1. PopulationBosnia and Herzegovina

   Bosnia and Herzegovina: the IMF counts 291k more people than the UN

   UNIMF

   How many people lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024? The IMF (April 2026) says 3.46M, the UN projection says 3.16M. Both are official; the gap is 9% of the UN figure. Why the counts differ, these data do not say.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook; UN World Population Prospects 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.6 times as many people aged 65+ as children under 15
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: more deaths than births for over 10 years in a row
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 42% fewer babies in 1995 than before the war; 18% fewer in countries without war
• Most natives abroad relative to the population at home
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more people than there are
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 79% fewer births than in 1954

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