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

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	Lesotho	Bosnia	Lesotho
1960	3,281,381	736,500	-	-
1961	3,348,035	758,824	2.03%	3.03%
1962	3,407,532	781,814	1.78%	3.03%
1963	3,461,942	805,373	1.6%	3.01%
1964	3,513,441	829,437	1.49%	2.99%
1965	3,562,834	854,090	1.41%	2.97%
1966	3,610,562	881,870	1.34%	3.25%
1967	3,656,223	913,982	1.26%	3.64%
1968	3,698,794	948,105	1.16%	3.73%
1969	3,737,765	983,202	1.05%	3.7%
1970	3,773,247	1,019,273	0.95%	3.67%
1971	3,809,376	1,056,246	0.96%	3.63%
1972	3,848,271	1,094,063	1.02%	3.58%
1973	3,887,376	1,132,697	1.02%	3.53%
1974	3,926,472	1,172,420	1.01%	3.51%
1975	3,965,743	1,213,643	1%	3.52%
1976	4,004,552	1,253,214	0.98%	3.26%
1977	4,042,124	1,289,967	0.94%	2.93%
1978	4,078,240	1,327,240	0.89%	2.89%
1979	4,113,300	1,366,169	0.86%	2.93%
1980	4,148,426	1,406,521	0.85%	2.95%
1981	4,184,217	1,448,069	0.86%	2.95%
1982	4,221,100	1,490,732	0.88%	2.95%
1983	4,258,728	1,534,413	0.89%	2.93%
1984	4,295,536	1,578,986	0.86%	2.9%
1985	4,330,364	1,624,379	0.81%	2.87%
1986	4,362,115	1,666,138	0.73%	2.57%
1987	4,390,246	1,703,390	0.64%	2.24%
1988	4,414,404	1,739,841	0.55%	2.14%
1989	4,433,983	1,775,436	0.44%	2.05%
1990	4,448,652	1,809,696	0.33%	1.93%
1991	4,458,343	1,842,379	0.22%	1.81%
1992	4,234,616	1,873,274	-5.02%	1.68%
1993	3,904,482	1,901,793	-7.8%	1.52%
1994	3,725,412	1,927,707	-4.59%	1.36%
1995	3,715,564	1,951,437	-0.26%	1.23%
1996	3,875,246	1,972,418	4.3%	1.08%
1997	4,018,227	1,988,130	3.69%	0.8%
1998	4,089,356	1,998,049	1.77%	0.5%
1999	4,130,305	2,003,234	1%	0.26%
2000	4,159,771	2,003,913	0.71%	0.03%
2001	4,179,438	2,000,853	0.47%	-0.15%
2002	4,188,002	1,994,679	0.2%	-0.31%
2003	4,178,523	1,985,059	-0.23%	-0.48%
2004	4,140,987	1,971,129	-0.9%	-0.7%
2005	4,096,493	1,953,076	-1.07%	-0.92%
2006	4,063,272	1,945,063	-0.81%	-0.41%
2007	4,013,424	1,953,268	-1.23%	0.42%
2008	3,947,544	1,966,541	-1.64%	0.68%
2009	3,879,794	1,980,883	-1.72%	0.73%
2010	3,811,472	1,996,251	-1.76%	0.78%
2011	3,741,798	2,014,009	-1.83%	0.89%
2012	3,670,113	2,034,354	-1.92%	1.01%
2013	3,610,859	2,056,504	-1.61%	1.09%
2014	3,564,829	2,080,089	-1.27%	1.15%
2015	3,518,541	2,104,611	-1.3%	1.18%
2016	3,473,003	2,130,422	-1.29%	1.23%
2017	3,428,682	2,157,110	-1.28%	1.25%
2018	3,387,000	2,183,603	-1.22%	1.23%
2019	3,345,533	2,209,405	-1.22%	1.18%
2020	3,299,349	2,235,727	-1.38%	1.19%
2021	3,244,907	2,261,542	-1.65%	1.15%
2022	3,204,802	2,286,110	-1.24%	1.09%
2023	3,185,073	2,311,472	-0.62%	1.11%
2024	3,164,253	2,337,423	-0.65%	1.12%
2025	3,140,094	2,363,324	-0.76%	1.11%
2026	3,114,242	2,389,334	-0.82%	1.1%
2027	3,088,090	2,415,365	-0.84%	1.09%
2028	3,062,434	2,441,435	-0.83%	1.08%
2029	3,037,868	2,467,677	-0.8%	1.07%
2030	3,013,973	2,493,816	-0.79%	1.06%
2031	2,990,094	2,520,014	-0.79%	1.05%
2032	2,964,774	2,546,489	-0.85%	1.05%
2033	2,937,841	2,573,106	-0.91%	1.05%
2034	2,909,781	2,599,777	-0.96%	1.04%
2035	2,881,541	2,626,560	-0.97%	1.03%
2036	2,854,431	2,653,503	-0.94%	1.03%
2037	2,827,715	2,680,081	-0.94%	1%
2038	2,801,180	2,706,197	-0.94%	0.97%
2039	2,773,788	2,732,138	-0.98%	0.96%
2040	2,745,008	2,757,868	-1.04%	0.94%
2041	2,715,219	2,783,361	-1.09%	0.92%
2042	2,685,730	2,808,538	-1.09%	0.9%
2043	2,656,998	2,833,257	-1.07%	0.88%
2044	2,628,409	2,857,499	-1.08%	0.86%
2045	2,599,923	2,881,333	-1.08%	0.83%
2046	2,570,920	2,904,780	-1.12%	0.81%
2047	2,541,510	2,927,859	-1.14%	0.79%
2048	2,512,786	2,950,411	-1.13%	0.77%
2049	2,484,040	2,972,156	-1.14%	0.74%
2050	2,455,167	2,993,080	-1.16%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -358,761 (a 10.3% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.