Alma Pobrić
Aida Avdić
DEMOGRAFSKE KARATERISTIKE I PROMJENE ZENIČKO-DOBOJSKOG KANTONA
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.121
UDC: 911.3:314(497.6ZDK)
Abstract: Zenica-Doboj canton covers an area of 3.343 km² in size and it is ranked fourth in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Canton includes 12 municipalities: Breza, Doboj - Jug, Kakanj, Maglaj, Olovo, Tešanj, Usora, Vareš, Visoko, Zavidovići, Zenica and Ţepĉe. The administrative center of the Canton is Zenica. According to the Census of 2013, there are 364.433 residents in this Canton which makes 16.4% of the total population of the Federation. According to population it is ranked as third Canton, right after the Tuzla and Sarajevo Canton. This paper will present demographic characteristics of the Zenica - Doboj Canton and each municipality of it. According the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina existed 22 years without official census, this paper analyzes demographic changes in the period of 1991 - 2013. In order to present a comprehensive demographic structure of the Canton in total, natural and mechanical movement, structure of the population, with emphasis on the age structure are presented. Changes in the population of above mentioned area in the period 1991. – 2013. is best seen through the number of abandon settlement (total of 44).
Keywords: Zenica-Doboj Canton, demographic characteristics, natural movement, mechanical movement, age structure, demographic changes, abandon settlement.