The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 3,535,603 people in Eritrea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,114,242 people compared to 3,683,508 in Eritrea.
Population statistics:
- Eritrea's population is 1.18 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Eritrea is the 131st.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.04% for Eritrea.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +1.28% in Eritrea.
- Since 2006, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.06M people to 3.11M (23.4% decline), while Eritrea has grown from 2.7M to 3.68M (36.2% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M 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 Eritrea: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Eritrea
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3114242
|
3683508
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 131/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
8.06 minutes
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
5.31 minutes
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
25 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
41.4 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | -12,696 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +179 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +65,213 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +1.88% |
| Population growth rate rank | 190/197 | 58/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eritrea: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Eritrea
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Eritrea
|
Bosnia
|
Eritrea
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 972,547 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 995,573 | 2.03% | 2.37% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 1,019,788 | 1.78% | 2.43% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 1,045,092 | 1.6% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 1,071,287 | 1.49% | 2.51% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 1,098,335 | 1.41% | 2.52% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 1,124,957 | 1.34% | 2.42% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 1,152,339 | 1.26% | 2.43% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 1,181,737 | 1.16% | 2.55% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 1,212,005 | 1.05% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 1,243,453 | 0.95% | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 1,276,154 | 0.96% | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 1,309,235 | 1.02% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 1,342,669 | 1.02% | 2.55% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 1,375,688 | 1.01% | 2.46% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 1,408,210 | 1% | 2.36% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 1,443,807 | 0.98% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 1,482,565 | 0.94% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 1,522,378 | 0.89% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 1,563,332 | 0.86% | 2.69% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 1,605,797 | 0.85% | 2.72% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 1,649,939 | 0.86% | 2.75% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 1,695,461 | 0.88% | 2.76% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 1,736,160 | 0.89% | 2.4% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 1,771,730 | 0.86% | 2.05% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 1,807,816 | 0.81% | 2.04% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 1,845,164 | 0.73% | 2.07% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 1,888,669 | 0.64% | 2.36% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 1,938,255 | 0.55% | 2.63% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 1,987,017 | 0.44% | 2.52% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 2,032,737 | 0.33% | 2.3% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 1,919,571 | 0.22% | -5.57% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 1,798,748 | -5.02% | -6.29% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 1,856,006 | -7.8% | 3.18% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 1,913,915 | -4.59% | 3.12% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 2,025,267 | -0.26% | 5.82% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 2,128,464 | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 2,152,135 | 3.69% | 1.11% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 2,180,419 | 1.77% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 2,212,780 | 1% | 1.48% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 2,247,031 | 0.71% | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 2,312,079 | 0.47% | 2.89% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 2,392,978 | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 2,493,903 | -0.23% | 4.22% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 2,598,284 | -0.9% | 4.19% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 2,661,215 | -1.07% | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 2,703,502 | -0.81% | 1.59% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 2,743,222 | -1.23% | 1.47% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 2,816,327 | -1.64% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 2,887,885 | -1.72% | 2.54% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 2,945,186 | -1.76% | 1.98% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 2,998,485 | -1.83% | 1.81% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 3,036,988 | -1.92% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 3,074,360 | -1.61% | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 3,095,173 | -1.27% | 0.68% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 3,105,546 | -1.3% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 3,124,698 | -1.29% | 0.62% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 3,150,347 | -1.28% | 0.82% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 3,192,760 | -1.22% | 1.35% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 3,240,194 | -1.22% | 1.49% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 3,291,271 | -1.38% | 1.58% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 3,350,183 | -1.65% | 1.79% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 3,409,447 | -1.24% | 1.77% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 3,470,390 | -0.62% | 1.79% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 3,535,603 | -0.65% | 1.88% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 3,606,996 | -0.76% | 2.02% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 3,682,659 | -0.82% | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 3,760,368 | -0.84% | 2.11% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 3,840,135 | -0.83% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 3,920,467 | -0.8% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 4,002,671 | -0.79% | 2.1% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 4,085,037 | -0.79% | 2.06% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 4,166,507 | -0.85% | 1.99% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 4,249,501 | -0.91% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 4,334,727 | -0.96% | 2.01% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 4,420,915 | -0.97% | 1.99% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 4,509,755 | -0.94% | 2.01% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 4,601,933 | -0.94% | 2.04% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 4,692,340 | -0.94% | 1.96% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 4,780,469 | -0.98% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 4,868,668 | -1.04% | 1.84% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 4,954,481 | -1.09% | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 5,039,298 | -1.09% | 1.71% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 5,124,256 | -1.07% | 1.69% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 5,207,858 | -1.08% | 1.63% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 5,292,756 | -1.08% | 1.63% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 5,375,963 | -1.12% | 1.57% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 5,456,488 | -1.14% | 1.5% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 5,537,538 | -1.13% | 1.49% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 5,617,348 | -1.14% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 5,696,052 | -1.16% | 1.4% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while Eritrea gained 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -358,761 (a 10.3% decline), while Eritrea's population increased by 558,810 (a 17.9% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. Eritrea was ranked 135th in 2006 and ranked 131st 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 Eritrea will increase by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people and rank change from 131st to 123rd.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eritrea
|
Bosnia
|
Eritrea
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 69.4 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 24.6 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 19.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 3.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 75.6 ppl/mi² |
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