Bosnia and Herzegovina Population (LIVE)

3,146,479

Bosnia and Herzegovina Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Bosnia and Herzegovina is 3,146,447 as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025 population is estimated at 3,140,095 people at mid-year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina population is equivalent to 0.038% of the total world population.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks number 136 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 62 per Km² (159 people per mi²).
The total land area is 51,000 Km² (19,691 sq. miles).
56.31% of the population is urban (1,768,228 people in 2025)
The median age in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 45.7 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bosnia and Herzegovina Global Rank
2025	3,140,095	−0.76%	−24,158	−6,994	45.7	1.5	62	56.3%	1,768,228	0.038%	8,231,613,070	136
2024	3,164,253	−0.65%	−20,820	−4,497	45.3	1.49	62	55.5%	1,757,404	0.039%	8,161,972,572	136
2023	3,185,073	−0.62%	−19,729	−485	44.9	1.49	62	54.8%	1,746,955	0.039%	8,091,734,930	136
2022	3,204,802	−1.44%	−47,274	−485	44.6	1.48	63	54.2%	1,736,599	0.040%	8,021,407,192	136
2020	3,299,349	−1.28%	−43,838	−26,840	43.8	1.51	65	52%	1,714,810	0.042%	7,887,001,292	133
2015	3,518,541	−1.59%	−58,586	−33,948	41.2	1.32	69	47.4%	1,668,024	0.047%	7,470,491,872	133
2010	3,811,472	−1.43%	−57,004	−67,228	38.1	1.26	75	44.5%	1,695,719	0.054%	7,021,732,148	128
2005	4,096,493	−0.31%	−12,656	−37,086	35	1.2	80	40.6%	1,662,534	0.062%	6,586,970,132	124
2000	4,159,771	2.28%	88,841	8,138	32.7	1.28	82	38.4%	1,596,468	0.067%	6,171,702,993	120
1995	3,715,564	−3.54%	−146,618	126,914	32.1	1.67	73	42.2%	1,568,899	0.065%	5,758,878,982	120
1990	4,448,652	0.54%	23,658	−22,829	28.7	1.79	87	39.4%	1,751,867	0.083%	5,327,803,110	109
1985	4,330,364	0.86%	36,388	−11,429	26.6	1.96	85	38.1%	1,650,972	0.089%	4,868,943,465	105
1980	4,148,426	0.9%	36,537	−7,368	24.7	1.98	81	35.8%	1,485,634	0.093%	4,447,606,236	103
1975	3,965,743	1%	38,499	−14,348	22.8	2.39	78	31.4%	1,246,861	0.097%	4,070,735,277	102
1970	3,773,247	1.15%	42,083	−20,714	21.2	2.79	74	27.1%	1,022,891	0.10%	3,694,683,794	97
1965	3,562,834	1.66%	56,291	−24,330	20.9	3.53	70	22.6%	806,729	0.11%	3,334,533,703	97
1960	3,281,381	2.14%	65,842	−6,481	20.5	3.96	64	18.7%	614,172	0.11%	3,015,470,894	94
1955	2,952,173	1.87%	52,353	−5,320	20.1	4.58	58	16.1%	474,882	0.11%	2,740,213,792	93

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Bosnia and Herzegovina Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bosnia and Herzegovina Global Rank
2030	3,013,974	−0.82%	−25,224	−4,630	47.7	1.52	59	60.5%	1,823,937	0.035%	8,569,124,911	139
2035	2,881,542	−0.89%	−26,486	−6,675	49.5	1.53	57	65.1%	1,875,651	0.032%	8,885,210,181	141
2040	2,745,010	−0.97%	−27,306	−6,597	50.6	1.55	54	69.9%	1,919,381	0.030%	9,177,190,203	143
2045	2,599,927	−1.08%	−29,017	−4,425	51.2	1.56	51	75.1%	1,952,260	0.028%	9,439,639,668	144
2050	2,455,167	−1.14%	−28,952	−3,517	51.5	1.57	48	80.5%	1,975,983	0.025%	9,664,378,587	145

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Bosnia and Herzegovina Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Life Expectancy

78.2 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

4.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

5.2

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Bosnia and Herzegovina Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.