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). Back to Index

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