The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 3.47 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.17% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M 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 Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
3140094
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10911445
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| Population rank | 135/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | -4,497 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 61/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 2,046,127 | 2.03% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 2,093,919 | 1.78% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 2,141,376 | 1.6% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 2,188,325 | 1.49% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 2,235,820 | 1.41% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 2,285,774 | 1.34% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 2,337,532 | 1.26% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 2,390,803 | 1.16% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 2,446,927 | 1.05% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 2,505,628 | 0.95% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 2,566,421 | 0.96% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 2,628,432 | 1.02% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 2,690,629 | 1.02% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 2,752,671 | 1.01% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 2,814,820 | 1% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 2,877,327 | 0.98% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 2,940,327 | 0.94% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 3,003,714 | 0.89% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 3,067,341 | 0.86% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 3,131,512 | 0.85% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 3,197,019 | 0.86% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 3,264,291 | 0.88% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 3,333,633 | 0.89% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 3,405,198 | 0.86% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 3,478,936 | 0.81% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 3,554,793 | 0.73% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 3,632,543 | 0.64% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 3,711,880 | 0.55% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 3,796,078 | 0.44% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 3,896,481 | 0.33% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 4,021,837 | 0.22% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 4,166,699 | -5.02% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 4,320,872 | -7.8% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 4,480,208 | -4.59% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 4,644,278 | -0.26% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 4,813,361 | 4.3% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 4,987,883 | 3.69% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 5,166,390 | 1.77% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 5,349,333 | 1% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 5,537,064 | 0.71% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 5,728,435 | 0.47% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 5,924,003 | 0.2% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 6,123,997 | -0.23% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 6,328,041 | -0.9% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 6,535,905 | -1.07% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 6,747,720 | -0.81% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 6,963,345 | -1.23% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 7,183,002 | -1.64% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 7,406,438 | -1.72% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 7,633,523 | -1.76% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 7,859,346 | -1.83% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 8,081,390 | -1.92% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 8,302,698 | -1.61% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 8,523,441 | -1.27% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 8,743,246 | -1.3% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 8,961,718 | -1.29% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 9,178,714 | -1.28% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 9,394,513 | -1.22% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 9,609,010 | -1.22% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 9,815,746 | -1.38% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 10,012,896 | -1.65% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 10,203,169 | -1.24% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 10,389,635 | -0.62% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 10,576,502 | -0.65% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 10,762,813 | -0.76% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 10,947,845 | -0.82% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 11,131,268 | -0.84% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 11,312,895 | -0.83% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 11,492,799 | -0.8% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 11,671,420 | -0.79% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 11,848,221 | -0.79% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 12,023,121 | -0.85% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 12,196,639 | -0.91% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 12,369,248 | -0.96% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 12,540,596 | -0.97% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 12,710,682 | -0.94% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 12,879,737 | -0.94% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 13,047,122 | -0.94% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 13,212,668 | -0.98% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 13,376,156 | -1.04% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 13,537,361 | -1.09% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 13,696,139 | -1.09% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 13,853,410 | -1.07% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 14,009,926 | -1.08% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 14,165,578 | -1.08% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 14,318,889 | -1.12% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 14,469,210 | -1.14% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 14,617,364 | -1.13% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 14,763,600 | -1.14% | 1% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 14,906,584 | -1.16% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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