nic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe

Area:
total area: 51,233 sq km
land area: 51,233 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries: total 1,459 km, Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro
527 km (312 km with Serbia; 215 km with Montenegro)

Coastline: 20 km

Maritime claims: NA

International disputes: as of January 1995, Bosnian Government and
Bosnian Serb leaders remain far apart on territorial and
constitutional solutions for Bosnia; the two sides did, however, sign
a four-month cessation of hostilities agreement effective January 1;
the Bosnian Serbs continue to reject the Contact Group Plan submitted
by the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia, and
accepted by the Bosnian Government, which stands firm in its desire to
regain lost territory and preserve Bosnia as a multiethnic state
within its current borders; Bosnian Serb forces control approximately
70% of Bosnian territory

Climate: hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have
short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters
along coast

Terrain: mountains and valleys

Natural resources: coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, timber, wood
products, copper, chromium, lead, zinc

Land use:
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 2%
meadows and pastures: 25%
forest and woodland: 36%
other: 17%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: air pollution from metallurgical plants; sites for
disposing of urban waste are limited; widespread casualties, water
shortages, and destruction of infrastructure because of civil strife
natural hazards: frequent and destructive earthquakes
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Law of the Sea,
Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
Layer Protection

@Bosnia And Herzegovina:People

Population: 3,201,823 (July 1995 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable
error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic
cleansing

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (female 337,787; male 370,966)
15-64 years: 68% (female 1,082,357; male 1,085,610)
65 years and over: 10% (female 190,992; male 134,111) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 11.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate: 7.51 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.72 migrant(s)/1,0