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	8,888,093	-0.62%	1.26%
2024	3,164,253	9,034,102	-0.65%	1.64%
2025	3,140,094	9,080,106	-0.76%	0.51%
2026	3,114,242	9,120,994	-0.82%	0.45%
2027	3,088,090	9,157,559	-0.84%	0.4%
2028	3,062,434	9,190,572	-0.83%	0.36%
2029	3,037,868	9,219,373	-0.8%	0.31%
2030	3,013,973	9,245,030	-0.79%	0.28%
2031	2,990,094	9,269,063	-0.79%	0.26%
2032	2,964,774	9,289,991	-0.85%	0.23%
2033	2,937,841	9,307,909	-0.91%	0.19%
2034	2,909,781	9,324,938	-0.96%	0.18%
2035	2,881,541	9,340,145	-0.97%	0.16%
2036	2,854,431	9,352,822	-0.94%	0.14%
2037	2,827,715	9,364,126	-0.94%	0.12%
2038	2,801,180	9,373,988	-0.94%	0.11%
2039	2,773,788	9,382,808	-0.98%	0.09%
2040	2,745,008	9,392,748	-1.04%	0.11%
2041	2,715,219	9,401,829	-1.09%	0.1%
2042	2,685,730	9,410,286	-1.09%	0.09%
2043	2,656,998	9,418,963	-1.07%	0.09%
2044	2,628,409	9,426,166	-1.08%	0.08%
2045	2,599,923	9,432,561	-1.08%	0.07%
2046	2,570,920	9,438,518	-1.12%	0.06%
2047	2,541,510	9,445,091	-1.14%	0.07%
2048	2,512,786	9,452,109	-1.13%	0.07%
2049	2,484,040	9,457,335	-1.14%	0.06%
2050	2,455,167	9,459,997	-1.16%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina decreased by 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost -378,447 (a 10.8% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd most populous country in 2005 and is 135th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.