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Fertility in Bosnia and Herzegovina sits at 1.50 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 24 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 7.7 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.72, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 29.3 years, up from 26.6 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.61 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.50 children/woman
Birth rate
7.7 per 1,000 people
Total births
24K
Mean age at birth
29.3 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.1 children per woman in 1950 to 1.50 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.