The current population of Bosnia and Herzegovina is 3,140,094 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 3,164,253 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average decline rate of -1.17% per year.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina accounts for 0.04% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is going to decline by -21.8% to 2.46M people by 2050.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's population peaked in 1991 at 4.46M people and has been in decline since.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 135/197 by population and was ranked 123rd in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (-23.3% decline in 20 years).
Bosnia and Herzegovina population clock
Bosnia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | N/A |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | N/A |
Bosnia and Herzegovina population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 2.03% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 1.78% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 1.41% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 1.34% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 1.26% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 1.16% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 1.05% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 0.95% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 0.96% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 1.02% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 1.02% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 1.01% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 1% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 0.98% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 0.94% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 0.89% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 0.85% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 0.86% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 0.88% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 0.89% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 0.86% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 0.73% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 0.64% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 0.55% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 0.44% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | -5.02% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | -4.59% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | -0.26% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 4.3% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 3.69% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 1.77% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 1% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 0.71% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 0.47% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | -0.23% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | -0.81% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | -1.23% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | -1.64% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | -1.72% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | -1.76% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | -1.83% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | -1.92% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | -1.61% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | -1.27% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | -1.29% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | -1.28% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | -1.22% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | -1.22% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | -1.38% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | -1.65% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | -1.24% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | -0.65% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | -0.76% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | -0.82% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | -0.84% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | -0.83% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | -0.8% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | -0.79% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | -0.85% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | -0.91% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | -0.96% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | -0.97% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | -0.94% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | -0.94% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | -0.94% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | -0.98% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | -1.04% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | -1.09% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | -1.09% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | -1.07% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | -1.08% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | -1.08% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | -1.12% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | -1.14% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | -1.13% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | -1.14% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | -1.16% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a population of 3.14M as of 2025, compared to 3.52M in 2015, 4.1M in 2005, and 3.72M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 1.08% per year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 192nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Bosnia and Herzegovina will have 2,599,923 people (-17.2% decline) with a rank change from 135th to 143rd.
By the year 2100, Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is projected to decline by 56.5% to 1.37M people.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina population statistics
|
Bosnia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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