Bosnia and Herzegovina's population fell from 3.88M in 1996 to 3.14M in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bosnia and Herzegovina's population growth fell from 4.2 % in 1996 to -0.8 % in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's population density fell from 72.8 in 1994 to 62.2 in 2023.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's population, female (% of total) rose from 52.3 % in 1996 to 52.4 % in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's urbanisation rose from 41.3 % in 1996 to 52.7 % in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's urban population rose from 1.6M in 1996 to 1.65M in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's rural population fell from 2.28M in 1996 to 1.49M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +0.4 %152nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.1 %194th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.5 %7th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.9 %65th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs12th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts207th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.4 pts113th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.6 pts15th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +1.1 pts105th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.2 pts16th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −55.5 %144th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts171st of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +42.2 %130th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs69th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs68th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs80th of 217