According to the 1991 census Foča municipality had a total population of 40,513. The ethnic distribution was:

• Bosniaks 20,898 (51.58%)
• Serbs 18,339 (45.27%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Yugoslavs 448 (1.11%)
• Croats 104 (0.26%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• others 73

The town of Foča itself had a total population of 16,628, including:

• Serbs 8,713 (52.39%)
• Bosniaks 7,029 (42.27%)
• others 886 (5.34%)

Foca Population 40,513

No census has been taken since 1991, but data gathered from municipal sources places the current population at around 24,000 nearly all of whom are Serbs.

Features

Foča is the capital of the municipality of Foča and of the Foča Region.

It houses some faculties (including the Medical Faculty) from the Srpsko Sarajevo University. It is also home to one of five Serb Orthodox seminaries in the Balkans, the Duhovna Akademija Svetog Vasilija Ostroškog and was until 1992 the home of one of Bosnia's most important Islamic high schools, the Madrassa of Mehmed-paša. The third largest Orthodox church in the Balkans is due to be built in Foča.

Sutjeska which is the oldest National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the municipality.