Specimen · BIH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Europe · Southern Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina is recorded at 3.16m people in 2024, with total annual change of -22,854 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 070 · BIH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH · BA

SHRINKING

population 3.16m

annual change -22,854

natural change -18,356

fertility 1.49

migrant share 1.1%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024
Births	24,430
Deaths	-42,786
Natural change	-18,356
Net migration	-4,497
Total change	-22,854

time anchors

-1,797,792

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Bosnia and Herzegovina
This year	-22,854
Since peak	-1,294,090 since 1991
Projected 2100	1.37m

Vanishing Point

2162

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.1%

international migrant stock; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 3.19m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 421.1k
15-64: 2.07m
65+: 689.3k

2050 2050 2.46m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 287.2k
15-64: 1.33m
65+: 834.4k

2100 2100 1.37m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 155.6k
15-64: 699.8k
65+: 511.1k

stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1992.

crossover

1992

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

2.91

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1991.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	3.16m	-22,854	24.4k	42.8k	1.49
2030	3.01m	-23,928	23.4k	42.7k	1.52
2050	2.46m	-28,288	17.5k	42.3k	1.57
2080	1.70m	-19,926	12.2k	30.0k	1.60
2100	1.37m	-14,295	9.9k	22.9k	1.61