Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ireland

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ireland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.49 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bosnia	Ireland
1960	3.96	3.78
1961	3.89	3.78
1962	3.81	3.92
1963	3.7	4.01
1964	3.6	4.07
1965	3.53	4.04
1966	3.39	3.94
1967	3.22	3.84
1968	3.08	3.77
1969	2.95	3.83
1970	2.79	3.85
1971	2.75	3.93
1972	2.67	3.84
1973	2.54	3.71
1974	2.45	3.59
1975	2.39	3.37
1976	2.31	3.29
1977	2.2	3.24
1978	2.08	3.21
1979	1.99	3.21
1980	1.98	3.21
1981	2.02	3.05
1982	2.05	2.94
1983	2.05	2.74
1984	2.02	2.58
1985	1.96	2.48
1986	1.91	2.44
1987	1.88	2.32
1988	1.85	2.17
1989	1.79	2.08
1990	1.79	2.11
1991	1.78	2.08
1992	1.76	1.99
1993	1.73	1.9
1994	1.7	1.85
1995	1.67	1.84
1996	1.65	1.88
1997	1.69	1.93
1998	1.56	1.94
1999	1.37	1.9
2000	1.28	1.89
2001	1.23	1.94
2002	1.23	1.97
2003	1.22	1.96
2004	1.22	1.93
2005	1.2	1.86
2006	1.18	1.91
2007	1.19	2.01
2008	1.21	2.06
2009	1.27	2.06
2010	1.26	2.05
2011	1.21	2.03
2012	1.25	1.98
2013	1.28	1.93
2014	1.26	1.89
2015	1.32	1.85
2016	1.36	1.81
2017	1.42	1.77
2018	1.5	1.75
2019	1.51	1.71
2020	1.52	1.63
2021	1.49	1.78
2022	1.48	1.54
2023	1.49	1.5
2024	1.49	1.5
2025	1.5	1.5
2026	1.5	1.5
2027	1.51	1.5
2028	1.51	1.5
2029	1.51	1.5
2030	1.52	1.5
2031	1.52	1.5
2032	1.52	1.5
2033	1.53	1.5
2034	1.53	1.5
2035	1.53	1.5
2036	1.54	1.5
2037	1.54	1.5
2038	1.54	1.5
2039	1.54	1.51
2040	1.55	1.51
2041	1.55	1.5
2042	1.55	1.5
2043	1.56	1.5
2044	1.56	1.51
2045	1.56	1.51
2046	1.56	1.5
2047	1.57	1.5
2048	1.57	1.5
2049	1.57	1.5
2050	1.57	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	Ireland
1960	38.2%	30.9%
1961	38.5%	31%
1962	38.6%	30.9%
1963	38.6%	30.9%
1964	38.4%	30.9%
1965	38.1%	31.1%
1966	37.8%	31.1%
1967	37.3%	31.1%
1968	36.7%	31.1%
1969	36%	31.1%
1970	35.2%	31.1%
1971	34.4%	31.2%
1972	33.7%	31.2%
1973	33%	31.2%
1974	32.2%	31.2%
1975	31.5%	31.1%
1976	30.7%	31%
1977	30%	30.9%
1978	29.3%	30.7%
1979	28.7%	30.5%
1980	28.1%	30.4%
1981	27.5%	30.3%
1982	26.9%	30.1%
1983	26.5%	29.9%
1984	26.2%	29.6%
1985	25.9%	29.3%
1986	25.7%	28.9%
1987	25.4%	28.5%
1988	25.1%	28.1%
1989	24.9%	27.6%
1990	24.6%	27.1%
1991	24.3%	26.6%
1992	24.7%	26%
1993	25.5%	25.5%
1994	25.5%	24.9%
1995	24.8%	24.2%
1996	23.5%	23.6%
1997	22.4%	23%
1998	21.5%	22.5%
1999	20.7%	22.1%
2000	19.9%	21.8%
2001	19.1%	21.4%
2002	18.4%	21.1%
2003	17.8%	21%
2004	17.3%	20.8%
2005	16.9%	20.6%
2006	16.4%	20.4%
2007	16.1%	20.3%
2008	15.8%	20.5%
2009	15.7%	20.7%
2010	15.6%	21.1%
2011	15.4%	21.4%
2012	15.1%	21.5%
2013	14.8%	21.5%
2014	14.5%	21.4%
2015	14.3%	21.3%
2016	14.1%	21.2%
2017	14%	20.9%
2018	13.8%	20.7%
2019	13.7%	20.4%
2020	13.6%	20.1%
2021	13.5%	19.8%
2022	13.4%	19.5%
2023	13.2%	19%
2024	13%	18.6%
2025	12.8%	18.1%
2026	12.7%	17.6%
2027	12.6%	17.2%
2028	12.5%	16.9%
2029	12.4%	16.6%
2030	12.4%	16.3%
2031	12.3%	16%
2032	12.2%	15.8%
2033	12.1%	15.6%
2034	12%	15.4%
2035	12%	15.3%
2036	11.9%	15.2%
2037	11.9%	15.1%
2038	11.9%	15.1%
2039	11.9%	15.2%
2040	11.9%	15.2%
2041	11.9%	15.3%
2042	11.9%	15.4%
2043	11.9%	15.4%
2044	11.9%	15.5%
2045	11.9%	15.6%
