Demographic profile
Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 136th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.04% of everyone alive. Within Southern Europe, it ranks 6 of 14.
Each day brings roughly 69 births and 97 deaths — a net decline of about 10,226 people a year. At -0.32% annually, the population would halve in roughly 219 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Republika Srpska, holding an estimated 64.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 2 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 97.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 24.0%, with life expectancy at about 71.5 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2026? Approximately 3,239,110 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Bosnia and Herzegovina shrinking? About -0.32% per year — roughly 69 births and 97 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Around 0.04% — ranked 136 worldwide by population.