Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Urban population share in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 — 52.7%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.7 pp.

2025 52.7% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 149of 217
Period maximum 52.7%2025
Period minimum 19%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1960–202510203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 19%1962: 20.4%1964: 22%1966: 23.7%1968: 25.5%1970: 27.3%1972: 29%1974: 30.9%1976: 32.7%1978: 34.4%1980: 35.8%1982: 36.8%1984: 37.5%1986: 38.1%1988: 38.7%1990: 39.3%1992: 40%1994: 40.6%1996: 41.3%1998: 41.9%2000: 42.6%2002: 43.2%2004: 43.8%2006: 44.5%2008: 45.1%2010: 45.7%2012: 46.4%2014: 47.1%2016: 48%2018: 49%2020: 50%2022: 51%2024: 52.1%2025: 52.7%
Change over the period: +33.7 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
Urban population share — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.7 +0.6 pp
2024 52.1 +0.6 pp
2023 51.6 +0.5 pp
2022 51 +0.5 pp
2021 50.5 +0.5 pp
2020 50 +0.5 pp
2019 49.5 +0.5 pp
2018 49 +0.5 pp
2017 48.5 +0.5 pp
2016 48 +0.5 pp
2015 47.6 +0.4 pp
2014 47.1 +0.4 pp
2013 46.7 +0.3 pp
2012 46.4 +0.3 pp
2011 46.1 +0.3 pp
2010 45.7 +0.3 pp
2009 45.4 +0.3 pp
2008 45.1 +0.3 pp
2007 44.8 +0.3 pp
2006 44.5 +0.3 pp
2005 44.2 +0.3 pp
2004 43.8 +0.3 pp
2003 43.5 +0.3 pp
2002 43.2 +0.3 pp
2001 42.9 +0.3 pp
2000 42.6 +0.3 pp
1999 42.2 +0.3 pp
1998 41.9 +0.3 pp
1997 41.6 +0.3 pp
1996 41.3 +0.3 pp
1995 40.9 +0.3 pp
1994 40.6 +0.3 pp
1993 40.3 +0.3 pp
1992 40 +0.3 pp
1991 39.6 +0.3 pp
1990 39.3 +0.3 pp
1989 39 +0.3 pp
1988 38.7 +0.3 pp
1987 38.4 +0.3 pp
1986 38.1 +0.3 pp
1985 37.8 +0.3 pp
1984 37.5 +0.4 pp
1983 37.1 +0.4 pp
1982 36.8 +0.4 pp
1981 36.3 +0.5 pp
1980 35.8 +0.6 pp
1979 35.2 +0.7 pp
1978 34.4 +0.8 pp
1977 33.6 +0.9 pp
1976 32.7 +0.9 pp
1975 31.8 +0.9 pp
1974 30.9 +0.9 pp
1973 29.9 +0.9 pp
1972 29 +0.9 pp
1971 28.1 +0.9 pp
1970 27.3 +0.9 pp
1969 26.4 +0.9 pp
1968 25.5 +0.9 pp
1967 24.6 +0.9 pp
1966 23.7 +0.9 pp
1965 22.8 +0.9 pp
1964 22 +0.8 pp
1963 21.2 +0.8 pp
1962 20.4 +0.7 pp
1961 19.7 +0.7 pp
1960 19

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.