Bosnia and Herzegovina

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PROFILE
  • Area: 51,197 sq. km (19,767 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 3,861,912 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.14% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 76.7 years (2016)
  • Languages: Bosnian (official), Croatian (official), Serbian (official)
  • Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
  • Alternate names: Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Narodna Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, People’s Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Socij
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: Chairman of the Presidency Mladen IVANIC (other presidency members Dragan COVIC and Bakir IZETBEGOVIC); head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Denis ZVIZDIC
  • Capital: Sarajevo
  • Administrative divisions: 2 entities and 1 internationally-supervised district
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $10,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: metals, clothing, wood products
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
  • Currency: Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (BAM)