Population in Bosnia and Herzegovina compared to Costa Rica: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	Costa Rica	Bosnia	Costa Rica
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -358,761 (a 10.3% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bosnia and Herzegovina's population will shrink by 21.2% to 2,455,167 people with a rank change from 135th to 143rd. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.