Which has higher rural population, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Finland?

Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 1.49 million against 1.44 million in Finland as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland?

47,090, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Finland: Rural population

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.49 million

in 2025

Finland

1.44 million

in 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

115th

Finland rank

117th

Rural population over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finland

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 1.49 million against 1.44 million in Finland, a difference of 47,090.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been ahead every year.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 115th and Finland ranks 117th of 218 countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.73 million	1.91 million	818,965	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970s	2.71 million	1.79 million	922,361	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980s	2.69 million	1.78 million	902,912	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1990s	2.41 million	1.78 million	621,409	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	2.29 million	1.66 million	630,523	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	1.87 million	1.57 million	297,443	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	1.56 million	1.46 million	101,418	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Finland?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 1.49 million against 1.44 million in Finland as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland?: 47,090, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland rank globally for rural population?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 115th and Finland ranks 117th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rural population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.