The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Saudi Arabia's population is 11.6 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
- Saudi Arabia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 73.8M 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 Saudi Arabia: live population counter
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| Current population |
3140094
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36428123
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| Population rank | 135/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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6.66 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
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4.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 3/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 2,526,347 | 2.03% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 2,620,910 | 1.78% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 2,719,341 | 1.6% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 2,821,968 | 1.49% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 2,928,771 | 1.41% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 3,039,887 | 1.34% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 3,157,242 | 1.26% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 3,282,711 | 1.16% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 3,417,114 | 1.05% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 3,562,470 | 0.95% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 3,724,031 | 0.96% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 3,905,722 | 1.02% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 4,106,344 | 1.02% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 4,323,632 | 1.01% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 4,556,287 | 1% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 4,807,933 | 0.98% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 5,083,048 | 0.94% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 5,381,902 | 0.89% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 5,703,698 | 0.86% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 6,047,997 | 0.85% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 6,420,551 | 0.86% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 6,824,486 | 0.88% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 7,252,941 | 0.89% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 7,697,307 | 0.86% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 8,151,779 | 0.81% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 8,628,639 | 0.73% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 9,130,194 | 0.64% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 9,629,165 | 0.55% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 10,128,394 | 0.44% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 10,640,691 | 0.33% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 11,160,744 | 0.22% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 11,686,676 | -5.02% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 12,215,862 | -7.8% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 12,750,040 | -4.59% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 13,289,245 | -0.26% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 13,831,009 | 4.3% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 14,374,943 | 3.69% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 14,922,185 | 1.77% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 15,472,075 | 1% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 16,177,722 | 0.71% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 17,041,397 | 0.47% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 17,910,910 | 0.2% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 18,786,767 | -0.23% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 19,669,480 | -0.9% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 20,559,890 | -1.07% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 21,459,144 | -0.81% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 22,368,313 | -1.23% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 23,287,877 | -1.64% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 24,217,654 | -1.72% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 23,978,487 | -1.76% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 25,091,867 | -1.83% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 26,168,861 | -1.92% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 27,624,004 | -1.61% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 28,309,273 | -1.27% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 29,816,382 | -1.3% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 30,954,198 | -1.29% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 30,977,355 | -1.28% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 30,196,281 | -1.22% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 30,063,799 | -1.22% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 31,552,510 | -1.38% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 30,784,383 | -1.65% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 32,175,224 | -1.24% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 33,702,731 | -0.62% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 35,300,280 | -0.65% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 35,927,625 | -0.76% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 36,550,694 | -0.82% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 37,167,513 | -0.84% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 37,775,810 | -0.83% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 38,364,377 | -0.8% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 38,918,375 | -0.79% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 39,450,880 | -0.79% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 39,983,934 | -0.85% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 40,517,599 | -0.91% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 41,052,423 | -0.96% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 41,588,429 | -0.97% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 42,125,184 | -0.94% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 42,661,908 | -0.94% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 43,198,420 | -0.94% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 43,734,316 | -0.98% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 44,269,571 | -1.04% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 44,804,338 | -1.09% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 45,338,111 | -1.09% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 45,870,896 | -1.07% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 46,403,116 | -1.08% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 46,934,822 | -1.08% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 47,465,267 | -1.12% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 47,993,976 | -1.14% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 48,521,364 | -1.13% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 49,047,461 | -1.14% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 49,572,202 | -1.16% | 1.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia
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| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 79.2 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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