The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.
Population statistics:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 25.1 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
- The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
- For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
- Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
- The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K 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 Seychelles: live population counter
Bosnia
|
Seychelles
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3140094
|
125181
|
| Population rank | 135/197 | 181/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
25.2 minutes
|
5.54 hours
|
| One birth every |
21.4 minutes
|
5.63 hours
|
| One death every |
12.3 minutes
|
10 hours
|
| One migration net change every |
1.95 hours
|
5.01 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -4,497 | +1,747 |
| Daily growth/decline | -57 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -20,820 | +1,581 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.65% | +1.32% |
| Population growth rate rank | 188/197 | 83/197 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population
Growth rate
Seychelles
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bosnia
|
Seychelles
|
Bosnia
|
Seychelles
|
|
| 1960 | 3,281,381 | 41,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,348,035 | 42,889 | 2.03% | 2.85% |
| 1962 | 3,407,532 | 44,042 | 1.78% | 2.69% |
| 1963 | 3,461,942 | 45,176 | 1.6% | 2.57% |
| 1964 | 3,513,441 | 46,322 | 1.49% | 2.54% |
| 1965 | 3,562,834 | 47,500 | 1.41% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 3,610,562 | 48,699 | 1.34% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 3,656,223 | 49,911 | 1.26% | 2.49% |
| 1968 | 3,698,794 | 51,134 | 1.16% | 2.45% |
| 1969 | 3,737,765 | 52,365 | 1.05% | 2.41% |
| 1970 | 3,773,247 | 53,600 | 0.95% | 2.36% |
| 1971 | 3,809,376 | 54,695 | 0.96% | 2.04% |
| 1972 | 3,848,271 | 56,029 | 1.02% | 2.44% |
| 1973 | 3,887,376 | 56,892 | 1.02% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 3,926,472 | 57,937 | 1.01% | 1.84% |
| 1975 | 3,965,743 | 59,292 | 1% | 2.34% |
| 1976 | 4,004,552 | 60,504 | 0.98% | 2.04% |
| 1977 | 4,042,124 | 61,786 | 0.94% | 2.12% |
| 1978 | 4,078,240 | 62,150 | 0.89% | 0.59% |
| 1979 | 4,113,300 | 62,686 | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 4,148,426 | 63,261 | 0.85% | 0.92% |
| 1981 | 4,184,217 | 64,035 | 0.86% | 1.22% |
| 1982 | 4,221,100 | 64,413 | 0.88% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 4,258,728 | 64,335 | 0.89% | -0.12% |
| 1984 | 4,295,536 | 64,717 | 0.86% | 0.59% |
| 1985 | 4,330,364 | 65,244 | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 4,362,115 | 65,652 | 0.73% | 0.63% |
| 1987 | 4,390,246 | 68,499 | 0.64% | 4.34% |
| 1988 | 4,414,404 | 68,755 | 0.55% | 0.37% |
| 1989 | 4,433,983 | 69,167 | 0.44% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 4,448,652 | 69,507 | 0.33% | 0.49% |
| 1991 | 4,458,343 | 70,439 | 0.22% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 4,234,616 | 70,763 | -5.02% | 0.46% |
| 1993 | 3,904,482 | 72,253 | -7.8% | 2.11% |
| 1994 | 3,725,412 | 74,205 | -4.59% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,715,564 | 75,304 | -0.26% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 3,875,246 | 76,417 | 4.3% | 1.48% |
| 1997 | 4,018,227 | 77,319 | 3.69% | 1.18% |
| 1998 | 4,089,356 | 78,846 | 1.77% | 1.97% |
| 1999 | 4,130,305 | 80,410 | 1% | 1.98% |
| 2000 | 4,159,771 | 81,131 | 0.71% | 0.9% |
| 2001 | 4,179,438 | 81,202 | 0.47% | 0.09% |
| 2002 | 4,188,002 | 83,723 | 0.2% | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 4,178,523 | 82,781 | -0.23% | -1.13% |
| 2004 | 4,140,987 | 82,475 | -0.9% | -0.37% |
| 2005 | 4,096,493 | 82,858 | -1.07% | 0.46% |
| 2006 | 4,063,272 | 84,600 | -0.81% | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 4,013,424 | 85,033 | -1.23% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 3,947,544 | 86,956 | -1.64% | 2.26% |
| 2009 | 3,879,794 | 87,298 | -1.72% | 0.39% |
| 2010 | 3,811,472 | 89,770 | -1.76% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 3,741,798 | 87,441 | -1.83% | -2.59% |
| 2012 | 3,670,113 | 88,303 | -1.92% | 0.99% |
| 2013 | 3,610,859 | 89,949 | -1.61% | 1.86% |
| 2014 | 3,564,829 | 91,359 | -1.27% | 1.57% |
| 2015 | 3,518,541 | 93,419 | -1.3% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 3,473,003 | 94,677 | -1.29% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 3,428,682 | 95,843 | -1.28% | 1.23% |
| 2018 | 3,387,000 | 96,762 | -1.22% | 0.96% |
| 2019 | 3,345,533 | 97,625 | -1.22% | 0.89% |
| 2020 | 3,299,349 | 98,462 | -1.38% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | 3,244,907 | 99,258 | -1.65% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | 3,204,802 | 119,878 | -1.24% | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 3,185,073 | 119,773 | -0.62% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 3,164,253 | 121,354 | -0.65% | 1.32% |
| 2025 | 3,140,094 | 123,549 | -0.76% | 1.81% |
| 2026 | 3,114,242 | 125,581 | -0.82% | 1.64% |
| 2027 | 3,088,090 | 127,380 | -0.84% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 3,062,434 | 128,883 | -0.83% | 1.18% |
| 2029 | 3,037,868 | 130,011 | -0.8% | 0.87% |
| 2030 | 3,013,973 | 130,635 | -0.79% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 2,990,094 | 130,989 | -0.79% | 0.27% |
| 2032 | 2,964,774 | 131,305 | -0.85% | 0.24% |
| 2033 | 2,937,841 | 131,578 | -0.91% | 0.21% |
| 2034 | 2,909,781 | 131,816 | -0.96% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 2,881,541 | 132,027 | -0.97% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 2,854,431 | 132,202 | -0.94% | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 2,827,715 | 132,348 | -0.94% | 0.11% |
| 2038 | 2,801,180 | 132,467 | -0.94% | 0.09% |
| 2039 | 2,773,788 | 132,552 | -0.98% | 0.06% |
| 2040 | 2,745,008 | 132,631 | -1.04% | 0.06% |
| 2041 | 2,715,219 | 132,681 | -1.09% | 0.04% |
| 2042 | 2,685,730 | 132,700 | -1.09% | 0.01% |
| 2043 | 2,656,998 | 132,698 | -1.07% | -0.001% |
| 2044 | 2,628,409 | 132,665 | -1.08% | -0.03% |
| 2045 | 2,599,923 | 132,613 | -1.08% | -0.04% |
| 2046 | 2,570,920 | 132,531 | -1.12% | -0.06% |
| 2047 | 2,541,510 | 132,415 | -1.14% | -0.09% |
| 2048 | 2,512,786 | 132,264 | -1.13% | -0.11% |
| 2049 | 2,484,040 | 132,085 | -1.14% | -0.14% |
| 2050 | 2,455,167 | 131,885 | -1.16% | -0.15% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.
Biggest cities by population
|
Bosnia
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 |
|
Seychelles
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Victoria | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Seychelles
|
Bosnia
|
Seychelles
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 44.7 years | 35.4 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 35 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 55.2:44.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.49 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman |
| Population density | 160.1 ppl/mi² | 683 ppl/mi² |
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