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

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The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,140,095 in 2025 vs 68,720,337 people in France in 2025. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,114,736 people compared to 68,871,753 in France.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 22.1 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while France is the 23rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.87% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.83% for France.
  • For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.15% per year vs +0.32% in France.
  • Since 2006, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.06M people to 3.11M (23.3% decline), while France has grown from 63.6M to 68.9M (8.25% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs France: population by year and forecast

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Factual

Projection
France
Factual

Projection
1x
Year Population
Bosnia France
2100 1,368,062 70,675,442
2099 1,382,211 70,692,029
2098 1,396,949 70,701,942
2097 1,412,908 70,707,028
2096 1,428,574 70,713,643
2095 1,443,843 70,707,277
2094 1,459,099 70,691,394
2093 1,474,841 70,665,663
2092 1,490,288 70,643,058
2091 1,505,574 70,615,655
2090 1,521,165 70,582,877
2089 1,537,449 70,549,228
2088 1,554,002 70,510,136
2087 1,570,515 70,470,494
2086 1,587,803 70,427,922
2085 1,605,248 70,390,427
2084 1,623,603 70,348,036
2083 1,642,536 70,296,271
2082 1,661,441 70,255,426
2081 1,680,572 70,210,373
2080 1,700,417 70,169,003
2079 1,720,559 70,127,568
2078 1,741,147 70,087,269
2077 1,762,029 70,045,257
2076 1,783,547 70,001,871
2075 1,805,988 69,959,255
2074 1,828,419 69,924,120
2073 1,850,549 69,892,712
2072 1,873,199 69,866,697
2071 1,896,330 69,838,818
2070 1,920,335 69,826,471
2069 1,943,983 69,816,539
2068 1,967,713 69,818,570
2067 1,993,328 69,826,386
2066 2,018,796 69,835,591
2065 2,045,094 69,856,319
2064 2,071,026 69,880,666
2063 2,096,801 69,910,009
2062 2,122,454 69,948,667
2061 2,148,932 69,988,307
2060 2,176,154 70,030,670
2059 2,203,131 70,076,337
2058 2,230,453 70,119,195
2057 2,258,553 70,164,701
2056 2,288,270 70,208,938
2055 2,318,066 70,258,544
2054 2,345,650 70,298,466
2053 2,374,091 70,332,664
2052 2,401,804 70,357,980
2051 2,431,166 70,383,190
2050 2,459,340 70,398,057
2049 2,488,686 70,407,335
2048 2,516,605 70,406,135
2047 2,545,909 70,394,515
2046 2,575,176 70,376,409
2045 2,603,679 70,345,569
2044 2,631,917 70,306,509
2043 2,660,625 70,260,348
2042 2,689,157 70,199,353
2041 2,719,360 70,133,877
2040 2,748,491 70,067,958
2039 2,776,696 69,998,706
2038 2,803,054 69,920,456
2037 2,829,544 69,831,930
2036 2,856,285 69,743,406
2035 2,883,527 69,651,629
2034 2,912,522 69,558,099
2033 2,939,434 69,468,319
2032 2,966,176 69,377,856
2031 2,989,887 69,288,525
2030 3,013,719 69,197,981
2029 3,037,488 69,104,114
2028 3,062,650 69,012,886
2027 3,088,595 68,917,613
2026 3,114,736 68,823,318
2025 3,140,095 68,720,337
2024 3,164,253 68,551,653
2023 3,185,073 68,372,286
2022 3,204,802 68,184,457
2021 3,244,907 67,842,811
2020 3,299,349 67,601,110
2019 3,345,533 67,382,061
2018 3,387,000 67,158,348
2017 3,428,682 66,918,020
2016 3,473,003 66,724,104
2015 3,518,541 66,548,272
2014 3,564,829 66,312,067
2013 3,610,859 65,997,932
2012 3,670,113 65,657,659
2011 3,741,798 65,340,830
2010 3,811,472 65,026,211
2009 3,879,794 64,706,436
2008 3,947,544 64,375,116
2007 4,013,424 64,016,890
2006 4,063,272 63,622,342
2005 4,096,493 63,180,854
2004 4,140,987 62,707,588
2003 4,178,523 62,249,855
2002 4,188,002 61,812,142
2001 4,179,438 61,364,377
2000 4,159,771 60,918,661
1999 4,130,305 60,501,986
1998 4,089,356 60,190,684
1997 4,018,227 59,968,066
1996 3,875,246 59,754,504
1995 3,715,564 59,541,294
1994 3,725,412 59,324,863
1993 3,904,482 59,103,094
1992 4,234,616 58,846,584
1991 4,458,343 58,554,242
1990 4,448,652 58,261,012
1989 4,433,983 57,943,062
1988 4,414,404 57,598,186
1987 4,390,246 57,266,167
1986 4,362,115 56,956,002
1985 4,330,364 56,665,619
1984 4,295,536 56,383,085
1983 4,258,728 56,108,330
1982 4,221,100 55,806,789
1981 4,184,217 55,603,353
1980 4,148,426 55,274,184
1979 4,113,300 54,979,851
1978 4,078,240 54,734,030
1977 4,042,124 54,486,467
1976 4,004,552 54,232,383
1975 3,965,743 54,002,853
1974 3,926,472 53,746,571
1973 3,887,376 53,392,161
1972 3,848,271 52,962,356
1971 3,809,376 52,499,553
1970 3,773,247 52,007,169
1969 3,737,765 51,536,014
1968 3,698,794 51,112,980
1967 3,656,223 50,722,791
1966 3,610,562 50,311,637
1965 3,562,834 49,877,725
1964 3,513,441 49,401,492
1963 3,461,942 48,877,567
1962 3,407,532 48,389,516
1961 3,348,035 47,905,982
1960 3,281,381 47,412,964

