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

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bosnia	Switzerland	Bosnia	Switzerland
1960	3,281,381	5,327,827	-	-
1961	3,348,035	5,434,294	2.03%	2%
1962	3,407,532	5,573,815	1.78%	2.57%
1963	3,461,942	5,694,247	1.6%	2.16%
1964	3,513,441	5,789,228	1.49%	1.67%
1965	3,562,834	5,856,472	1.41%	1.16%
1966	3,610,562	5,918,002	1.34%	1.05%
1967	3,656,223	5,991,785	1.26%	1.25%
1968	3,698,794	6,067,714	1.16%	1.27%
1969	3,737,765	6,136,387	1.05%	1.13%
1970	3,773,247	6,180,877	0.95%	0.73%
1971	3,809,376	6,213,399	0.96%	0.53%
1972	3,848,271	6,260,956	1.02%	0.77%
1973	3,887,376	6,307,347	1.02%	0.74%
1974	3,926,472	6,341,405	1.01%	0.54%
1975	3,965,743	6,338,632	1%	-0.04%
1976	4,004,552	6,302,504	0.98%	-0.57%
1977	4,042,124	6,281,174	0.94%	-0.34%
1978	4,078,240	6,281,738	0.89%	0.009%
1979	4,113,300	6,294,365	0.86%	0.2%
1980	4,148,426	6,319,408	0.85%	0.4%
1981	4,184,217	6,354,074	0.86%	0.55%
1982	4,221,100	6,391,309	0.88%	0.59%
1983	4,258,728	6,418,773	0.89%	0.43%
1984	4,295,536	6,441,865	0.86%	0.36%
1985	4,330,364	6,470,365	0.81%	0.44%
1986	4,362,115	6,504,124	0.73%	0.52%
1987	4,390,246	6,545,106	0.64%	0.63%
1988	4,414,404	6,593,386	0.55%	0.74%
1989	4,433,983	6,646,912	0.44%	0.81%
1990	4,448,652	6,715,519	0.33%	1.03%
1991	4,458,343	6,799,978	0.22%	1.26%
1992	4,234,616	6,875,364	-5.02%	1.11%
1993	3,904,482	6,938,265	-7.8%	0.91%
1994	3,725,412	6,993,795	-4.59%	0.8%
1995	3,715,564	7,040,687	-0.26%	0.67%
1996	3,875,246	7,071,850	4.3%	0.44%
1997	4,018,227	7,088,906	3.69%	0.24%
1998	4,089,356	7,110,001	1.77%	0.3%
1999	4,130,305	7,143,991	1%	0.48%
2000	4,159,771	7,184,250	0.71%	0.56%
2001	4,179,438	7,229,854	0.47%	0.63%
2002	4,188,002	7,284,753	0.2%	0.76%
2003	4,178,523	7,339,001	-0.23%	0.74%
2004	4,140,987	7,389,625	-0.9%	0.69%
2005	4,096,493	7,437,115	-1.07%	0.64%
2006	4,063,272	7,483,934	-0.81%	0.63%
2007	4,013,424	7,551,117	-1.23%	0.9%
2008	3,947,544	7,647,675	-1.64%	1.28%
2009	3,879,794	7,743,831	-1.72%	1.26%
2010	3,811,472	7,824,909	-1.76%	1.05%
2011	3,741,798	7,912,398	-1.83%	1.12%
2012	3,670,113	7,996,861	-1.92%	1.07%
2013	3,610,859	8,089,346	-1.61%	1.16%
2014	3,564,829	8,188,649	-1.27%	1.23%
2015	3,518,541	8,282,396	-1.3%	1.14%
2016	3,473,003	8,373,338	-1.29%	1.1%
2017	3,428,682	8,451,840	-1.28%	0.94%
2018	3,387,000	8,514,329	-1.22%	0.74%
2019	3,345,533	8,575,280	-1.22%	0.72%
2020	3,299,349	8,638,167	-1.38%	0.73%
2021	3,244,907	8,704,546	-1.65%	0.77%
2022	3,204,802	8,777,088	-1.24%	0.83%
2023	3,185,073	8,888,822	-0.62%	1.27%
2024	3,164,253	9,005,582	-0.65%	1.31%
2025	3,140,094	9,051,441	-0.76%	0.51%
2026	3,114,242	9,092,200	-0.82%	0.45%
2027	3,088,090	9,128,649	-0.84%	0.4%
2028	3,062,434	9,161,558	-0.83%	0.36%
2029	3,037,868	9,190,268	-0.8%	0.31%
2030	3,013,973	9,215,844	-0.79%	0.28%
2031	2,990,094	9,239,801	-0.79%	0.26%
2032	2,964,774	9,260,664	-0.85%	0.23%
2033	2,937,841	9,278,524	-0.91%	0.19%
2034	2,909,781	9,295,500	-0.96%	0.18%
2035	2,881,541	9,310,659	-0.97%	0.16%
2036	2,854,431	9,323,296	-0.94%	0.14%
2037	2,827,715	9,334,565	-0.94%	0.12%
2038	2,801,180	9,344,395	-0.94%	0.11%
2039	2,773,788	9,353,187	-0.98%	0.09%
2040	2,745,008	9,363,095	-1.04%	0.11%
2041	2,715,219	9,372,148	-1.09%	0.1%
2042	2,685,730	9,380,579	-1.09%	0.09%
2043	2,656,998	9,389,228	-1.07%	0.09%
2044	2,628,409	9,396,409	-1.08%	0.08%
2045	2,599,923	9,402,783	-1.08%	0.07%
2046	2,570,920	9,408,721	-1.12%	0.06%
2047	2,541,510	9,415,274	-1.14%	0.07%
2048	2,512,786	9,422,270	-1.13%	0.07%
2049	2,484,040	9,427,479	-1.14%	0.06%
2050	2,455,167	9,430,133	-1.16%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 590,269 people (a 14.5% decline), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -358,761 (a 10.3% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2006 and is 135th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bosnia and Herzegovina's population will shrink by 21.2% to 2,455,167 people with a rank change from 135th to 143rd. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.