Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- Region
- Europe, Southeast Europe
- Population
- 3,140,095 (2025)
- Area
- 51,129 km²
- Currency
- Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (BAM)
- Languages
- Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
- Calling code
- +387
- Internet domain
- .ba
- ISO codes
- BA, BIH, 070
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Bosnia and Herzegovina covers about 51,129 square kilometres. By area it ranks 130th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Croatia and a little larger than Costa Rica. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia. Its centre lies at about 44° north, 18° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 3.14 million people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 136th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 61 people to each square kilometre. About 53 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 78 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina is called Bosnian, Herzegovinian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (code BAM, symbol KM). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 32.6 billion (2025), which is about US$ 10,382 for each person (2025).
Time
Bosnia and Herzegovina uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Sarajevo). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Sarajevo | 696,731 |
| Banja Luka | 221,106 |
| Zenica | 164,423 |
| Tuzla | 142,486 |
| Mostar | 104,518 |
| Bihać | 75,641 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southeast Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.