Bible Society work
in Bosnia-Herzegovina

(Responsibility for the work in Bosnia-Herzegovina is shared between the Bible Societies in Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia).

Country Data:

Area: 51,129 sq.km.
Population: 3,482,495 (1999)
Annual Per Capita Income: US$1,024 (1998)
Literate Population: 85.5% (1981)
Religions in % of Population: Muslim
42%
Eastern Orthodox
30%
Roman Catholic
22%
Protestant
4%
Other
2%
Official Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Beginning of organised work: 1863

Bible Society Data:

Beginning of organised work: 1863
Scripture distribution in 2005:
Bibles
New
Testaments
30 200 990 0 0 0

Bosnia Translator’s Story of Survival (October 1999)
... and in Bosnia (December 1997)

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