Abstract
In the second half of the 20th century, demographic changes of the Tešanj municipality developed in accordance with the complex socioeconomic circumstances in this area. In the period from 1953 to 1991 the population of Tešanj municipality increased by the average annual population growth rate of 1.5%. The biggest impact on demographic trends had the positive and relatively high rates of natural increase. The natural population change of Tešanj municipality in this period was the result of the effect of biological, socioeconomic, psychological and other factors. In this period fertility significantly influenced the rates of natural increase of municipal population. The gradual decline process of the fertility rates, which has started in the 1960s and still lasts, reflected on the natural population change and population growth rates of Tešanj population. Additional decrease of the fertility and birth rates, as well as moderate increase of mortality rate was observed. This occurred due to the decrease of the total population, as well as the adverse socioeconomic circumstances after 1995, which resulted in low natural growth rates.
Highlights
The Tešanj municipality is located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the river valleys of Bosnia and Usora
Similar trends of age specific fertility rates fluctuations are observable in Bosnian population as well, with a minor difference - in this period the age specific fertility rates of female population of Tešanj municipality were higher in comparison to the same rates for entire Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the second half of the 20th and at the beginning of the 21st century, the fertility represented the main determinant of the natural population change, as well as the total population change of the Tešanj municipality population
Summary
The Tešanj municipality is located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the river valleys of Bosnia and Usora. When it comes to the social factors, in the second half of the 20th century, higher fertility rates of the Tešanj population were a consequence primarily of the underdeveloped economy, low life standard, high illiteracy rates and low percentage of highly educated women and etc. After 1995 due to the adverse economic, political, social and other circumstances, the fertility rates kept the declining tendency, which negatively reflected on the demographic flows in this municipality
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