Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina is projected at 3.26 million, down by 0.53% compared with 3.28 million in 2020. Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 136th in terms of population and 226th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 24.97 thousand births in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021. That is 68 per day, which is ranked 151th. The crude birth rate is 7.64 per 1000 people. There are 36.77 thousand deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021. That is 101 per day, which is ranked 121th. The crude death rate is 11.24 per 1000 people.

1.73 million people are living in urban areas, which is 49.43% of Bosnia and Herzegovina population. Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 159th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 is 95.93 males per 100 females. There are 1.60 million males and 1.67 million females in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The percentage of female population is 51.04% compare to 48.96% male population. Bosnia and Herzegovina has 67.8 thousand more females than males. Bosnia and Herzegovina is at 50th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Bosnia and Herzegovina population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,661,296-
19552,936,3002.00
19603,225,6641.91
19653,535,6321.63
19703,760,5361.16
19753,985,1071.09
19804,179,8500.99
19854,392,1350.96
19904,463,422-0.98
19953,829,049-2.73
20003,751,1760.21
20053,765,3320.03
20103,705,478-0.82
20153,429,362-1.51
20163,386,263-1.26
20173,351,534-1.03
20183,323,929-0.82
20193,300,998-0.69
20203,280,815-0.61
20213,263,459-0.53
  • Total
  • Crude

Bosnia and Herzegovina death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195044,131108,80216.2840.23
195536,131102,24412.3134.83
196031,277102,0139.6631.50
196528,50397,2438.0927.64
197026,18789,0826.9523.63
197524,99882,7376.2820.79
198026,32377,4726.2818.47
198528,73374,6126.5317.00
199033,22264,2987.7114.84
199533,84352,0458.5413.19
200031,07741,1198.2910.98
200533,44234,7448.909.26
201035,72733,9179.759.26
201535,63229,93910.308.65
202036,38325,58611.057.78
202136,76724,96711.247.64
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950363,6642,297,632-13.665
1955474,8822,461,4275.4516.173
1960614,1722,611,4965.2519.040
1965806,7292,728,9115.3822.817
19701,022,8912,737,6364.6927.201
19751,246,8612,738,2423.8031.288
19801,485,6342,694,2213.5335.543
19851,650,9722,741,1581.8437.589
19901,751,8672,711,555-0.1139.249
19951,568,8992,274,813-1.9140.817
20001,596,4682,170,2380.9542.384
20051,662,5342,118,9960.7343.965
20101,695,7192,026,3650.0545.558
20151,668,0241,867,937-0.1447.173
20201,714,8101,783,4000.7149.020
20211,725,9391,766,1290.6549.425
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Bosnia and Herzegovina population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 66,547 62,506 129,053 3.95 106.465
05-09 80,106 75,807 155,913 4.78 105.671
10-14 92,714 88,038 180,752 5.54 105.311
15-19 82,965 79,898 162,863 4.99 103.839
20-24 108,449 102,010 210,459 6.45 106.312
25-29 97,666 92,494 190,160 5.83 105.592
30-34 106,696 101,599 208,295 6.38 105.017
35-39 122,290 117,901 240,191 7.36 103.723
40-44 113,078 110,345 223,423 6.85 102.477
45-49 113,946 110,649 224,595 6.88 102.980
50-54 112,138 113,779 225,917 6.92 98.558
55-59 125,883 136,981 262,864 8.05 91.898
60-64 116,162 128,035 244,197 7.48 90.727
65-69 105,439 119,734 225,173 6.90 88.061
70-74 67,046 85,790 152,836 4.68 78.151
75-79 39,484 59,202 98,686 3.02 66.694
80-84 31,079 51,988 83,067 2.55 59.781
85-89 11,646 19,632 31,278 0.96 59.322
90-94 3,815 7,187 11,002 0.34 53.082
95-99 647 1,919 2,566 0.08 33.715
100+ 31 138 169 0.01 22.464
Total 1,597,827 1,665,632 3,263,459 95.929