Bosnia and Herzegovina: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Republika Bosna i Hercegovina
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Borjana Krišto (Chair of the Council of Ministers)
Capital	Sarajevo
Population	(2026 est.) 3,386,000
Head Of State	nominally a tripartite presidency with a chair that rotates every eight months; Chair: Denis Bećirović
Form Of Government	emerging republic with two legislative houses (House of Peoples [15¹]; House of Representatives [42])
Official Languages	Bosnian; Croatian; Serbian
Official Religion	none
Official Name	Bosna i Hercegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Total Area (Sq Km)	51,209
Total Area (Sq Mi)	19,772
Monetary Unit	convertible marka (KM^{3, 4})
Population Rank	(2026) 135
Population Projection 2030	3,313,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2026) 171.3
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2026) 66.1
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 50.7% • Rural: (2024) 49.3%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2021) 72.6 years • Female: (2021) 77.2 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2024) 27,804
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2024) 8,790
International Authority	Louis Crishock²
¹All seats are nonelective.²High Representative of the international community, per the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement/EU Special Representative.³The KM is pegged to the euro.⁴The euro also circulates as semiofficial legal tender.