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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	Moldova	Bosnia	Moldova
1960	3,281,381	2,058,020	-	-
1961	3,348,035	2,103,327	2.03%	2.2%
1962	3,407,532	2,147,227	1.78%	2.09%
1963	3,461,942	2,188,895	1.6%	1.94%
1964	3,513,441	2,228,000	1.49%	1.79%
1965	3,562,834	2,265,287	1.41%	1.67%
1966	3,610,562	2,301,871	1.34%	1.61%
1967	3,656,223	2,337,695	1.26%	1.56%
1968	3,698,794	2,373,073	1.16%	1.51%
1969	3,737,765	2,408,469	1.05%	1.49%
1970	3,773,247	2,437,590	0.95%	1.21%
1971	3,809,376	2,460,611	0.96%	0.94%
1972	3,848,271	2,484,742	1.02%	0.98%
1973	3,887,376	2,510,584	1.02%	1.04%
1974	3,926,472	2,538,164	1.01%	1.1%
1975	3,965,743	2,566,998	1%	1.14%
1976	4,004,552	2,596,491	0.98%	1.15%
1977	4,042,124	2,626,298	0.94%	1.15%
1978	4,078,240	2,656,211	0.89%	1.14%
1979	4,113,300	2,683,035	0.86%	1.01%
1980	4,148,426	2,708,675	0.85%	0.96%
1981	4,184,217	2,735,987	0.86%	1.01%
1982	4,221,100	2,763,101	0.88%	0.99%
1983	4,258,728	2,791,207	0.89%	1.02%
1984	4,295,536	2,820,518	0.86%	1.05%
1985	4,330,364	2,850,787	0.81%	1.07%
1986	4,362,115	2,883,057	0.73%	1.13%
1987	4,390,246	2,916,306	0.64%	1.15%
1988	4,414,404	2,948,891	0.55%	1.12%
1989	4,433,983	2,970,039	0.44%	0.72%
1990	4,448,652	2,977,912	0.33%	0.27%
1991	4,458,343	2,981,566	0.22%	0.12%
1992	4,234,616	2,980,965	-5.02%	-0.02%
1993	3,904,482	2,975,966	-7.8%	-0.17%
1994	3,725,412	2,966,745	-4.59%	-0.31%
1995	3,715,564	2,953,200	-0.26%	-0.46%
1996	3,875,246	2,947,293	4.3%	-0.2%
1997	4,018,227	2,936,413	3.69%	-0.37%
1998	4,089,356	2,935,227	1.77%	-0.04%
1999	4,130,305	2,930,622	1%	-0.16%
2000	4,159,771	2,924,668	0.71%	-0.2%
2001	4,179,438	2,918,135	0.47%	-0.22%
2002	4,188,002	2,911,385	0.2%	-0.23%
2003	4,178,523	2,903,198	-0.23%	-0.28%
2004	4,140,987	2,896,023	-0.9%	-0.25%
2005	4,096,493	2,888,985	-1.07%	-0.24%
2006	4,063,272	2,880,967	-0.81%	-0.28%
2007	4,013,424	2,874,299	-1.23%	-0.23%
2008	3,947,544	2,868,833	-1.64%	-0.19%
2009	3,879,794	2,865,213	-1.72%	-0.13%
2010	3,811,472	2,862,354	-1.76%	-0.1%
2011	3,741,798	2,860,699	-1.83%	-0.06%
2012	3,670,113	2,860,324	-1.92%	-0.01%
2013	3,610,859	2,859,558	-1.61%	-0.03%
2014	3,564,829	2,857,815	-1.27%	-0.06%
2015	3,518,541	2,835,978	-1.3%	-0.76%
2016	3,473,003	2,803,186	-1.29%	-1.16%
2017	3,428,682	2,755,189	-1.28%	-1.71%
2018	3,387,000	2,707,203	-1.22%	-1.74%
2019	3,345,533	2,664,224	-1.22%	-1.59%
2020	3,299,349	2,635,130	-1.38%	-1.09%
2021	3,244,907	2,595,809	-1.65%	-1.49%
2022	3,204,802	2,528,654	-1.24%	-2.59%
2023	3,185,073	2,457,783	-0.62%	-2.8%
2024	3,164,253	2,402,306	-0.65%	-2.26%
2025	3,140,094	2,371,543	-0.76%	-1.28%
2026	3,114,242	2,343,963	-0.82%	-1.16%
2027	3,088,090	2,321,110	-0.84%	-0.97%
2028	3,062,434	2,298,239	-0.83%	-0.99%
2029	3,037,868	2,275,251	-0.8%	-1%
2030	3,013,973	2,252,131	-0.79%	-1.02%
2031	2,990,094	2,229,191	-0.79%	-1.02%
2032	2,964,774	2,206,559	-0.85%	-1.02%
2033	2,937,841	2,183,929	-0.91%	-1.03%
2034	2,909,781	2,161,282	-0.96%	-1.04%
2035	2,881,541	2,138,754	-0.97%	-1.04%
2036	2,854,431	2,116,659	-0.94%	-1.03%
2037	2,827,715	2,095,127	-0.94%	-1.02%
2038	2,801,180	2,074,054	-0.94%	-1.01%
2039	2,773,788	2,053,352	-0.98%	-1%
2040	2,745,008	2,033,323	-1.04%	-0.98%
2041	2,715,219	2,014,222	-1.09%	-0.94%
2042	2,685,730	1,995,750	-1.09%	-0.92%
2043	2,656,998	1,977,688	-1.07%	-0.9%
2044	2,628,409	1,960,241	-1.08%	-0.88%
2045	2,599,923	1,943,187	-1.08%	-0.87%
2046	2,570,920	1,926,432	-1.12%	-0.86%
2047	2,541,510	1,910,142	-1.14%	-0.85%
2048	2,512,786	1,894,069	-1.13%	-0.84%
2049	2,484,040	1,877,822	-1.14%	-0.86%
2050	2,455,167	1,861,554	-1.16%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -358,761 (a 10.3% decline), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.