Bosnia and Herzegovina: Facts & Stats

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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	(2024 est.) 3,393,000
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	(2023) 134
Population Projection 2030	3,313,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2024) 171.6
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2024) 66.3
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 50.7% • Rural: (2024) 49.3%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2022) 75 years • Female: (2022) 81.2 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate	Male: (2021) 99% • Female: (2021) 97%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2022) 24,771
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2022) 7,660
International Authority	Christian Schmidt²
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.