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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	DR Congo	Bosnia	DR Congo
1960	3,281,381	15,264,846	-	-
1961	3,348,035	15,662,374	2.03%	2.6%
1962	3,407,532	16,075,724	1.78%	2.64%
1963	3,461,942	16,507,599	1.6%	2.69%
1964	3,513,441	16,955,327	1.49%	2.71%
1965	3,562,834	17,427,802	1.41%	2.79%
1966	3,610,562	17,931,929	1.34%	2.89%
1967	3,656,223	18,462,782	1.26%	2.96%
1968	3,698,794	19,012,189	1.16%	2.98%
1969	3,737,765	19,570,445	1.05%	2.94%
1970	3,773,247	20,137,436	0.95%	2.9%
1971	3,809,376	20,695,569	0.96%	2.77%
1972	3,848,271	21,251,160	1.02%	2.68%
1973	3,887,376	21,827,665	1.02%	2.71%
1974	3,926,472	22,418,878	1.01%	2.71%
1975	3,965,743	23,021,101	1%	2.69%
1976	4,004,552	23,624,031	0.98%	2.62%
1977	4,042,124	24,229,061	0.94%	2.56%
1978	4,078,240	24,992,689	0.89%	3.15%
1979	4,113,300	25,886,782	0.86%	3.58%
1980	4,148,426	26,711,099	0.85%	3.18%
1981	4,184,217	27,500,515	0.86%	2.96%
1982	4,221,100	28,338,190	0.88%	3.05%
1983	4,258,728	29,250,963	0.89%	3.22%
1984	4,295,536	30,245,081	0.86%	3.4%
1985	4,330,364	31,264,816	0.81%	3.37%
1986	4,362,115	32,265,196	0.73%	3.2%
1987	4,390,246	33,298,904	0.64%	3.2%
1988	4,414,404	34,382,752	0.55%	3.25%
1989	4,433,983	35,486,866	0.44%	3.21%
1990	4,448,652	36,684,063	0.33%	3.37%
1991	4,458,343	37,925,817	0.22%	3.38%
1992	4,234,616	39,228,910	-5.02%	3.44%
1993	3,904,482	40,656,336	-7.8%	3.64%
1994	3,725,412	42,626,876	-4.59%	4.85%
1995	3,715,564	44,433,704	-0.26%	4.24%
1996	3,875,246	45,296,124	4.3%	1.94%
1997	4,018,227	46,029,902	3.69%	1.62%
1998	4,089,356	47,297,600	1.77%	2.75%
1999	4,130,305	48,912,971	1%	3.42%
2000	4,159,771	50,507,442	0.71%	3.26%
2001	4,179,438	52,132,646	0.47%	3.22%
2002	4,188,002	53,750,524	0.2%	3.1%
2003	4,178,523	55,343,867	-0.23%	2.96%
2004	4,140,987	56,997,741	-0.9%	2.99%
2005	4,096,493	58,775,724	-1.07%	3.12%
2006	4,063,272	60,615,908	-0.81%	3.13%
2007	4,013,424	62,477,752	-1.23%	3.07%
2008	3,947,544	64,390,664	-1.64%	3.06%
2009	3,879,794	66,412,044	-1.72%	3.14%
2010	3,811,472	68,563,038	-1.76%	3.24%
2011	3,741,798	70,849,311	-1.83%	3.33%
2012	3,670,113	73,254,618	-1.92%	3.39%
2013	3,610,859	75,789,395	-1.61%	3.46%
2014	3,564,829	78,403,242	-1.27%	3.45%
2015	3,518,541	81,035,531	-1.3%	3.36%
2016	3,473,003	83,956,415	-1.29%	3.6%
2017	3,428,682	87,083,398	-1.28%	3.72%
2018	3,387,000	90,047,644	-1.22%	3.4%
2019	3,345,533	92,947,442	-1.22%	3.22%
2020	3,299,349	95,989,998	-1.38%	3.27%
2021	3,244,907	99,148,932	-1.65%	3.29%
2022	3,204,802	102,396,968	-1.24%	3.28%
2023	3,185,073	105,789,731	-0.62%	3.31%
2024	3,164,253	109,276,265	-0.65%	3.3%
2025	3,140,094	112,832,475	-0.76%	3.25%
2026	3,114,242	116,452,162	-0.82%	3.21%
2027	3,088,090	120,129,744	-0.84%	3.16%
2028	3,062,434	123,871,555	-0.83%	3.11%
2029	3,037,868	127,674,141	-0.8%	3.07%
2030	3,013,973	131,532,201	-0.79%	3.02%
2031	2,990,094	135,447,495	-0.79%	2.98%
2032	2,964,774	139,408,613	-0.85%	2.92%
2033	2,937,841	143,414,031	-0.91%	2.87%
2034	2,909,781	147,468,142	-0.96%	2.83%
2035	2,881,541	151,560,102	-0.97%	2.77%
2036	2,854,431	155,689,453	-0.94%	2.72%
2037	2,827,715	159,848,574	-0.94%	2.67%
2038	2,801,180	164,045,610	-0.94%	2.63%
2039	2,773,788	168,296,695	-0.98%	2.59%
2040	2,745,008	172,595,578	-1.04%	2.55%
2041	2,715,219	176,946,261	-1.09%	2.52%
2042	2,685,730	181,350,407	-1.09%	2.49%
2043	2,656,998	185,805,168	-1.07%	2.46%
2044	2,628,409	190,312,004	-1.08%	2.43%
2045	2,599,923	194,865,386	-1.08%	2.39%
2046	2,570,920	199,464,487	-1.12%	2.36%
2047	2,541,510	204,105,925	-1.14%	2.33%
2048	2,512,786	208,783,692	-1.13%	2.29%
2049	2,484,040	213,497,692	-1.14%	2.26%
2050	2,455,167	218,246,073	-1.16%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 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 DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.