🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Europe

Upper middle income

BIH

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Population

3.1M

0.8%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.49

births/woman

Life Expectancy

78.0y

GDP / capita

$10.4K

Pop. Growth

-0.77%

Net Migration

-7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇭🇷Croatia11.3K(34.0%)

−12%

🇷🇸Serbia9K(27.2%)

−12%

🇲🇪

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male1.5MTotal 3.1M1.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.2

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇰Slovak Republic3K(9.0%)

−12%

🇲🇰North Macedonia2.7K(8.2%)

−12%

🇸🇮Slovenia1.7K(5.2%)

−12%

🇩🇪Germany488(1.5%)

−13%

🇷🇴Romania359(1.1%)

−12%

🇦🇹Austria184(0.6%)

−13%

🇷🇺Russian Federation155(0.5%)

−13%

🇫🇷France153(0.5%)

−13%

🇭🇺Hungary140(0.4%)

−13%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Bosnia and Herzegovina diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇭🇷Croatia363K(22.6%)

−10%

🇩🇪Germany320.4K(19.9%)

+97%

🇷🇸Serbia277.6K(17.3%)

−23%

🇦🇹Austria180.5K(11.2%)

+20%

🇸🇮Slovenia138.6K(8.6%)

+35%

🇸🇪Sweden60.8K(3.8%)

+8%

🇨🇭Switzerland58.2K(3.6%)

+14%

🇨🇦Canada36K(2.2%)

+2%

🇲🇪Montenegro31.9K(2.0%)

−7%

🇮🇹Italy29.7K(1.8%)

+3%

🇦🇺Australia29.3K(1.8%)

−26%

🇳🇱Netherlands28.2K(1.8%)

+321%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024