2046	11.8%	15.6%
2047	11.8%	15.7%
2048	11.8%	15.7%
2049	11.7%	15.7%
2050	11.7%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and +0.58% in Ireland. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bosnia	Ireland
1960	76,840	28,286
1961	77,601	25,137
1962	77,582	28,077
1963	75,380	29,667
1964	74,151	31,532
1965	72,896	30,500
1966	70,085	26,866
1967	65,618	29,895
1968	61,422	27,697
1969	58,454	29,326
1970	54,455	30,756
1971	54,352	35,606
1972	54,072	34,316
1973	52,989	34,562
1974	53,600	34,199
1975	53,629	34,128
1976	52,107	33,676
1977	48,643	35,448
1978	44,800	36,288
1979	42,157	38,798
1980	42,911	40,612
1981	45,423	39,364
1982	47,023	38,344
1983	47,135	34,053
1984	46,413	31,791
1985	44,983	29,013
1986	42,884	27,963
1987	41,172	26,904
1988	39,058	22,912
1989	36,802	20,012
1990	34,993	21,787
1991	33,692	21,206
1992	-17,883	20,283
1993	-27,199	17,166
1994	4,895	17,234
1995	5,926	16,601
1996	13,327	18,915
1997	19,311	21,311
1998	18,492	22,277
1999	13,568	21,402
2000	11,722	23,592
2001	10,424	27,837
2002	10,972	31,062
2003	10,781	32,372
2004	9,549	33,376
2005	6,546	33,279
2006	2,714	36,752
2007	1,557	43,109
2008	161	46,691
2009	652	47,168
2010	-1,895	47,426
2011	-5,354	45,801
2012	-6,761	42,775
2013	-8,367	39,302
2014	-11,009	37,728
2015	-11,942	35,265
2016	-13,009	33,339
2017	-12,810	31,379
2018	-10,761	29,878
2019	-15,192	28,365
2020	-22,502	23,687
2021	-33,670	26,064
2022	-20,197	19,287
2023	-18,292	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ireland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	Ireland
1985	35	11
1986	33	11
1987	31	10
1988	29	11
1989	26	10
1990	25	11
1991	23	10
1992	30	10
1993	26	9
1994	22	9
1995	19	9
1996	17	8
1997	16	8
1998	14	8
1999	13	7
2000	11	8
2001	11	7
2002	10	7
2003	10	6
2004	10	6
2005	9	6
2006	9	6
2007	9	6
2008	8	6
2009	8	6
2010	8	6
2011	7	6
2012	7	6
2013	7	5
2014	7	5
2015	7	5
2016	7	4
2017	7	4
2018	7	5
2019	6	4
2020	7	6
2021	13	6
2022	12	7
2023	6	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 0.38% in Ireland. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bosnia	Ireland
1960	-	3.53%
1961	-	3.38%
1962	-	3.25%
1963	-	3.13%
1964	-	3.01%
1965	-	2.87%
1966	-	2.71%
1967	-	2.55%
1968	-	2.41%
1969	-	2.3%
1970	-	2.22%
1971	-	2.17%
1972	-	2.14%
1973	-	2.11%
1974	-	2.06%
1975	-	2%
1976	-	1.91%
1977	-	1.81%
1978	-	1.69%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.43%
1981	-	1.32%
1982	-	1.23%
1983	-	1.17%
1984	2.94%	1.11%
1985	2.7%	1.07%
1986	2.49%	1.04%
1987	2.3%	1.02%
1988	2.12%	0.99%
1989	1.96%	0.96%
1990	1.82%	0.92%
1991	1.69%	0.87%
1992	5.78%	0.81%
1993	5.87%	0.77%
1994	1.4%	0.74%
1995	1.94%	0.73%
1996	1.24%	0.73%
1997	1.17%	0.73%
1998	1.09%	0.73%
1999	1.02%	0.73%
2000	0.95%	0.72%
2001	0.89%	0.69%
2002	0.84%	0.65%
2003	0.8%	0.6%
2004	0.76%	0.56%
2005	0.74%	0.52%
2006	0.72%	0.49%
2007	0.71%	0.46%
2008	0.7%	0.44%
2009	0.69%	0.43%
2010	0.68%	0.42%
2011	0.68%	0.41%
2012	0.67%	0.4%
2013	0.67%	0.39%
2014	0.67%	0.38%
2015	0.67%	0.37%
2016	0.68%	0.36%
2017	0.68%	0.35%
2018	0.68%	0.34%
2019	0.67%	0.34%
2020	0.66%	0.35%
2021	0.64%	0.36%
2022	0.62%	0.37%
2023	0.6%	0.38%