The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 41,288,599 people in Canada in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 41,972,421 in Canada.
Population statistics:
- Canada's population is 13.4 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Canada is the 38th.
- The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.51% for Canada.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +1.5% in Canada.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Canada has grown from 32.2M to 42M (30.2% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people, while Bosnia and Herzegovina's population already peaked in 1991 at 4.46M people and is projected to decrease to 1.37M people by 2100.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Canada: live population counter
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| Current population |
3140094
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41972421
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| Population rank | 135/197 | 38/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.51% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
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26.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
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1.49 minutes
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
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1.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +368,599 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +3,302 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +1,205,115 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +3.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 15/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 17,909,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 18,271,000 | 2.03% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 18,614,000 | 1.78% | 1.88% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 18,964,000 | 1.6% | 1.88% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 19,325,000 | 1.49% | 1.9% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 19,678,000 | 1.41% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 20,048,000 | 1.34% | 1.88% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 20,412,000 | 1.26% | 1.82% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 20,744,000 | 1.16% | 1.63% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 21,028,000 | 1.05% | 1.37% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 21,324,000 | 0.95% | 1.41% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 21,962,032 | 0.96% | 2.99% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 22,218,463 | 1.02% | 1.17% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 22,491,777 | 1.02% | 1.23% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 22,807,969 | 1.01% | 1.41% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 23,143,275 | 1% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 23,449,808 | 0.98% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 23,725,843 | 0.94% | 1.18% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 23,963,203 | 0.89% | 1% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 24,201,544 | 0.86% | 0.99% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 24,515,667 | 0.85% | 1.3% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 24,819,915 | 0.86% | 1.24% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 25,116,942 | 0.88% | 1.2% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 25,366,451 | 0.89% | 0.99% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 25,607,053 | 0.86% | 0.95% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 25,842,116 | 0.81% | 0.92% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 26,100,278 | 0.73% | 1% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 26,446,601 | 0.64% | 1.33% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 26,791,747 | 0.55% | 1.31% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 27,276,781 | 0.44% | 1.81% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 27,691,138 | 0.33% | 1.52% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 28,037,420 | 0.22% | 1.25% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 28,371,264 | -5.02% | 1.19% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 28,684,764 | -7.8% | 1.1% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 29,000,663 | -4.59% | 1.1% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 29,302,311 | -0.26% | 1.04% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 29,610,218 | 4.3% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 29,905,948 | 3.69% | 1% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 30,155,173 | 1.77% | 0.83% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 30,401,286 | 1% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 30,685,730 | 0.71% | 0.94% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 31,020,855 | 0.47% | 1.09% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 31,359,199 | 0.2% | 1.09% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 31,642,461 | -0.23% | 0.9% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 31,938,807 | -0.9% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 32,242,732 | -1.07% | 0.95% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 32,571,193 | -0.81% | 1.02% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 32,888,886 | -1.23% | 0.98% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 33,247,298 | -1.64% | 1.09% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 33,630,069 | -1.72% | 1.15% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 34,005,902 | -1.76% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 34,339,221 | -1.83% | 0.98% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 34,713,395 | -1.92% | 1.09% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 35,080,992 | -1.61% | 1.06% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 35,434,066 | -1.27% | 1.01% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 35,704,498 | -1.3% | 0.76% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 36,110,803 | -1.29% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 36,545,075 | -1.28% | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 37,072,620 | -1.22% | 1.44% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 37,618,495 | -1.22% | 1.47% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 38,028,638 | -1.38% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 38,239,864 | -1.65% | 0.56% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 38,935,934 | -1.24% | 1.82% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 40,083,484 | -0.62% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 41,288,599 | -0.65% | 3.01% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 41,687,850 | -0.76% | 0.97% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 42,042,113 | -0.82% | 0.85% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 42,368,857 | -0.84% | 0.78% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 42,683,927 | -0.83% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 42,986,030 | -0.8% | 0.71% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 43,276,190 | -0.79% | 0.68% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 43,559,839 | -0.79% | 0.66% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 43,833,228 | -0.85% | 0.63% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 44,089,067 | -0.91% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 44,336,794 | -0.96% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 44,574,481 | -0.97% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 44,802,196 | -0.94% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 45,029,252 | -0.94% | 0.51% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 45,250,482 | -0.94% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 45,461,809 | -0.98% | 0.47% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 45,661,339 | -1.04% | 0.44% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 45,855,081 | -1.09% | 0.42% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 46,046,286 | -1.09% | 0.42% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 46,232,447 | -1.07% | 0.4% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 46,413,908 | -1.08% | 0.39% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 46,594,973 | -1.08% | 0.39% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 46,768,120 | -1.12% | 0.37% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 46,930,946 | -1.14% | 0.35% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 47,092,745 | -1.13% | 0.34% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 47,246,217 | -1.14% | 0.33% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 47,396,788 | -1.16% | 0.32% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bosnia and Herzegovina's population will shrink by 21.8% to 2,455,167 people with a rank change from 135th to 143rd. The population of Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada
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| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 42.1 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 41.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.26 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 12.2 ppl/mi² |
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