Back Босниеи Херцеговинеи Abkhazian Bosnia Hèrzègovina ACE Bosnië en Herzegowina Afrikaans Bosnien und Herzegowina ALS ቦስኒያና ሄርጸጎቪና Amharic Bosnia and herzegovina AMI Bosnia y Herzegovina AN Bosnia and Herzegofina ANG Bosinia Ezegovina ANN बौसनिया आरो हेर्जेगोविना ANP
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
|---|---|
| Anthem: Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine Државна химна Босне и Херцеговине "National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina" | |
 Location of Bosnia and Herzegovina (green) in Europe (dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Sarajevo[1] 43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°E |
| Official languages (state level) | None (de jure) Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (de facto) |
| Official languages (entity level) | Bosnian Croatian Serbian |
| Demonym(s) | [4][5][6] |
| Government | Federal parliamentary[6] directorial republic |
| Christian Schmidt[a] | |
| Željka Cvijanović | |
| Željko Komšić Denis Bećirović | |
| Borjana Krišto | |
| Legislature | Parliamentary Assembly |
| House of Peoples | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Establishment history | |
| 9th century | |
| 1154 | |
| 1377 | |
| 1463 | |
| 1878 | |
| 1 December 1918 | |
• ZAVNOBiH | 25 November 1943 |
• SR Bosnia and Herzegovina within SFR Yugoslavia | 29 November 1945 |
• Independence from Yugoslavia | 3 March 1992 |
| 18 March 1994 | |
| 14 December 1995 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 51,209[7] km2 (19,772 sq mi) (125th) |
• Water (%) | 1.4% |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate |  3,434,000[7] (135th) |
• 2013 census | 3,531,159[2] |
• Density | 69/km2 (178.7/sq mi) (156th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2025 estimate |
• Total |  $77.90 billion[8] (110th) |
• Per capita | $22,610[8] (83rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2025 estimate |
• Total | $29.86 billion[8] (110th) |
• Per capita | $8,670[8] (88th) |
| Gini (2015) |  32.7[9]medium inequality |
| HDI (2022) | 0.779[10] high (80th) |
| Currency | Convertible mark (BAM) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Calling code | +387 |
| ISO 3166 code | BA |
| Internet TLD | .ba |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina[a] (Bosnian: Bosna i Hercegovina, Босна и Херцеговина; Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina; Serbian: Bosna i Hercegovina, Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a 20-kilometre-long (12-mile) coast on the Adriatic Sea. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city.
The area has been inhabited since at least the Upper Paleolithic, but evidence suggests that during the Neolithic age, permanent human settlements were established, including those that belonged to the Butmir, Kakanj, and Vučedol cultures. After the arrival of the first Indo-Europeans, the area was populated by several Illyrian and Celtic civilizations. The ancestors of the South Slavic peoples that populate the area today arrived during the 6th through the 9th century. In the 12th century, the Banate of Bosnia was established; by the 14th century, this had evolved into the Kingdom of Bosnia. In the mid-15th century, it was annexed into the Ottoman Empire, under whose rule it remained until the late 19th century; the Ottomans brought Islam to the region. From the late 19th century until World War I, the country was annexed into the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. In the interwar period, Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After World War II, it was granted full republic status in the newly formed Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1992, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the republic proclaimed independence. This was followed by the Bosnian War, which lasted until late 1995 and ended with the signing of the Dayton Agreement.
The country is home to three main ethnic groups: Bosniaks are the largest group, Serbs the second-largest, and Croats the third-largest. Minorities include Jews, Roma, Albanians, Montenegrins, Ukrainians and Turks. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature and a presidency made up of one member from each of the three major ethnic groups. However, the central government's power is highly limited, as the country is largely decentralized. It comprises two autonomous entities—the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska—and a third unit, the Brčko District, governed by its own local government.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a developing country. Its economy is dominated by industry and agriculture, followed by tourism and the service sector. Tourism has increased significantly in recent years.[13][14] The country has a social-security and universal-healthcare system, and primary and secondary education is free. Bosnia and Herzegovina is an EU candidate country and has also been a candidate for NATO membership since April 2010.[15]
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Constitutionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine / Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016). "Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013: Rezultati Popisa / Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final Results" (PDF) (in Bosnian and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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- ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina • Country facts". PopulationData.net. 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Danas se iz Norveške kući vraća 13 državljana BiH, a šta je sa ostalima?". MojaBiH (in Bosnian). 5 April 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b CIA 2019.
- ^ a b "Demografija, 2022" (PDF). bhas.gov.ba. Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 31 October 2023. p. 26. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/BIH
- ^ "Distribution of family income – Gini index". The World Factbook. TWB. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2023/24" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917]. Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.). English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 3-12-539683-2.
- ^ "Bosnia". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster., "Herzegovina". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update" (PDF). UNDP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "International tourism, number of arrivals – Bosnia and Herzegovina". World Bank. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Membership Action Plan (MAP)". NATO. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
In April 2010, when the foreign ministers of NATO member countries met in Tallinn, after reviewing the progress that Bosnia and Herzegovina had made in its reform efforts, they invited the country to join the Membership Action Plan.
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