The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Rwanda's population is 4.72 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Rwanda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 32.8M 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 Rwanda: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Rwanda
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
14826674
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
1.74 minutes
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
1.33 minutes
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
6.35 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
33.7 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 47/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Rwanda
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Rwanda
|
Bosnia
|
Rwanda
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 3,022,294 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 3,106,779 | 2.03% | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 3,186,025 | 1.78% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 3,258,890 | 1.6% | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 3,334,834 | 1.49% | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 3,423,210 | 1.41% | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 3,521,626 | 1.34% | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 3,629,577 | 1.26% | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 3,744,010 | 1.16% | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 3,861,271 | 1.05% | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 3,980,669 | 0.95% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 4,100,044 | 0.96% | 3% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 4,220,335 | 1.02% | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 4,345,047 | 1.02% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 4,474,228 | 1.01% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 4,607,728 | 1% | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 4,745,954 | 0.98% | 3% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 4,888,240 | 0.94% | 3% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 5,035,171 | 0.89% | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 5,189,541 | 0.86% | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 5,353,259 | 0.85% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 5,527,230 | 0.86% | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 5,711,549 | 0.88% | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 5,905,311 | 0.89% | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 6,107,627 | 0.86% | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 6,317,228 | 0.81% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 6,531,881 | 0.73% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 6,749,493 | 0.64% | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 6,968,071 | 0.55% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 7,184,706 | 0.44% | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 7,375,307 | 0.33% | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 7,526,966 | 0.22% | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 7,683,266 | -5.02% | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 7,981,132 | -7.8% | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 6,792,352 | -4.59% | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 5,674,118 | -0.26% | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 6,708,764 | 4.3% | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 7,755,238 | 3.69% | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 8,081,681 | 1.77% | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 8,147,912 | 1% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 8,213,931 | 0.71% | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 8,287,094 | 0.47% | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 8,400,180 | 0.2% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 8,586,875 | -0.23% | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 8,816,844 | -0.9% | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 9,054,528 | -1.07% | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 9,299,246 | -0.81% | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 9,549,933 | -1.23% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 9,804,269 | -1.64% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 10,060,432 | -1.72% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 10,317,553 | -1.76% | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 10,573,733 | -1.83% | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 10,829,901 | -1.92% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 11,093,340 | -1.61% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 11,364,757 | -1.27% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 11,640,022 | -1.3% | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 11,919,183 | -1.29% | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 12,202,060 | -1.28% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 12,487,996 | -1.22% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 12,776,103 | -1.22% | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 13,065,837 | -1.38% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 13,355,260 | -1.65% | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 13,651,030 | -1.24% | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 13,954,471 | -0.62% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 14,256,567 | -0.65% | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 14,569,343 | -0.76% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 14,889,694 | -0.82% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 15,214,324 | -0.84% | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 15,536,461 | -0.83% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 15,844,649 | -0.8% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 16,154,698 | -0.79% | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 16,473,106 | -0.79% | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 16,771,820 | -0.85% | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 17,073,475 | -0.91% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 17,402,250 | -0.96% | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 17,746,315 | -0.97% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 18,076,769 | -0.94% | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 18,395,838 | -0.94% | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 18,729,778 | -0.94% | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 19,076,783 | -0.98% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 19,440,762 | -1.04% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 19,806,170 | -1.09% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 20,153,979 | -1.09% | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 20,500,826 | -1.07% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 20,837,079 | -1.08% | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 21,152,650 | -1.08% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 21,459,144 | -1.12% | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 21,764,578 | -1.14% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 22,086,112 | -1.13% | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 22,403,887 | -1.14% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 22,707,896 | -1.16% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda
|
Bosnia
|
Rwanda
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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