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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina covers about 51,800 km² (20,000 mi²), the 129th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Costa Rica, at about 51,200 km².

51,800km²Area, main territory
3.8 millionPopulation
1.69In Belgiums

100 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Facts

Area, main territory	51,800 km²20,000 mi²
Official area	51,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
In Belgiums	1.69
Capital	Sarajevo
Population	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	74 people per km²
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N
In other languages	Bosnia y Herzegovina Español · Bosnien und Herzegowina Deutsch · Bosnie-Herzégovine Français · Bósnia e Herzegovina Português · ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ日本語 · 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那中文 · 보스니아 헤르체고비나 한국어
Continent	Europe#26 of 50 countries by area

What the numbers say about Bosnia and Herzegovina

Russia, the largest place listed, is 328× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At 74 people per km², Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 91st most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so Bosnia and Herzegovina looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Bosnia and Herzegovina's main territory stretches about 303 km north to south and 309 km east to west.
Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,800 km², to within 2%.

How Bosnia and Herzegovina measures up

Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 0.2% of the land area and 0.5% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 7th largest of 17.

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	51,800 km²	128th of 239
Population	3.8 million	132nd of 237
Density	74 per km²	91st of 185
Farthest north	44.2°N	40th of 212

Compared with	Its area	Bosnia and Herzegovina is
Belgium	30,700 km²	1.69× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	0.21× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	0.14× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	0.14× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.09× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	0.02× its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	0.01× its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	0.01× its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	1 in 328 its size

Where Bosnia and Herzegovina sits

Bosnia and Herzegovina's centre lies at 44.2°N, 17.8°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 4,910 km from the equator.
Its main territory spans 43°N to 45°N, about 300 km from its southern edge to its northern.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

If Bosnia and Herzegovina had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 64.9 million people. It has 3.8 million.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 193,000 people. It has 3.8 million.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 3.7 million.

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Sources and method

Outline: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
Official figures: Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
Population: Wikidata, 2022; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built: 2026-11-11

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