Population in Bosnia and Herzegovina compared to the Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	Congo	Bosnia	Congo
1960	3,281,381	1,056,732	-	-
1961	3,348,035	1,084,389	2.03%	2.62%
1962	3,407,532	1,113,175	1.78%	2.65%
1963	3,461,942	1,143,263	1.6%	2.7%
1964	3,513,441	1,174,816	1.49%	2.76%
1965	3,562,834	1,207,880	1.41%	2.81%
1966	3,610,562	1,242,534	1.34%	2.87%
1967	3,656,223	1,278,691	1.26%	2.91%
1968	3,698,794	1,316,519	1.16%	2.96%
1969	3,737,765	1,356,182	1.05%	3.01%
1970	3,773,247	1,397,638	0.95%	3.06%
1971	3,809,376	1,441,039	0.96%	3.11%
1972	3,848,271	1,486,468	1.02%	3.15%
1973	3,887,376	1,533,680	1.02%	3.18%
1974	3,926,472	1,582,301	1.01%	3.17%
1975	3,965,743	1,627,032	1%	2.83%
1976	4,004,552	1,667,225	0.98%	2.47%
1977	4,042,124	1,707,568	0.94%	2.42%
1978	4,078,240	1,748,089	0.89%	2.37%
1979	4,113,300	1,788,524	0.86%	2.31%
1980	4,148,426	1,828,985	0.85%	2.26%
1981	4,184,217	1,869,759	0.86%	2.23%
1982	4,221,100	1,910,430	0.88%	2.18%
1983	4,258,728	1,950,321	0.89%	2.09%
1984	4,295,536	1,999,528	0.86%	2.52%
1985	4,330,364	2,059,311	0.81%	2.99%
1986	4,362,115	2,120,602	0.73%	2.98%
1987	4,390,246	2,183,473	0.64%	2.96%
1988	4,414,404	2,247,653	0.55%	2.94%
1989	4,433,983	2,313,558	0.44%	2.93%
1990	4,448,652	2,380,560	0.33%	2.9%
1991	4,458,343	2,449,229	0.22%	2.88%
1992	4,234,616	2,519,465	-5.02%	2.87%
1993	3,904,482	2,595,124	-7.8%	3%
1994	3,725,412	2,673,144	-4.59%	3.01%
1995	3,715,564	2,749,461	-0.26%	2.85%
1996	3,875,246	2,826,785	4.3%	2.81%
1997	4,018,227	2,887,862	3.69%	2.16%
1998	4,089,356	2,952,061	1.77%	2.22%
1999	4,130,305	3,032,874	1%	2.74%
2000	4,159,771	3,151,345	0.71%	3.91%
2001	4,179,438	3,272,537	0.47%	3.85%
2002	4,188,002	3,350,771	0.2%	2.39%
2003	4,178,523	3,445,753	-0.23%	2.83%
2004	4,140,987	3,565,554	-0.9%	3.48%
2005	4,096,493	3,696,393	-1.07%	3.67%
2006	4,063,272	3,837,409	-0.81%	3.81%
2007	4,013,424	3,980,430	-1.23%	3.73%
2008	3,947,544	4,113,517	-1.64%	3.34%
2009	3,879,794	4,281,219	-1.72%	4.08%
2010	3,811,472	4,462,290	-1.76%	4.23%
2011	3,741,798	4,609,724	-1.83%	3.3%
2012	3,670,113	4,740,450	-1.92%	2.84%
2013	3,610,859	4,857,099	-1.61%	2.46%
2014	3,564,829	4,975,880	-1.27%	2.45%
2015	3,518,541	5,097,581	-1.3%	2.45%
2016	3,473,003	5,222,536	-1.29%	2.45%
2017	3,428,682	5,351,011	-1.28%	2.46%
2018	3,387,000	5,483,118	-1.22%	2.47%
2019	3,345,533	5,616,661	-1.22%	2.44%
2020	3,299,349	5,752,791	-1.38%	2.42%
2021	3,244,907	5,892,183	-1.65%	2.42%
2022	3,204,802	6,035,104	-1.24%	2.43%
2023	3,185,073	6,182,885	-0.62%	2.45%
2024	3,164,253	6,332,961	-0.65%	2.43%
2025	3,140,094	6,484,427	-0.76%	2.39%
2026	3,114,242	6,637,777	-0.82%	2.36%
2027	3,088,090	6,794,288	-0.84%	2.36%
2028	3,062,434	6,953,966	-0.83%	2.35%
2029	3,037,868	7,116,456	-0.8%	2.34%
2030	3,013,973	7,282,261	-0.79%	2.33%
2031	2,990,094	7,452,405	-0.79%	2.34%
2032	2,964,774	7,626,474	-0.85%	2.34%
2033	2,937,841	7,802,988	-0.91%	2.31%
2034	2,909,781	7,981,338	-0.96%	2.29%
2035	2,881,541	8,160,723	-0.97%	2.25%
2036	2,854,431	8,341,706	-0.94%	2.22%
2037	2,827,715	8,524,798	-0.94%	2.19%
2038	2,801,180	8,709,719	-0.94%	2.17%
2039	2,773,788	8,896,164	-0.98%	2.14%
2040	2,745,008	9,083,959	-1.04%	2.11%
2041	2,715,219	9,274,654	-1.09%	2.1%
2042	2,685,730	9,466,745	-1.09%	2.07%
2043	2,656,998	9,658,834	-1.07%	2.03%
2044	2,628,409	9,850,493	-1.08%	1.98%
2045	2,599,923	10,041,891	-1.08%	1.94%
2046	2,570,920	10,234,360	-1.12%	1.92%
2047	2,541,510	10,427,899	-1.14%	1.89%
2048	2,512,786	10,621,379	-1.13%	1.86%
2049	2,484,040	10,813,639	-1.14%	1.81%
2050	2,455,167	11,006,454	-1.16%	1.78%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while the Congo gained 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while the Congo's population increased by 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. The Congo was ranked 125th in 2005 and ranked 109th 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 the Congo will increase by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people and rank change from 109th to 95th.