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🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BIH
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BA
UN M49 numeric070
IOC codeBIH
Official nameBosnia and Herzegovina
Native name(s)bos: official: Bosna i Hercegovina; common: Bosna i Hercegovina; hrv: official: Bosna i Hercegovina; common: Bosna i Hercegovina; srp: official: Боснa и Херцеговина; common: Боснa и Херцеговина
Alt spellingsBA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Босна и Херцеговина
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSoutheast Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalSarajevo
Area (km²)51,209
Lat / Lng44.0000, 18.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)HRV, MNE, SRB
Top-level domain.ba
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 87

Demographics

Population (World Bank)3,140,095 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.044 (2024)
Languagesbos: Bosnian; hrv: Croatian; srp: Serbian
Demonymseng: f: Bosnian, Herzegovinian; m: Bosnian, Herzegovinian; fra: f: Bosnienne; m: Bosnien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)32,599,982,936.393 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)10,381.846 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)11.037 (2025)
CurrenciesBAM: name: Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark; symbol: KM

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,690,410
19512,730,242
19522,774,682
19532,829,227
19542,890,197
19552,952,173
19563,015,551
19573,079,937
19583,145,430
19593,212,367
19603,281,381
19613,348,035
19623,407,532
19633,461,942
19643,513,441
19653,562,834
19663,610,562
19673,656,223
19683,698,794
19693,737,765
19703,773,247
19713,809,376
19723,848,271
19733,887,376
19743,926,472
19753,965,743
19764,004,552
19774,042,124
19784,078,240
19794,113,300
19804,148,426
19814,184,217
19824,221,100
19834,258,728
19844,295,536
19854,330,364
19864,362,115
19874,390,246
19884,414,404
19894,433,983
19904,448,652
19914,458,343
19924,234,616
19933,904,482
19943,725,412
19953,715,564
19963,875,246
19974,018,227
19984,089,356
19994,130,305
20004,159,771
20014,179,438
20024,188,002
20034,178,523
20044,140,987
20054,096,493
20064,063,272
20074,013,424
20083,947,544
20093,879,794
20103,811,472
20113,741,798
20123,670,113
20133,610,859
20143,564,829
20153,518,541
20163,473,003
20173,428,682
20183,387,000
20193,345,533
20203,299,349
20213,244,907
20223,204,802
20233,185,073

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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