Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 1.57 million males and 1.62 million females in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The percentage of the male population is 49.22%, compared to 50.78% of the female population. Bosnia and Herzegovina has 50k more females than males. The sex ratio in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024 will be 96.930 males per 100 females. Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the 68th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Bosnia and Herzegovina population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,692,9071.64
19552,958,4302.02
19603,262,5391.93
19653,565,5171.59
19703,815,5611.16
19754,022,0900.96
19804,199,8200.83
19854,383,3060.72
19904,494,3100.25
19953,750,5273.48
20004,179,3500.37
20054,094,297-0.87
20103,811,088-1.77
20153,524,324-1.28
20203,318,407-1.36
20213,270,943-1.52
20223,233,526-0.77
20233,210,847-0.63
20243,194,378-0.40
  • Total
  • Crude

Bosnia and Herzegovina death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195046,201101,78117.11637.708
195538,278108,84312.91636.725
196031,164105,7669.53532.360
196527,70696,0007.75926.884
197027,06583,9907.08221.978
197526,25477,8886.51819.336
198028,66673,5586.81717.492
198533,39776,3847.61017.406
199033,24067,1787.37814.912
199535,78739,4349.70910.698
200034,89142,0288.35810.068
200538,00939,4089.2429.582
201036,51836,4919.4999.492
201542,53231,31112.0118.842
202046,95228,68514.0948.611
202151,58727,64615.7128.420
202251,29826,76415.8658.278
202346,09926,27914.3578.184
202438,13926,01211.9398.143
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950363,6642,297,63213.665
1955474,8822,461,42716.173
1960614,1722,611,49619.040
1965806,7292,728,91122.817
19701,022,8912,737,63627.201
19751,246,8612,738,24231.288
19801,485,6342,694,22135.543
19851,650,9722,741,15837.589
19901,751,8672,711,55539.249
19951,568,8992,274,81340.817
20001,596,4682,170,23842.384
20051,662,5342,118,99643.965
20101,695,7192,026,36545.558
20151,668,0241,867,93747.173
20201,714,8101,783,40049.020
20211,725,9391,766,12949.425
20221,736,5991,747,67349.841
20231,746,9551,728,25450.269
20241,757,4041,708,30650.708
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Bosnia and Herzegovina population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 71,091 67,213 138,304 4.33 105.770
05-09 81,590 77,662 159,252 4.99 105.058
10-14 85,612 81,715 167,327 5.24 104.769
15-19 84,816 82,370 167,185 5.23 102.970
20-24 86,451 82,958 169,409 5.30 104.211
25-29 105,671 98,105 203,775 6.38 107.712
30-34 103,255 97,758 201,013 6.29 105.623
35-39 116,080 111,271 227,351 7.12 104.322
40-44 117,553 114,123 231,676 7.25 103.006
45-49 115,228 112,796 228,024 7.14 102.156
50-54 111,382 110,312 221,695 6.94 100.970
55-59 115,139 116,534 231,673 7.25 98.803
60-64 115,109 122,915 238,024 7.45 93.649
65-69 100,316 116,346 216,662 6.78 86.222
70-74 76,704 97,879 174,583 5.47 78.366
75-79 41,600 60,094 101,695 3.18 69.225
80-84 23,564 37,836 61,400 1.92 62.279
85-89 15,326 24,607 39,934 1.25 62.283
90-94 4,827 7,968 12,796 0.40 60.580
95-99 879 1,415 2,293 0.07 62.120
100+ 98 208 306 0.01 47.115
Total 1,572,291 1,622,085 3,194,377 96.930