Bosnia and Herzegovina - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1,672,559 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,769,576 in 1988 and a minimum value of 1,672,559 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,611,498
1961 2,641,209
1962 2,667,929
1963 2,692,740
1964 2,713,480
1965 2,728,907
1966 2,738,320
1967 2,742,345
1968 2,742,362
1969 2,740,412
1970 2,737,633
1971 2,736,229
1972 2,739,133
1973 2,741,098
1974 2,740,987
1975 2,738,247
1976 2,732,434
1977 2,724,083
1978 2,714,107
1979 2,703,888
1980 2,694,206
1981 2,690,479
1982 2,703,827
1983 2,716,868
1984 2,729,502
1985 2,741,175
1986 2,753,867
1987 2,766,101
1988 2,769,576
1989 2,753,601
1990 2,711,573
1991 2,640,031
1992 2,544,988
1993 2,439,369
1994 2,341,997
1995 2,266,146
1996 2,216,113
1997 2,187,768
1998 2,175,065
1999 2,168,562
2000 2,161,278
2001 2,151,985
2002 2,142,325
2003 2,132,027
2004 2,121,199
2005 2,109,904
2006 2,098,018
2007 2,084,549
2008 2,067,847
2009 2,045,841
2010 2,017,336
2011 1,981,500
2012 1,939,511
2013 1,894,617
2014 1,851,088
2015 1,811,629
2016 1,777,179
2017 1,746,954
2018 1,720,299
2019 1,695,855
2020 1,672,559

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 50.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.96 in 1960, while its lowest value was 50.98 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 80.96
1961 80.31
1962 79.56
1963 78.79
1964 78.00
1965 77.18
1966 76.35
1967 75.49
1968 74.61
1969 73.72
1970 72.80
1971 71.91
1972 71.13
1973 70.33
1974 69.53
1975 68.71
1976 67.88
1977 67.04
1978 66.19
1979 65.33
1980 64.46
1981 63.72
1982 63.39
1983 63.07
1984 62.74
1985 62.41
1986 62.08
1987 61.75
1988 61.42
1989 61.09
1990 60.75
1991 60.42
1992 60.11
1993 59.80
1994 59.49
1995 59.18
1996 58.87
1997 58.56
1998 58.25
1999 57.93
2000 57.62
2001 57.30
2002 56.99
2003 56.67
2004 56.35
2005 56.04
2006 55.72
2007 55.40
2008 55.08
2009 54.76
2010 54.44
2011 54.12
2012 53.80
2013 53.48
2014 53.16
2015 52.83
2016 52.48
2017 52.12
2018 51.76
2019 51.37
2020 50.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization