Bosnia and Herzegovina is 1.07× the size of Dominican Republic

Bosnia and Herzegovina covers about 51,800 km² (20,000 mi²) and Dominican Republic about 48,400 km² (18,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

51,800km²Bosnia and Herzegovina
48,400km²Dominican Republic

100 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dominican Republic

What fits

Dominican Republic is 93% of the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is larger by 3,390 km² (1,310 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Dominican Republic.
Measured in Belgiums: Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 1.69, Dominican Republic about 1.58.

How they differ

Bosnia and Herzegovina is larger, but Dominican Republic has the larger population: 10.8 million against 3.8 million, 2.82× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 222 in Dominican Republic against 74 in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dominican Republic is 3.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Dominican Republic at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Bosnia and Herzegovina as 1.86× the size of Dominican Republic instead of 1.07×.
Together Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dominican Republic cover 100,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,390 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Dominican Republic's density, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 11.5 million people (it has 3.8 million). At Bosnia and Herzegovina's density, Dominican Republic would have 3.6 million (it has 10.8 million).
Bosnia and Herzegovina's centre is 25.3° of latitude, about 2,810 km, farther north than Dominican Republic's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.07×
More people	Dominican Republic	2.82×
More crowded	Dominican Republic	3.02×
Farther north	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dominican Republic
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.69×	1.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.14×	0.14×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
France 548,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 328	1 in 351

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dominican Republic
Area, main territory	51,800 km²20,000 mi²	48,400 km²18,700 mi²
Population	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022	10.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	74 per km²	222 per km²
Official area	51,200 km²Wikidata	48,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Sarajevo	Santo Domingo
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	18°N to 20°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 48,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,400 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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