Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bosnia and Herzegovina vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bosnia	United Kingdom
1960	3.96	2.69
1961	3.89	2.78
1962	3.81	2.86
1963	3.7	2.88
1964	3.6	2.93
1965	3.53	2.86
1966	3.39	2.78
1967	3.22	2.68
1968	3.08	2.6
1969	2.95	2.51
1970	2.79	2.44
1971	2.75	2.41
1972	2.67	2.2
1973	2.54	2.04
1974	2.45	1.92
1975	2.39	1.81
1976	2.31	1.74
1977	2.2	1.69
1978	2.08	1.75
1979	1.99	1.86
1980	1.98	1.9
1981	2.02	1.82
1982	2.05	1.78
1983	2.05	1.77
1984	2.02	1.77
1985	1.96	1.79
1986	1.91	1.78
1987	1.88	1.81
1988	1.85	1.82
1989	1.79	1.79
1990	1.79	1.83
1991	1.78	1.82
1992	1.76	1.79
1993	1.73	1.76
1994	1.7	1.74
1995	1.67	1.71
1996	1.65	1.73
1997	1.69	1.72
1998	1.56	1.71
1999	1.37	1.68
2000	1.28	1.64
2001	1.23	1.63
2002	1.23	1.63
2003	1.22	1.7
2004	1.22	1.75
2005	1.2	1.76
2006	1.18	1.82
2007	1.19	1.86
2008	1.21	1.91
2009	1.27	1.89
2010	1.26	1.92
2011	1.21	1.91
2012	1.25	1.92
2013	1.28	1.83
2014	1.26	1.81
2015	1.32	1.8
2016	1.36	1.79
2017	1.42	1.74
2018	1.5	1.68
2019	1.51	1.63
2020	1.52	1.57
2021	1.49	1.58
2022	1.48	1.56
2023	1.49	1.56
2024	1.49	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.5	1.53
2027	1.51	1.53
2028	1.51	1.53
2029	1.51	1.52
2030	1.52	1.52
2031	1.52	1.52
2032	1.52	1.53
2033	1.53	1.53
2034	1.53	1.53
2035	1.53	1.53
2036	1.54	1.53
2037	1.54	1.53
2038	1.54	1.53
2039	1.54	1.53
2040	1.55	1.53
2041	1.55	1.54
2042	1.55	1.54
2043	1.56	1.54
2044	1.56	1.54
2045	1.56	1.54
2046	1.56	1.54
2047	1.57	1.54
2048	1.57	1.54
2049	1.57	1.55
2050	1.57	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	United Kingdom
1960	38.2%	23.3%
1961	38.5%	23.3%
1962	38.6%	23.2%
1963	38.6%	23.2%
1964	38.4%	23.3%
1965	38.1%	23.4%
1966	37.8%	23.5%
1967	37.3%	23.7%
1968	36.7%	23.9%
1969	36%	24%
1970	35.2%	24.1%
1971	34.4%	24.1%
1972	33.7%	24%
1973	33%	23.9%
1974	32.2%	23.6%
1975	31.5%	23.3%
1976	30.7%	22.9%
1977	30%	22.4%
1978	29.3%	21.9%
1979	28.7%	21.4%
1980	28.1%	21%
1981	27.5%	20.6%
1982	26.9%	20.2%
1983	26.5%	19.8%
1984	26.2%	19.5%
1985	25.9%	19.3%
1986	25.7%	19.1%
1987	25.4%	18.9%
1988	25.1%	18.9%
1989	24.9%	19.1%
1990	24.6%	19.1%
1991	24.3%	19.3%
1992	24.7%	19.4%
1993	25.5%	19.5%
1994	25.5%	19.6%
1995	24.8%	19.5%
1996	23.5%	19.4%
1997	22.4%	19.3%
1998	21.5%	19.3%
1999	20.7%	19.2%
2000	19.9%	18.9%
2001	19.1%	18.7%
2002	18.4%	18.5%
2003	17.8%	18.4%
2004	17.3%	18.3%
2005	16.9%	18.2%
2006	16.4%	18%
2007	16.1%	17.9%
2008	15.8%	17.8%
2009	15.7%	17.8%
2010	15.6%	17.8%
2011	15.4%	17.7%
2012	15.1%	17.8%
2013	14.8%	17.8%
2014	14.5%	17.8%
2015	14.3%	17.9%
2016	14.1%	18%
2017	14%	18%
2018	13.8%	18.1%
2019	13.7%	18%
2020	13.6%	18%
2021	13.5%	17.8%
2022	13.4%	17.6%
2023	13.2%	17.4%
2024	13%	17.2%
2025	12.8%	17%
2026	12.7%	16.7%
2027	12.6%	16.5%
2028	12.5%	16.2%
2029	12.4%	16%
2030	12.4%	15.7%
2031	12.3%	15.5%
2032	12.2%	15.3%
2033	12.1%	15.2%
2034	12%	15.1%
2035	12%	15%
2036	11.9%	14.9%
