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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,140,095#135 · −0.77%/yr
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Qatar

2,972,215#138 · +3.92%/yr

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 6% more people than Qatar: 3,140,095 vs 2,972,215, a gap of 167,880. Qatar is growing faster (+3.92% vs −0.77% a year), adding about 116,653 people a year against −24,066. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Qatar would overtake Bosnia and Herzegovina in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the older society: 22.9% aged 65+ against 1.7% in Qatar, while Qatar has more children (15.0% under 15 vs 12.8%). Qatar is 3.7× as densely populated (231.2 vs 62.2 people per km²). People in Qatar live 4.5 years longer on average (82.5 vs 78.0). GDP per capita is 7.0× higher in Qatar ($72,525 vs $10,382).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and 2025 (Qatar); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar — side by side

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaFlag of Qatar Qatar
Population3,140,09520252,972,2152025
Growth rate / yr−0.77%2025+3.92%2025
Births per 1,0007.720249.52024
Deaths per 1,00013.520241.12024
Children per woman1.4920241.722024
Life expectancy78.0 yrs202482.5 yrs2024
Aged 0–1412.8%202515.0%2025
Aged 65+22.9%20251.7%2025
Density62.2 /km²2023231.2 /km²2023
Area51,210 km²202311,490 km²2023
Urban population52.7%202599.4%2025
Net migration / yr-6,9942025+36,2882025
GDP per capita$10,3822025$72,5252025
Country population rank (available records)#135#138
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.04%0.04%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.0× from 1960 to 2025; Qatar: 82.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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