The statistical agency official Fadil Fatic was quoted as saying that the chosen candidates will undergo five-days training.
Such a huge interest in the job of census takers and inspectors is no surprise given that Bosnia's jobless rate is 44.5%.
The previous census was conducted in March 1991 when Bosnia and Herzegovina was still a republic within the then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Under the 1991 census, Bosnia's population of 4.3 million consisted of Bosnian Muslims who accounted for 43% of the population (1.9 million), the Serbs made up 31% (1.36 million) and the Croats followed with 17.38% (760,852).