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| Photo: Damir Hajdarbasic, Radiosarajevo.ba |
A long awaited population
and household census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, finally, after 22 years, has
started this morning at 09:00 a.m. The
last population census in BiH was held in 1991, when the country was still a part of former Yugoslavia. According
to this census, Bosnia and Herzegovina had a population of 4,377
million. There were 43.47 per cent of Muslims, 31.21% Serbs and 17.38%
Croats. The rest of population have
declared themselves as members of minority groups.
The census is expected to show an exact social and economic
situation in Bosnia and reveal changes of population caused by the war
between 1992-1995.
Everybody with the permanent residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
who is not absent from the country for longer than 12 months will be enumerated. Majority of online comments indicate that BiH citizens are not thrilled about the census:
The population census will take place from October 1 to October
15. The complete processing of data collected during this period will take 18
months and all the work must be completed by 2016.
This represents one of the most important and complex
projects in the country aimed to benefit every citizen of BiH claim members of the Census Organization Commission. Costs of this census are estimated at 26 million Euros, the fact that provoked more bitter comments:
Other comments and opinions regarding this topic, you can read below:
Too many controversies and different opinions regarding national identity have been stirred by the BiH census.
In the meantime, a Bosnian artist Damir Niksic posted a video on You Tube in which he sarcastically explained controversies regarding BiH cenzus declarations. The video has been shared many times among Facebook users in BiH:
Another personal opinion about BiH population census you can read on this blog post:
"Ono što su bili moji pretci ja ne moram
biti, a ono što ja jesam danas, moja djeca možda neće htjeli ili neće
morati da budu sutra, zato mislim da je veoma važno da se lideri
prestanu petljati u naše živote".
