MigrantoMigration trends in Bosnia
Europe
Bosnia loses more people than it takes in: 1.6M emigrants against 33.3K immigrants. Net balance −1.6M — 50% of the country's population
3.2M
Population
33.3K
Immigrants
1.6M
Emigrants
−1.6M
Outflow
1 in 95 residents of Bosnia was born abroad — and 1 in 3 people born in Bosnia lives abroad
#51 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Bosnia
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
54.5K immigrants · 1.1M emigrants
1995
- Croatia replaced Serbia as the main destination for those leaving
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 54%
- Surge of departures to Germany — 282K people left
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 43%
2010
- Croatia replaced Serbia as the main destination for those leaving
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 499.3K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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