Bosnia & Herzegovina
Urban population in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Urban population in Bosnia & Herzegovina: 13.8% in 1950 and 52.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 52.7%
- Since 1950
- +38.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 156 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 70.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 70.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.7 |
| 2024 | 52.1 |
| 2023 | 51.6 |
| 2022 | 51 |
| 2021 | 50.5 |
| 2020 | 50 |
| 2019 | 49.5 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2017 | 48.5 |
| 2016 | 48 |
| 2015 | 47.6 |
| 2014 | 47.1 |
| 2013 | 46.7 |
| 2012 | 46.4 |
| 2011 | 46.1 |
| 2010 | 45.7 |
| 2009 | 45.4 |
| 2008 | 45.1 |
| 2007 | 44.8 |
| 2006 | 44.5 |
| 2005 | 44.2 |
| 2004 | 43.8 |
| 2003 | 43.5 |
| 2002 | 43.2 |
| 2001 | 42.9 |
| 2000 | 42.6 |
| 1999 | 42.2 |
| 1998 | 41.9 |
| 1997 | 41.6 |
| 1996 | 41.3 |
| 1995 | 40.9 |
| 1994 | 40.6 |
| 1993 | 40.3 |
| 1992 | 40 |
| 1991 | 39.6 |
| 1990 | 39.3 |
| 1989 | 39 |
| 1988 | 38.7 |
| 1987 | 38.4 |
| 1986 | 38.1 |
| 1985 | 37.8 |
| 1984 | 37.5 |
| 1983 | 37.2 |
| 1982 | 36.8 |
| 1981 | 36.3 |
| 1980 | 35.8 |
| 1979 | 35.2 |
| 1978 | 34.4 |
| 1977 | 33.6 |
| 1976 | 32.7 |
| 1975 | 31.8 |
| 1974 | 30.9 |
| 1973 | 29.9 |
| 1972 | 29 |
| 1971 | 28.1 |
| 1970 | 27.3 |
| 1969 | 26.4 |
| 1968 | 25.5 |
| 1967 | 24.6 |
| 1966 | 23.7 |
| 1965 | 22.8 |
| 1964 | 22 |
| 1963 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 20.4 |
| 1961 | 19.7 |
| 1960 | 19 |
| 1959 | 18.4 |
| 1958 | 17.8 |
| 1957 | 17.2 |
| 1956 | 16.6 |
| 1955 | 16.1 |
| 1954 | 15.6 |
| 1953 | 15.1 |
| 1952 | 14.6 |
| 1951 | 14.2 |
| 1950 | 13.8 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 53.3 |
| 2027 | 53.9 |
| 2028 | 54.5 |
| 2029 | 55.1 |
| 2030 | 55.7 |
| 2031 | 56.4 |
| 2032 | 57 |
| 2033 | 57.7 |
| 2034 | 58.4 |
| 2035 | 59 |
| 2036 | 59.7 |
| 2037 | 60.5 |
| 2038 | 61.2 |
| 2039 | 61.9 |
| 2040 | 62.7 |
| 2041 | 63.4 |
| 2042 | 64.2 |
| 2043 | 64.9 |
| 2044 | 65.7 |
| 2045 | 66.5 |
| 2046 | 67.3 |
| 2047 | 68.1 |
| 2048 | 69 |
| 2049 | 69.8 |
| 2050 | 70.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Bosnia & Herzegovina in numbers
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Politics
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Military
- Military spending0.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$213M in 2025
- Military spending per person$73 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel11,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports7 million TIV in 2023
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