The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 5,170,484 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Costa Rica's population is 1.65 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.26M to 5.17M (21.3% growth).
- Costa Rica is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 5.38M 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 Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
3140094
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5170484
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| Population rank | 135/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 138/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 1,377,920 | 2.03% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 1,429,445 | 1.78% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 1,481,604 | 1.6% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 1,533,960 | 1.49% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 1,586,208 | 1.41% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 1,638,116 | 1.34% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 1,689,523 | 1.26% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 1,739,731 | 1.16% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 1,789,276 | 1.05% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 1,838,949 | 0.95% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 1,888,539 | 0.96% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 1,938,248 | 1.02% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 1,988,343 | 1.02% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 2,039,643 | 1.01% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 2,092,719 | 1% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 2,147,774 | 0.98% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 2,205,025 | 0.94% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 2,264,510 | 0.89% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 2,326,490 | 0.86% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 2,390,633 | 0.85% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 2,456,637 | 0.86% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 2,524,806 | 0.88% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 2,595,153 | 0.89% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 2,667,595 | 0.86% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 2,741,894 | 0.81% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 2,817,216 | 0.73% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 2,892,699 | 0.64% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 2,968,103 | 0.55% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 3,043,827 | 0.44% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 3,121,706 | 0.33% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 3,202,176 | 0.22% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 3,284,258 | -5.02% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 3,367,434 | -7.8% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 3,451,122 | -4.59% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 3,535,176 | -0.26% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 3,619,013 | 4.3% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 3,701,711 | 3.69% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 3,782,838 | 1.77% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 3,862,101 | 1% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 3,937,739 | 0.71% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 4,008,947 | 0.47% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 4,075,705 | 0.2% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 4,138,784 | -0.23% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 4,200,078 | -0.9% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 4,261,240 | -1.07% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 4,321,340 | -0.81% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 4,380,248 | -1.23% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 4,440,056 | -1.64% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 4,499,791 | -1.72% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 4,555,962 | -1.76% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 4,609,833 | -1.83% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 4,663,934 | -1.92% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 4,716,147 | -1.61% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 4,767,119 | -1.27% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 4,818,038 | -1.3% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 4,866,998 | -1.29% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 4,913,177 | -1.28% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 4,957,818 | -1.22% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 4,999,553 | -1.22% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 5,034,320 | -1.38% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 5,059,988 | -1.65% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 5,081,765 | -1.24% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 5,105,525 | -0.62% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 5,129,910 | -0.65% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 5,152,946 | -0.76% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 5,174,780 | -0.82% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 5,195,555 | -0.84% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 5,215,247 | -0.83% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 5,233,877 | -0.8% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 5,251,495 | -0.79% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 5,268,137 | -0.79% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 5,283,807 | -0.85% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 5,298,514 | -0.91% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 5,312,162 | -0.96% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 5,324,698 | -0.97% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 5,336,133 | -0.94% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 5,346,408 | -0.94% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 5,355,519 | -0.94% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 5,363,363 | -0.98% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 5,369,806 | -1.04% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 5,374,934 | -1.09% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 5,378,670 | -1.09% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 5,380,915 | -1.07% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 5,381,720 | -1.08% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 5,381,014 | -1.08% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 5,378,757 | -1.12% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 5,374,945 | -1.14% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 5,369,577 | -1.13% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 5,362,651 | -1.14% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 5,354,148 | -1.16% | -0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Costa Rica was ranked 120th in 2005 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Sarajevo | 276K |
| Banja Luka | 185K |
| Bijeljina | 115K |
| Tuzla | 111K |
| Zenica | 111K |
| Mostar | 105K |
| Prijedor | 89.4K |
| Doboj | 68.5K |
| Bihac | 56.3K |
| Sanski Most | 16.9K |
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| City | Population |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 81.2 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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