Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Demographics

Demographics

Croats form a demographic majority in these municipalities, Mostar, Široki Brijeg, Ljubuški, Livno, Čitluk, Tomislavgrad, Čapljina, Orašje, Posušje, Žepče, Grude, Vitez, Kiseljak, Novi Travnik, Prozor-Rama, Jajce, Odžak, Stolac, Busovača, Neum, Domaljevac-Šamac, Usora, Kreševo, Kupres, Dobretići and Ravno. Municipalities in which Croats comprise a third of the population are Travnik, Uskoplje, Vareš, Fojnica and Glamoč. Municipalities in which Croats made around 15% of the population are Tuzla, Brčko, Bugojno, Kakanj, Drvar and Grahovo. Municipalities with a Croatian majority (14 of them) made a united area from Kupres in the northwest to Ravno in the southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while 12 municipalities represent enclaves with Croatian majorities. Mostar is the city with the largest population of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

According to the CIA World Factbook, there are 571,317 Croats, that is 14,57% of total population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the country. According to the Ordinary, there are 459,102 Catholics living in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which almost all are Croat. Also there are around 40,000 Croats (10%) who are not Catholics or are not in contact with the Catholic Church. According to those estimates, there are around 500,000 Croats comprising 13% of total population of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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