The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 1.74 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M 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 Ireland: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Ireland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
5474763
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
7.23 minutes
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
9.61 minutes
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
15 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
13.5 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 78/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Ireland
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Ireland
|
Bosnia
|
Ireland
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 2,824,400 | 2.03% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 2,836,050 | 1.78% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 2,852,650 | 1.6% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 2,866,550 | 1.49% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 2,877,300 | 1.41% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 2,888,800 | 1.34% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 2,902,450 | 1.26% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 2,915,550 | 1.16% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 2,932,650 | 1.05% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 2,957,250 | 0.95% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 2,992,050 | 0.96% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 3,036,850 | 1.02% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 3,085,950 | 1.02% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 3,137,500 | 1.01% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 3,189,550 | 1% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 3,238,050 | 0.98% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 3,282,200 | 0.94% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 3,329,100 | 0.89% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 3,373,750 | 0.86% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 3,412,800 | 0.85% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 3,453,000 | 0.86% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 3,485,800 | 0.88% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 3,510,600 | 0.89% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 3,532,423 | 0.86% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 3,538,082 | 0.81% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 3,539,690 | 0.73% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 3,540,057 | 0.64% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 3,524,949 | 0.55% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 3,511,009 | 0.44% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 3,513,974 | 0.33% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 3,534,235 | 0.22% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 3,558,430 | -5.02% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 3,576,261 | -7.8% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 3,590,386 | -4.59% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 3,608,841 | -0.26% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 3,637,510 | 4.3% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 3,674,171 | 3.69% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 3,712,696 | 1.77% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 3,754,786 | 1% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 3,805,174 | 0.71% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 3,866,243 | 0.47% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 3,931,947 | 0.2% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 3,996,521 | -0.23% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 4,070,262 | -0.9% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 4,159,914 | -1.07% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 4,273,591 | -0.81% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 4,398,942 | -1.23% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 4,489,544 | -1.64% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 4,535,375 | -1.72% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 4,560,155 | -1.76% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 4,580,084 | -1.83% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 4,599,533 | -1.92% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 4,623,816 | -1.61% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 4,657,740 | -1.27% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 4,701,957 | -1.3% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 4,762,722 | -1.29% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 4,827,445 | -1.28% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 4,898,022 | -1.22% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 4,976,456 | -1.22% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 5,039,747 | -1.38% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 5,110,585 | -1.65% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 5,212,836 | -1.24% | 2% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 5,307,600 | -0.62% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 5,380,257 | -0.65% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 5,434,538 | -0.76% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 5,484,615 | -0.82% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 5,531,657 | -0.84% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 5,576,425 | -0.83% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 5,618,258 | -0.8% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 5,656,768 | -0.79% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 5,693,185 | -0.79% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 5,728,435 | -0.85% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 5,761,833 | -0.91% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 5,793,145 | -0.96% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 5,822,398 | -0.97% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 5,850,388 | -0.94% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 5,878,309 | -0.94% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 5,905,728 | -0.94% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 5,931,438 | -0.98% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 5,956,212 | -1.04% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 5,980,704 | -1.09% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 6,002,968 | -1.09% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 6,022,662 | -1.07% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 6,041,053 | -1.08% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 6,057,952 | -1.08% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 6,072,174 | -1.12% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 6,084,484 | -1.14% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 6,096,077 | -1.13% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 6,105,740 | -1.14% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 6,112,322 | -1.16% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ireland
|
Bosnia
|
Ireland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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