Bosnia and Herzegovina is 1.07× the size of Slovakia

Bosnia and Herzegovina covers about 51,800 km² (20,000 mi²) and Slovakia about 48,500 km² (18,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

51,800km²Bosnia and Herzegovina
48,500km²Slovakia

100 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovakia

What fits

Slovakia is 94% of the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is larger by 3,370 km² (1,300 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Slovakia.
Measured in Belgiums: Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 1.69, Slovakia about 1.58.

How they differ

Bosnia and Herzegovina is larger, but Slovakia has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.8 million, 1.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 112 in Slovakia against 74 in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Slovakia is 1.52× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 521 km apart.
On a standard web map Slovakia looks larger than Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Slovakia at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Slovakia as 1.10× the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when Bosnia and Herzegovina is 1.07× the size of Slovakia.
Together Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia cover 100,000 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,370 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Slovakia's density, Bosnia and Herzegovina would have 5.8 million people (it has 3.8 million). At Bosnia and Herzegovina's density, Slovakia would have 3.6 million (it has 5.4 million).
Slovakia's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 510 km, farther north than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.07×
More people	Slovakia	1.42×
More crowded	Slovakia	1.52×
Farther north	Slovakia	4.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Slovakia	2.3× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovakia
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 350

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

Side by side

	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovakia
Area, main territory	51,800 km²20,000 mi²	48,500 km²18,700 mi²
Population	3.8 millionWikidata, 2022	5.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	74 per km²	112 per km²
Official area	51,200 km²Wikidata	49,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Sarajevo	Bratislava
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	48°N to 50°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025, 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 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 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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