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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 3,164,253 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is 3,140,094 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 7.05 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked the 135th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decreased from 4.1M people to 3.14M (23.3% decline), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M 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 Sri Lanka: live population counter

Bosnia Sri Lanka
Current population
3140094
22125995
Population rank 135/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.27%
One net population change
25.2 minutes
4.34 minutes
One birth every
21.4 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
12.3 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
1.95 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change -4,497 -27,245
Daily growth/decline -57 -332
Annual growth/decline -20,820 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate -0.65% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 188/197 187/197

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bosnia Sri Lanka Bosnia Sri Lanka
1960 3,281,381 9,661,389 - -
1961 3,348,035 9,899,372 2.03% 2.46%
1962 3,407,532 10,143,754 1.78% 2.47%
1963 3,461,942 10,395,040 1.6% 2.48%
1964 3,513,441 10,653,397 1.49% 2.49%
1965 3,562,834 10,916,965 1.41% 2.47%
1966 3,610,562 11,183,928 1.34% 2.45%
1967 3,656,223 11,457,328 1.26% 2.44%
1968 3,698,794 11,736,088 1.16% 2.43%
1969 3,737,765 12,013,858 1.05% 2.37%
1970 3,773,247 12,287,110 0.95% 2.27%
1971 3,809,376 12,551,910 0.96% 2.16%
1972 3,848,271 12,809,205 1.02% 2.05%
1973 3,887,376 13,060,916 1.02% 1.97%
1974 3,926,472 13,305,693 1.01% 1.87%
1975 3,965,743 13,548,984 1% 1.83%
1976 4,004,552 13,796,770 0.98% 1.83%
1977 4,042,124 14,049,371 0.94% 1.83%
1978 4,078,240 14,310,128 0.89% 1.86%
1979 4,113,300 14,579,614 0.86% 1.88%
1980 4,148,426 14,847,974 0.85% 1.84%
1981 4,184,217 15,099,414 0.86% 1.69%
1982 4,221,100 15,286,567 0.88% 1.24%
1983 4,258,728 15,388,794 0.89% 0.67%
1984 4,295,536 15,441,860 0.86% 0.34%
1985 4,330,364 15,544,154 0.81% 0.66%
1986 4,362,115 15,731,256 0.73% 1.2%
1987 4,390,246 15,916,576 0.64% 1.18%
1988 4,414,404 16,078,621 0.55% 1.02%
1989 4,433,983 16,248,557 0.44% 1.06%
1990 4,448,652 16,352,458 0.33% 0.64%
1991 4,458,343 16,475,354 0.22% 0.75%
1992 4,234,616 16,739,284 -5.02% 1.6%
1993 3,904,482 17,025,918 -7.8% 1.71%
1994 3,725,412 17,275,773 -4.59% 1.47%
1995 3,715,564 17,564,068 -0.26% 1.67%
1996 3,875,246 17,905,018 4.3% 1.94%
1997 4,018,227 18,248,200 3.69% 1.92%
1998 4,089,356 18,596,003 1.77% 1.91%
1999 4,130,305 18,944,731 1% 1.88%
2000 4,159,771 19,293,054 0.71% 1.84%
2001 4,179,438 19,600,362 0.47% 1.59%
2002 4,188,002 19,805,752 0.2% 1.05%
2003 4,178,523 19,951,521 -0.23% 0.74%
2004 4,140,987 20,087,605 -0.9% 0.68%
2005 4,096,493 20,216,524 -1.07% 0.64%
2006 4,063,272 20,352,411 -0.81% 0.67%
2007 4,013,424 20,492,545 -1.23% 0.69%
2008 3,947,544 20,629,378 -1.64% 0.67%
2009 3,879,794 20,756,435 -1.72% 0.62%
2010 3,811,472 20,879,089 -1.76% 0.59%
2011 3,741,798 21,009,048 -1.83% 0.62%
2012 3,670,113 21,169,458 -1.92% 0.76%
2013 3,610,859 20,585,000 -1.61% -2.76%
2014 3,564,829 20,778,000 -1.27% 0.94%
2015 3,518,541 20,970,000 -1.3% 0.92%
2016 3,473,003 21,209,000 -1.29% 1.14%
2017 3,428,682 21,453,000 -1.28% 1.15%
2018 3,387,000 21,670,000 -1.22% 1.01%
2019 3,345,533 21,803,000 -1.22% 0.61%
2020 3,299,349 21,919,000 -1.38% 0.53%
2021 3,244,907 22,156,000 -1.65% 1.08%
2022 3,204,802 22,181,000 -1.24% 0.11%
2023 3,185,073 22,037,000 -0.62% -0.65%
2024 3,164,253 21,916,000 -0.65% -0.55%
2025 3,140,094 22,035,440 -0.76% 0.54%
2026 3,114,242 22,148,172 -0.82% 0.51%
2027 3,088,090 22,255,601 -0.84% 0.49%
2028 3,062,434 22,357,682 -0.83% 0.46%
2029 3,037,868 22,453,922 -0.8% 0.43%
2030 3,013,973 22,546,245 -0.79% 0.41%
2031 2,990,094 22,635,106 -0.79% 0.39%
2032 2,964,774 22,720,118 -0.85% 0.38%
2033 2,937,841 22,802,043 -0.91% 0.36%
2034 2,909,781 22,879,527 -0.96% 0.34%
2035 2,881,541 22,952,739 -0.97% 0.32%
2036 2,854,431 23,022,027 -0.94% 0.3%
2037 2,827,715 23,088,877 -0.94% 0.29%
2038 2,801,180 23,152,480 -0.94% 0.28%
2039 2,773,788 23,211,633 -0.98% 0.26%
2040 2,745,008 23,265,986 -1.04% 0.23%
2041 2,715,219 23,315,260 -1.09% 0.21%
2042 2,685,730 23,359,578 -1.09% 0.19%
2043 2,656,998 23,398,752 -1.07% 0.17%
2044 2,628,409 23,433,096 -1.08% 0.15%
2045 2,599,923 23,464,943 -1.08% 0.14%
2046 2,570,920 23,492,738 -1.12% 0.12%
2047 2,541,510 23,512,629 -1.14% 0.08%
2048 2,512,786 23,525,953 -1.13% 0.06%
2049 2,484,040 23,533,940 -1.14% 0.03%
2050 2,455,167 23,538,230 -1.16% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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