The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 39.3 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.53% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 42.6% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 29% in Japan.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Japan: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
123324642
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
19.5 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
3.43 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 182/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Japan
|
Bosnia
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 94,055,000 | 2.03% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 94,933,000 | 1.78% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 95,900,000 | 1.6% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 96,903,000 | 1.49% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 97,952,000 | 1.41% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 98,851,000 | 1.34% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 99,879,000 | 1.26% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 101,011,000 | 1.16% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 102,219,000 | 1.05% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 103,403,000 | 0.95% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 105,697,000 | 0.96% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 107,188,000 | 1.02% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 108,707,000 | 1.02% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 110,162,000 | 1.01% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 111,573,000 | 1% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 112,775,000 | 0.98% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 113,872,000 | 0.94% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 114,913,000 | 0.89% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 115,890,000 | 0.86% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 116,807,000 | 0.85% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 117,661,000 | 0.86% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 118,480,000 | 0.88% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 119,307,000 | 0.89% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 120,083,000 | 0.86% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 120,837,000 | 0.81% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 121,482,000 | 0.73% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 122,069,000 | 0.64% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 122,578,000 | 0.55% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 123,069,000 | 0.44% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 123,478,000 | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 123,964,000 | 0.22% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 124,425,000 | -5.02% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 124,829,000 | -7.8% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 125,178,000 | -4.59% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 125,472,000 | -0.26% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 125,757,000 | 4.3% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 126,057,000 | 3.69% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 126,400,000 | 1.77% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 126,631,000 | 1% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 126,843,000 | 0.71% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 127,149,000 | 0.47% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 127,445,000 | 0.2% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 127,718,000 | -0.23% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 127,761,000 | -0.9% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 127,773,000 | -1.07% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 127,854,000 | -0.81% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 128,001,000 | -1.23% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 128,063,000 | -1.64% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 128,047,000 | -1.72% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 128,070,000 | -1.76% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 127,833,000 | -1.83% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 127,629,000 | -1.92% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 127,445,000 | -1.61% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 127,276,000 | -1.27% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 127,141,000 | -1.3% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 127,076,000 | -1.29% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 126,972,000 | -1.28% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 126,811,000 | -1.22% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 126,633,000 | -1.22% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 126,261,000 | -1.38% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 125,681,593 | -1.65% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 125,124,989 | -1.24% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 124,516,650 | -0.62% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 123,975,371 | -0.65% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 123,324,642 | -0.76% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 122,647,678 | -0.82% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 121,951,038 | -0.84% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 121,241,776 | -0.83% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 120,524,230 | -0.8% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 119,798,959 | -0.79% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 119,065,610 | -0.79% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 118,326,333 | -0.85% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 117,583,337 | -0.91% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 116,836,274 | -0.96% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 116,084,328 | -0.97% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 115,332,395 | -0.94% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 114,582,890 | -0.94% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 113,837,760 | -0.94% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 113,097,352 | -0.98% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 112,359,802 | -1.04% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 111,622,622 | -1.09% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 110,891,223 | -1.09% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 110,169,955 | -1.07% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 109,455,823 | -1.08% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 108,747,012 | -1.08% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 108,044,346 | -1.12% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 107,350,486 | -1.14% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 106,665,616 | -1.13% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 105,986,908 | -1.14% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 105,312,022 | -1.16% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Japan
|
Bosnia
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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