Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Mongolia 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 2.7 in Mongolia 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	Mongolia
1960	3.96	6.82
1961	3.89	6.96
1962	3.81	7.1
1963	3.7	7.24
1964	3.6	7.33
1965	3.53	7.38
1966	3.39	7.41
1967	3.22	7.39
1968	3.08	7.37
1969	2.95	7.34
1970	2.79	7.31
1971	2.75	7.3
1972	2.67	7.28
1973	2.54	7.24
1974	2.45	7.17
1975	2.39	7.07
1976	2.31	6.93
1977	2.2	6.79
1978	2.08	6.62
1979	1.99	6.42
1980	1.98	6.21
1981	2.02	5.98
1982	2.05	5.8
1983	2.05	5.63
1984	2.02	5.45
1985	1.96	5.26
1986	1.91	5.03
1987	1.88	4.83
1988	1.85	4.65
1989	1.79	4.42
1990	1.79	4.5
1991	1.78	4
1992	1.76	3.5
1993	1.73	2.5
1994	1.7	2.7
1995	1.67	2.77
1996	1.65	2.5
1997	1.69	2.4
1998	1.56	2.3
1999	1.37	2.3
2000	1.28	2.2
2001	1.23	2.2
2002	1.23	2.1
2003	1.22	2
2004	1.22	2
2005	1.2	2
2006	1.18	2.1
2007	1.19	2.3
2008	1.21	2.6
2009	1.27	2.8
2010	1.26	2.4
2011	1.21	2.6
2012	1.25	2.7
2013	1.28	3
2014	1.26	3.1
2015	1.32	3
2016	1.36	3
2017	1.42	2.8
2018	1.5	2.9
2019	1.51	3
2020	1.52	2.9
2021	1.49	2.8
2022	1.48	2.7
2023	1.49	2.7
2024	1.49	2.65
2025	1.5	2.6
2026	1.5	2.55
2027	1.51	2.51
2028	1.51	2.47
2029	1.51	2.44
2030	1.52	2.4
2031	1.52	2.37
2032	1.52	2.34
2033	1.53	2.31
2034	1.53	2.29
2035	1.53	2.26
2036	1.54	2.23
2037	1.54	2.21
2038	1.54	2.19
2039	1.54	2.17
2040	1.55	2.15
2041	1.55	2.13
2042	1.55	2.11
2043	1.56	2.09
2044	1.56	2.08
2045	1.56	2.06
2046	1.56	2.05
2047	1.57	2.04
2048	1.57	2.02
2049	1.57	2.01
2050	1.57	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	Mongolia
1960	38.2%	38.1%
1961	38.5%	38.8%
1962	38.6%	39.6%
1963	38.6%	40.4%
1964	38.4%	41.4%
1965	38.1%	42.4%
1966	37.8%	43.3%
1967	37.3%	44.2%
1968	36.7%	44.9%
1969	36%	45.4%
1970	35.2%	45.6%
1971	34.4%	45.8%
1972	33.7%	45.8%
1973	33%	45.8%
1974	32.2%	45.6%
1975	31.5%	45.4%
1976	30.7%	45.2%
1977	30%	44.8%
1978	29.3%	44.5%
1979	28.7%	44.1%
1980	28.1%	43.7%
1981	27.5%	43.3%
1982	26.9%	43%
1983	26.5%	42.7%
1984	26.2%	42.5%
1985	25.9%	42.3%
1986	25.7%	42.1%
1987	25.4%	42%
1988	25.1%	41.8%
1989	24.9%	41.7%
1990	24.6%	41.4%
1991	24.3%	41%
1992	24.7%	40.5%
1993	25.5%	40%
1994	25.5%	39.5%
1995	24.8%	39%
1996	23.5%	38.4%
1997	22.4%	37.8%
1998	21.5%	37%
1999	20.7%	36.2%
2000	19.9%	35.2%
2001	19.1%	34.1%
2002	18.4%	32.9%
2003	17.8%	31.8%
2004	17.3%	30.8%
2005	16.9%	29.9%
2006	16.4%	29.1%
2007	16.1%	28.5%
2008	15.8%	28.1%
2009	15.7%	27.9%
2010	15.6%	27.9%
2011	15.4%	28%
2012	15.1%	28.1%
2013	14.8%	28.5%
2014	14.5%	28.9%
2015	14.3%	29.5%
2016	14.1%	30.2%
2017	14%	30.9%
2018	13.8%	31.6%
2019	13.7%	32.3%
2020	13.6%	32.8%
2021	13.5%	32.9%
2022	13.4%	32.9%
2023	13.2%	32.6%
2024	13%	32.2%
2025	12.8%	31.6%
2026	12.7%	30.9%
2027	12.6%	30.1%
2028	12.5%	29.2%
2029	12.4%	28.2%
2030	12.4%	27.3%
2031	12.3%	26.3%
2032	12.2%	25.6%
2033	12.1%	24.9%
2034	12%	24.3%
2035	12%	23.8%
2036	11.9%	23.4%
2037	11.9%	23.1%
2038	11.9%	23%