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08); World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

GeoRank.org/population/bosnia-and-herzegovina/france | CC BY

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 358,267 people (a 10.3% decline), while France's population increased by 2,147,649 people (a 3.22% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that in 24 years (in 2050) Bosnia and Herzegovina's population will shrink by 21% to 2,459,340 people with a rank change from 135th to 144th. The population of France will increase by 2.22% to 70,398,057 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.

France is projected to reach its peak in 2096 at 70.7M 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.

Population growth rate by year

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Factual

Projection
France
Factual

Projection
1x
Year Growth rate
Bosnia France
2100 -1.02% -0.02%
2099 -1.06% -0.01%
2098 -1.13% -0.007%
2097 -1.1% -0.009%
2096 -1.06% 0.009%
2095 -1.05% 0.02%
2094 -1.07% 0.04%
2093 -1.04% 0.03%
2092 -1.02% 0.04%
2091 -1.02% 0.05%
2090 -1.06% 0.05%
2089 -1.07% 0.06%
2088 -1.05% 0.06%
2087 -1.09% 0.06%
2086 -1.09% 0.05%
2085 -1.13% 0.06%
2084 -1.15% 0.07%
2083 -1.14% 0.06%
2082 -1.14% 0.06%
2081 -1.17% 0.06%
2080 -1.17% 0.06%
2079 -1.18% 0.06%
2078 -1.19% 0.06%
2077 -1.21% 0.06%
2076 -1.24% 0.06%
2075 -1.23% 0.05%
2074 -1.2% 0.04%
2073 -1.21% 0.04%
2072 -1.22% 0.04%
2071 -1.25% 0.02%
2070 -1.22% 0.01%
2069 -1.21% -0.003%
2068 -1.29% -0.01%
2067 -1.26% -0.01%
2066 -1.29% -0.03%
2065 -1.25% -0.03%
2064 -1.23% -0.04%
2063 -1.21% -0.06%
2062 -1.23% -0.06%
2061 -1.25% -0.06%
2060 -1.22% -0.07%
2059 -1.22% -0.06%
2058 -1.24% -0.06%
2057 -1.3% -0.06%
2056 -1.29% -0.07%
2055 -1.18% -0.06%
2054 -1.2% -0.05%
2053 -1.15% -0.04%
2052 -1.21% -0.04%
2051 -1.15% -0.02%
2050 -1.18% -0.01%
2049 -1.11% 0.002%
2048 -1.15% 0.02%
2047 -1.14% 0.03%
2046 -1.09% 0.04%
2045 -1.07% 0.06%
2044 -1.08% 0.07%
2043 -1.06% 0.09%
2042 -1.11% 0.09%
2041 -1.06% 0.09%
2040 -1.02% 0.1%
2039 -0.94% 0.11%
2038 -0.94% 0.13%
2037 -0.94% 0.13%
2036 -0.94% 0.13%
2035 -1% 0.13%
2034 -0.92% 0.13%
2033 -0.9% 0.13%
2032 -0.79% 0.13%
2031 -0.79% 0.13%
2030 -0.78% 0.14%
2029 -0.82% 0.13%
