OHR Reconstruction and Return, Marchj 1998

RRTF: Report March 1998

An Action Plan in support of the return of refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

March 1998

Annex 2 – UNHCR Population Estimates

Entity/Canton		Pre-war (1991 Census)					Current (UNHCR)				Current – Prewar
		Total	Bosniacs	Croats	Serbs	Others	Total	Residents	DPs	DPs [%]	Absolute	% PW
Fed.	Una -Sana	358 688	248 959	11 298	85 137	13 294	222 634	195 041	27 593	12,39	-136 054	-37,93
	Posavina	58 423	8 113	37 646	9 902	2 762	38 666	30 684	7 982	20,64	-19 757	-33,82
	Tuzla -Podrinje	597 765	364 527	60 959	114 773	57 506	615 673	458 309	157 364	25,56	17 908	3,00
	Zenica -Doboj	476 101	277 280	85 417	74 093	39 311	429 898	339 651	90 247	20,99	-46 203	-9,70
	Gorazde	37 573	26 296	80	9 843	1 354	39 240	28 098	11 142	28,39	1 667	4,44
	Central Bosnia	336 200	147 358	127 165	41 098	20 552	252 617	172 177	80 440	31,84	-83 583	-24,86
	Neretva	268 928	100 069	108 872	38 911	21 076	176 203	129 158	47 045	26,70	-92 725	-34,48
	Western Herzegovina	88 992	1 611	86 164	231	986	91 942	86 157	5 785	6,29	2 950	3,31
	Sarajevo	510 694	255 106	34 744	145 859	74 985	348 039	255 476	92 563	26,60	-162 655	-31,85
	Western Bosnia	118 257	12 045	59 556	43 800	2 856	78 750	77 765	985	1,25	-39 507	-33,41
	Total Federation	2 851 621	1 441 391	611 901	563 647	234 682	2 293 662	1 772 516	521 146	22,72	-557 959	-19,71
Republika Srpska		1 525 412	461 565	148 951	802 457	112 439	1 453 852	1 027 262	426 590	29,34	-71 560	-4,69
Total		4 337 033	1 902 956	760 852	1 366 104	347 121	3 747 514	2 799 778	947 736	25,29	-629 519	-14,38

Source : UNHCR, 31/08/97

Notes:

• Pre-war figures are estimates for split municipalities.
• UNHCR requires that these figures are used with a degree of caution, since some of them may be inflated (no census has been conducted since 1991).

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