2039	11.9%	22.9%
2040	11.9%	22.8%
2041	11.9%	22.9%
2042	11.9%	22.9%
2043	11.9%	23%
2044	11.9%	23.1%
2045	11.9%	23.2%
2046	11.8%	23.3%
2047	11.8%	23.4%
2048	11.8%	23.4%
2049	11.7%	23.4%
2050	11.7%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	76,840	20,726
1961	77,601	21,873
1962	77,582	22,960
1963	75,380	24,142
1964	74,151	25,317
1965	72,896	26,364
1966	70,085	27,338
1967	65,618	28,178
1968	61,422	29,017
1969	58,454	29,781
1970	54,455	30,558
1971	54,352	31,536
1972	54,072	32,727
1973	52,989	33,993
1974	53,600	35,297
1975	53,629	36,490
1976	52,107	37,670
1977	48,643	38,995
1978	44,800	40,276
1979	42,157	41,568
1980	42,911	42,343
1981	45,423	43,588
1982	47,023	45,179
1983	47,135	46,919
1984	46,413	48,562
1985	44,983	49,944
1986	42,884	50,329
1987	41,172	51,140
1988	39,058	51,588
1989	36,802	51,420
1990	34,993	49,443
1991	33,692	47,884
1992	-17,883	42,437
1993	-27,199	36,924
1994	4,895	34,711
1995	5,926	34,473
1996	13,327	33,741
1997	19,311	32,403
1998	18,492	31,757
1999	13,568	32,283
2000	11,722	32,753
2001	10,424	32,052
2002	10,972	30,439
2003	10,781	28,827
2004	9,549	28,418
2005	6,546	29,290
2006	2,714	33,609
2007	1,557	39,636
2008	161	45,843
2009	652	48,876
2010	-1,895	44,914
2011	-5,354	50,711
2012	-6,761	55,942
2013	-8,367	62,618
2014	-11,009	66,078
2015	-11,942	64,473
2016	-13,009	62,086
2017	-12,810	57,940
2018	-10,761	60,635
2019	-15,192	61,433
2020	-22,502	60,888
2021	-33,670	52,109
2022	-20,197	47,730
2023	-18,292	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Mongolia

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 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	Mongolia
1985	35	352
1986	33	346
1987	31	341
1988	29	335
1989	26	311
1990	25	276
1991	23	227
1992	30	199
1993	26	181
1994	22	178
1995	19	176
1996	17	178
1997	16	180
1998	14	174
1999	13	162
2000	11	144
2001	11	130
2002	10	120
2003	10	114
2004	10	108
2005	9	99
2006	9	90
2007	9	81
2008	8	77
2009	8	75
2010	8	71
2011	7	67
2012	7	63
2013	7	59
2014	7	56
2015	7	52
2016	7	48
2017	7	45
2018	7	45
2019	6	45
2020	7	47
2021	13	63
2022	12	41
2023	6	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1978	-	17.3%
1979	-	16.7%
1980	-	16.1%
1981	-	15.5%
1982	-	15%
1983	-	14.4%
1984	2.94%	13.9%
1985	2.7%	13.4%
1986	2.49%	12.8%
1987	2.3%	12.2%
1988	2.12%	11.7%
1989	1.96%	11.1%
1990	1.82%	10.7%
1991	1.69%	10.2%
1992	5.78%	9.78%
1993	5.87%	9.39%
1994	1.4%	9%
1995	1.94%	8.6%
1996	1.24%	8.19%
1997	1.17%	7.74%
1998	1.09%	7.27%
1999	1.02%	6.78%
2000	0.95%	6.29%
2001	0.89%	5.8%
2002	0.84%	5.32%
2003	0.8%	4.87%
2004	0.76%	4.45%
2005	0.74%	4.07%
2006	0.72%	3.71%
2007	0.71%	3.39%
2008	0.7%	3.11%
2009	0.69%	2.85%
2010	0.68%	2.63%
2011	0.68%	2.44%
2012	0.67%	2.28%
2013	0.67%	2.15%
2014	0.67%	2.04%
2015	0.67%	1.94%
2016	0.68%	1.84%
2017	0.68%	1.74%
2018	0.68%	1.64%
2019	0.67%	1.56%
2020	0.66%	1.48%
2021	0.64%	1.43%
2022	0.62%	1.39%
2023	0.6%	1.36%