2028 -0.84% 0.14%
2027 -0.84% 0.14%
2026 -0.81% 0.15%
2025 -0.76% 0.25%
2024 -0.65% 0.26%
2023 -0.62% 0.28%
2022 -1.24% 0.5%
2021 -1.65% 0.36%
2020 -1.38% 0.33%
2019 -1.22% 0.33%
2018 -1.22% 0.36%
2017 -1.28% 0.29%
2016 -1.29% 0.26%
2015 -1.3% 0.36%
2014 -1.27% 0.48%
2013 -1.61% 0.52%
2012 -1.92% 0.48%
2011 -1.83% 0.48%
2010 -1.76% 0.49%
2009 -1.72% 0.51%
2008 -1.64% 0.56%
2007 -1.23% 0.62%
2006 -0.81% 0.7%
2005 -1.07% 0.75%
2004 -0.9% 0.74%
2003 -0.23% 0.71%
2002 0.2% 0.73%
2001 0.47% 0.73%
2000 0.71% 0.69%
1999 1% 0.52%
1998 1.77% 0.37%
1997 3.69% 0.36%
1996 4.3% 0.36%
1995 -0.26% 0.36%
1994 -4.59% 0.38%
1993 -7.8% 0.44%
1992 -5.02% 0.5%
1991 0.22% 0.5%
1990 0.33% 0.55%
1989 0.44% 0.6%
1988 0.55% 0.58%
1987 0.64% 0.54%
1986 0.73% 0.51%
1985 0.81% 0.5%
1984 0.86% 0.49%
1983 0.89% 0.54%
1982 0.88% 0.37%
1981 0.86% 0.6%
1980 0.85% 0.54%
1979 0.86% 0.45%
1978 0.89% 0.45%
1977 0.94% 0.47%
1976 0.98% 0.43%
1975 1% 0.48%
1974 1.01% 0.66%
1973 1.02% 0.81%
1972 1.02% 0.88%
1971 0.96% 0.95%
1970 0.95% 0.91%
1969 1.05% 0.83%
1968 1.16% 0.77%
1967 1.26% 0.82%
1966 1.34% 0.87%
1965 1.41% 0.96%
1964 1.49% 1.07%
1963 1.6% 1.01%
1962 1.78% 1.01%
1961 2.03% 1.04%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08); World Bank | Health (1961–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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In 2025, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina declined by 0.76%, while France's population grew by 0.25%.

Live population counters

Bosnia France
Current population
3114736
68871753
Population rank 135/197 23/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.83%
One net population change
21.8 minutes
3.12 minutes
One birth every
21.5 minutes
47.4 seconds
One death every
12.3 minutes
48.9 seconds
Daily growth/decline -66 +462
Annual growth/decline -24,158 +168,684
Annual growth/decline rate -0.76% +0.25%
Population growth rate rank 192/197 149/197
One migration net change every
1.26 hours
5.75 minutes
Annual migration change -6,994 +91,737
Net migration rank 124/196 18/196
Foreign-born residents 34,120 9,186,757
Foreign-born residents rank 160/195 5/195
Foreign-born share of population 1.1% 13.8%
Foreign-born share rank 151/195 49/195

