79% Brčko District 83,516 2.37% Ethnic groups thumb|260px|% change of the number of ethnic Bosniaks by Municipality from 1991 to 2013 thumb|260px|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 50.12% Serbs 1,086,733 30.83%Croats 544,780 15.43% Others 96,539 2.73% Not declared 27,055 0.71% No answer 6,460 0.18% 300px FBiH #ddd Bosniaks green 70.4 Croats red 22.4 Serbs blue 2.55 300px RS #ddd Serbs blue 81.51 Bosniaks green 13.99 Croats red 2.41 1991 2013 1991-2013 change Population % of total Population % of total Population % of total Bosniaks 1,902,956 43.47% 1,769,592 50.11% -133,364 +6.64%Serbs1,366,104 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 thumb|260px|Religious Composition of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2013 Census Population % Islam 1,790,454 50.70% Orthodox 1,085,760 30.75%Catholic 536,333 15.19% Atheist 27,853 0.79% Agnostic 10,816 0.31% Other 40,655 1.15% Not declared 32,700 0.93% No answer 6,588 0.19% Census thumb|260px|Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnic composition per settlements: 2013 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 See also Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina References Further reading Bieber Florian The Construction of National Identity and its Challenges in Post-Yugoslav Censuses* Social Science Quarterly 96 3 2015 873–903 0038-4941 10.1111/ssqu.12195 Cooley Laurence To be a Bosniak or to be a citizen? Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2013 census as an election Nations and Nationalism 25 3 2019 1065–1086 1354-5078 10.1111/nana.12500 free Cooley Laurence Consociationalism and the politics of the census in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland Political Geography 82 2020 102248 0962-6298 10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102248 224910017 https://birmingham.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/e24db841-b09b-4d4e-873b-1e538f98103a Hayden Robert M. Postmortem on a Stillborn Census: Bosnia–Herzegovina, 2013–16 Ethnopolitics 2020 20 3 317–340 1744-9057 10.1080/17449057.2020.1821335 224916270 Perry Valery The 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina Census: Waiting for Results and Counting the Questions Contemporary Southeastern Europe 2 2 2015 50–64 2310-3612 http://www.contemporarysee.org/en/perry Visoka Gëzim Gjevori Elvin Census politics and ethnicity in the Western Balkans East European Politics 29 4 2013 479–498 2159-9165 10.1080/21599165.2013.819349 145206214 Žíla Ondřej Čermák Petr "Does Džeko Live in Bosnia and Herzegovina?": Demographics as a Hostage of Ethno-politics in the 2013 Census East European Politics and Societies and Cultures 2020 35 4 1013–1042 0888-3254 10.1177/0888325420941111 225368597 External links Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 (Official site) http://www.popis2013.ba/index.php/en/ Agency for Statistics of BiH English 2015-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150221101916/http://popis2013.ba/index.php/en/ 2015-02-21 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 - Final Results (June 2016) http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina English 2016-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20171224103940/http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf 2017-12-24 http://www.popis.gov.ba/popis2013/doc/RezultatiPopisa_SR.pdf sr sr:Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова у Босни и Херцеговини, 2013. Агенција за статистику Босне и Херцеговине Сарајево popis.gov.ba June 2016 2022-01-27 Population Category:Censuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:2016 controversies