Population
2.9M
Federal republic
GDP per capita, PPP
$40,978
in 2031
Passport power
#87
77 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Sarajevo
of 8 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- Continent
- Europe / Southeast Europe
- Area
- 51,209 km²
- Population
- 2.9M
- Density
- 61.0/km²
- Government
- Federal republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .ba
- Calling code
- +387
- Timezone
- UTC+01:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #87 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 77
- Total accessible
- 110
Culture and society
- Languages
- Bosnian (bosanski jezik), Croatian (hrvatski jezik), Serbian (српски језик)
- Religions
- Islam 51.3%, Christianity 46.1%, Others 2.6%
- Currencies
- KM BAM — Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.804
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $40,978
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 78.0 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 86.1%
- Gini index (2022)
- 27.1
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.0%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 12.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 52.7%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.4/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 25.2 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 1.2/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.58