Natural population change vs migration

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Natural

Migration
France
Natural

Migration
1x
Year Population change
Bosnia France
Natural Migration Natural Migration
2025 - -6,994 - 91,737
2024 -18,359 -4,497 20,566 90,527
2023 -18,292 -485 34,186 91,862
2022 -20,197 -485 54,547 179,377
2021 -33,670 -25,865 74,627 131,465
2020 -22,502 -26,840 67,602 145,593
2019 -15,192 -27,841 141,503 71,972
2018 -10,761 -29,147 147,749 132,925
2017 -12,810 -30,650 160,604 102,984
2016 -13,009 -32,173 193,500 15,548
2015 -11,942 -33,948 206,300 -345
2014 -11,009 -35,683 265,248 52,342
2013 -8,367 -37,002 244,192 116,297
2012 -6,761 -66,378 256,065 103,287
2011 -5,354 -64,875 280,966 70,178
2010 -1,895 -67,228 286,116 52,644
2009 652 -68,182 278,238 58,032
2008 161 -68,140 283,250 79,528
2007 1,557 -65,335 288,076 91,973
2006 2,714 -38,622 305,387 132,512
2005 6,546 -37,086 271,677 191,417
2004 9,549 -68,008 282,185 200,629
2003 10,781 -27,396 230,325 195,616
2002 10,972 -13,312 253,430 191,373
2001 10,424 9,055 263,867 179,476
2000 11,722 8,138 268,042 171,637
1999 13,568 25,495 229,907 169,448
1998 18,492 24,335 222,705 20,216
1997 19,311 80,133 215,885 -15,255
1996 13,327 173,193 221,092 -21,463
1995 5,926 126,914 220,303 -17,128
1994 4,895 -157,427 201,704 -4,232
1993 -27,199 -178,416 224,592 16,892
1992 -17,883 -436,814 229,502 61,964
1991 33,692 -26,483 234,216 35,201
1990 34,993 -22,829 238,870 43,323
1989 36,802 -19,634 243,361 82,052
1988 39,058 -17,058 247,672 69,935
1987 41,172 -14,853 251,971 59,890
1986 42,884 -12,941 250,606 51,642
1985 44,983 -11,429 249,328 66,149
1984 46,413 -10,321 248,086 76,175
1983 47,135 -9,599 235,655 88,166
1982 47,023 -9,298 234,389 81,084
1981 45,423 -9,384 222,414 69,365
1980 42,911 -7,368 210,042 54,718
1979 42,157 -7,454 208,923 34,295
1978 44,800 -9,382 213,462 18,692
1977 48,643 -11,834 217,946 44,918
1976 52,107 -13,778 227,776 59,515
1975 53,629 -14,348 248,413 16,139
1974 53,600 -14,345 268,733 26,203
1973 52,989 -14,043 282,979 103,910
1972 54,072 -14,807 296,589 101,223
1971 54,352 -15,829 309,747 144,321
1970 54,455 -20,714 322,444 182,941
1969 58,454 -21,229 329,831 160,403
1968 61,422 -20,704 337,346 113,115
1967 65,618 -21,195 339,843 63,018
1966 70,085 -23,196 352,181 96,097
1965 72,896 -24,330 354,132 82,879
1964 74,151 -23,922 360,631 163,039
1963 75,380 -22,611 361,694 190,925
1962 77,582 -21,531 358,082 141,634
1961 77,601 -14,655 354,504 128,618
1960 76,840 -6,481 346,115 143,032

Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

GeoRank.org/population/bosnia-and-herzegovina/france | CC BY

Over the last 10 years, 45.5% of the population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina is from natural causes (a loss of 176,734 people) and 54.5% is from migration (a loss of 211,931 people). In France 53.4% is from natural causes (a gain of 1,101,184 people) and 46.6% is from migration (a gain of 961,908 people).

As of 2024, 34,120 residents or 1.1% of the population were not native-born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 9,186,757 people or 13.8% in France.

Biggest cities by population

Bosnia
City Population
Sarajevo 276K
Banja Luka 185K
Tuzla 111K
Zenica 111K
Mostar 105K
Prijedor 89.4K
Doboj 68.5K
Bihac 56.3K
Bijeljina 42.3K
Sanski Most 16.9K
France
City Population
Paris 2.1M
Marseille 886K
Lyon 519K
Toulouse 515K
Nice 358K
Nantes 328K
Montpellier 310K
Strasbourg 294K
Bordeaux 268K
Lille 238K

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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Data sources:

  1. World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08)
  2. United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08)
  3. U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08)
  4. Wikidata (2026, retrieved 2026-07-08)
  5. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-07-08)

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