2037	11.9%	14.9%
2038	11.9%	14.8%
2039	11.9%	14.8%
2040	11.9%	14.8%
2041	11.9%	14.8%
2042	11.9%	14.8%
2043	11.9%	14.9%
2044	11.9%	14.9%
2045	11.9%	14.9%
2046	11.8%	15%
2047	11.8%	15%
2048	11.8%	15%
2049	11.7%	15%
2050	11.7%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	76,840	314,400
1961	77,601	311,519
1962	77,582	340,800
1963	75,380	337,995
1964	74,151	405,000
1965	72,896	364,132
1966	70,085	333,356
1967	65,618	346,145
1968	61,422	292,622
1969	58,454	260,577
1970	54,455	244,918
1971	54,352	257,123
1972	54,072	162,650
1973	52,989	112,389
1974	53,600	67,476
1975	53,629	33,735
1976	52,107	-5,621
1977	48,643	0
1978	44,800	16,859
1979	42,157	61,872
1980	42,911	95,734
1981	45,423	73,234
1982	47,023	56,314
1983	47,135	61,966
1984	46,413	84,633
1985	44,983	79,170
1986	42,884	90,690
1987	41,172	136,325
1988	39,058	136,628
1989	36,802	119,861
1990	34,993	154,569
1991	33,692	143,562
1992	-17,883	149,709
1993	-27,199	103,893
1994	4,895	127,304
1995	5,926	87,028
1996	13,327	98,884
1997	19,311	99,138
1998	18,492	87,730
1999	13,568	64,551
2000	11,722	70,671
2001	10,424	65,032
2002	10,972	65,308
2003	10,781	89,471
2004	9,549	131,974
2005	6,546	144,963
2006	2,714	176,455
2007	1,557	196,232
2008	161	216,325
2009	652	230,422
2010	-1,895	251,066
2011	-5,354	259,361
2012	-6,761	248,473
2013	-8,367	198,830
2014	-11,009	206,784
2015	-11,942	175,738
2016	-13,009	177,139
2017	-12,810	145,125
2018	-10,761	119,321
2019	-15,192	108,342
2020	-22,502	-4,272
2021	-33,670	30,612
2022	-20,197	39,751
2023	-18,292	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	United Kingdom
1985	35	2
1986	33	2
1987	31	3
1988	29	4
1989	26	5
1990	25	6
1991	23	7
1992	30	7
1993	26	8
1994	22	9
1995	19	9
1996	17	8
1997	16	9
1998	14	10
1999	13	11
2000	11	12
2001	11	13
2002	10	13
2003	10	14
2004	10	13
2005	9	12
2006	9	12
2007	9	11
2008	8	11
2009	8	11
2010	8	10
2011	7	10
2012	7	9
2013	7	9
2014	7	9
2015	7	9
2016	7	9
2017	7	9
2018	7	9
2019	6	9
2020	7	14
2021	13	13
2022	12	15
2023	6	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	-	2.06%
1972	-	2%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.87%
1975	-	1.8%
1976	-	1.72%
1977	-	1.64%
1978	-	1.57%
1979	-	1.49%
1980	-	1.41%
1981	-	1.34%
1982	-	1.27%
1983	-	1.22%
1984	2.94%	1.17%
1985	2.7%	1.14%
1986	2.49%	1.11%
1987	2.3%	1.08%
1988	2.12%	1.04%
1989	1.96%	0.99%
1990	1.82%	0.93%
1991	1.69%	0.87%
1992	5.78%	0.82%
1993	5.87%	0.77%
1994	1.4%	0.74%
1995	1.94%	0.72%
1996	1.24%	0.7%
1997	1.17%	0.69%
1998	1.09%	0.68%
1999	1.02%	0.67%
2000	0.95%	0.65%
2001	0.89%	0.64%
2002	0.84%	0.63%
2003	0.8%	0.63%
2004	0.76%	0.61%
2005	0.74%	0.6%
2006	0.72%	0.59%
2007	0.71%	0.58%
2008	0.7%	0.56%
2009	0.69%	0.54%
2010	0.68%	0.52%
2011	0.68%	0.5%
2012	0.67%	0.48%
2013	0.67%	0.46%
2014	0.67%	0.45%
2015	0.67%	0.45%
2016	0.68%	0.44%
2017	0.68%	0.44%
2018	0.68%	0.44%
2019	0.67%	0.44%
2020	0.66%	0.44%
2021	0.64%	0.44%
2022	0.62%	0.45%
2023	0.6%	0.45%