Population Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Geospatial analysis of population ageing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

“…Many different factors influenced the ageing process of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population, but demographic factors and changes were the largest ones. According to Gekic et al (2019), the demographic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 20th century was significantly influenced by a number of complex social, political, and economic issues. This was most visible at the end of the twentieth century, during the war in 1992-1995, which resulted in significant negative demographic consequences.…”

“…This was most visible at the end of the twentieth century, during the war in 1992-1995, which resulted in significant negative demographic consequences. Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the twenty-first century with two distinct demographic depopulation processes: total depopulation and demographic ageing, both with distinct spatial-regional and with urban-rural population polarization (Gekic et al, 2019).…”

“…However, several studies on Bosnia and Herzegovina's demographic trends have been conducted. For example, Gekic et al (2020) studied depopulation trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries, whereas Gekic et al (2019) researched spatial differentiation of the age structure of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mijic & Ateljevic (2018) studied the use of contemporary GIS software in demographic research of the Bosnian entity of the Republic of Srpska.…”