The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 2,538,952 people in Gabon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 2,636,721 in Gabon.
Population statistics:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 1.19 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Gabon is the 142nd.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.03% for Gabon.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +2.61% in Gabon.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Gabon has grown from 1.46M to 2.64M (80.2% growth).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M 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 Gabon: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Gabon
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
2636721
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 142/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
9.7 minutes
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
7.65 minutes
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
33.7 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
7.93 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +1,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +148 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +54,163 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 46/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Gabon: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Gabon
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Gabon
|
Bosnia
|
Gabon
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 512,316 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 518,266 | 2.03% | 1.16% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 524,649 | 1.78% | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 531,452 | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 538,657 | 1.49% | 1.36% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 546,308 | 1.41% | 1.42% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 554,463 | 1.34% | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 563,108 | 1.26% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 572,257 | 1.16% | 1.62% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 583,276 | 1.05% | 1.93% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 595,846 | 0.95% | 2.16% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 608,348 | 0.96% | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 620,960 | 1.02% | 2.07% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 633,995 | 1.02% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 647,691 | 1.01% | 2.16% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 662,197 | 1% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 677,628 | 0.98% | 2.33% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 693,984 | 0.94% | 2.41% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 711,245 | 0.89% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 729,375 | 0.86% | 2.55% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 748,389 | 0.85% | 2.61% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 768,385 | 0.86% | 2.67% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 789,286 | 0.88% | 2.72% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 811,005 | 0.89% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 833,501 | 0.86% | 2.77% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 856,726 | 0.81% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 880,705 | 0.73% | 2.8% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 905,479 | 0.64% | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 931,020 | 0.55% | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 957,138 | 0.44% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 983,734 | 0.33% | 2.78% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 1,010,818 | 0.22% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 1,038,380 | -5.02% | 2.73% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 1,066,405 | -7.8% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 1,094,720 | -4.59% | 2.66% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 1,123,213 | -0.26% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 1,152,015 | 4.3% | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 1,181,439 | 3.69% | 2.55% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 1,211,736 | 1.77% | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 1,243,016 | 1% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 1,275,572 | 0.71% | 2.62% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 1,309,589 | 0.47% | 2.67% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 1,345,135 | 0.2% | 2.71% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 1,382,350 | -0.23% | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 1,421,609 | -0.9% | 2.84% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 1,463,495 | -1.07% | 2.95% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 1,508,337 | -0.81% | 3.06% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 1,556,237 | -1.23% | 3.18% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 1,607,175 | -1.64% | 3.27% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 1,661,556 | -1.72% | 3.38% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 1,719,879 | -1.76% | 3.51% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 1,781,985 | -1.83% | 3.61% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 1,846,889 | -1.92% | 3.64% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 1,913,059 | -1.61% | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 1,978,399 | -1.27% | 3.42% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 2,040,989 | -1.3% | 3.16% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 2,100,306 | -1.29% | 2.91% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 2,156,900 | -1.28% | 2.69% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 2,212,318 | -1.22% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 2,267,706 | -1.22% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 2,322,539 | -1.38% | 2.42% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 2,376,722 | -1.65% | 2.33% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 2,430,747 | -1.24% | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 2,484,789 | -0.62% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 2,538,952 | -0.65% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 2,593,130 | -0.76% | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 2,647,397 | -0.82% | 2.09% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 2,701,860 | -0.84% | 2.06% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 2,756,474 | -0.83% | 2.02% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 2,811,348 | -0.8% | 1.99% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 2,866,668 | -0.79% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 2,922,503 | -0.79% | 1.95% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 2,978,812 | -0.85% | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 3,035,711 | -0.91% | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 3,093,221 | -0.96% | 1.89% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 3,151,467 | -0.97% | 1.88% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 3,210,584 | -0.94% | 1.88% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 3,270,304 | -0.94% | 1.86% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 3,330,507 | -0.94% | 1.84% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 3,391,378 | -0.98% | 1.83% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 3,452,985 | -1.04% | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 3,515,218 | -1.09% | 1.8% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 3,577,745 | -1.09% | 1.78% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 3,640,570 | -1.07% | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 3,703,794 | -1.08% | 1.74% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 3,767,430 | -1.08% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 3,831,211 | -1.12% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 3,894,840 | -1.14% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 3,958,294 | -1.13% | 1.63% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 4,021,470 | -1.14% | 1.6% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 4,084,535 | -1.16% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Gabon gained 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Gabon's population increased by 595,732 (a 29.2% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2005 and ranked 142nd 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 Gabon will increase by 54.9% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 142nd to 133rd.
Biggest cities by population
|
Bosnia
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
|
Gabon
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Gabon
|
Bosnia
|
Gabon
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 26.2 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 22.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 25.5 ppl/mi² |
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