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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Iran statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a population of 3.16M (ranked 134/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Bosnia and Herzegovina's land area is 19,768 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 125th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 111/197 ($28.3B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 90/197 ($8,957), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Main facts and rankings

Bosnia Iran
Population
3140094
93020793
Population rank 135/197 17/197
GDP
$28.3B
2024
$437B
2024
GDP rank 111/197 37/197
GDP per capita
$8,957
2024
$4,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 90/197 122/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$21,971
2024
$18,442
2024
Government debt
$9.28B
2024
$161B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
33.8%
2025
39.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,934
2024
$1,758
2024
Government debt per person rank 102/185 121/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,350
2025
$2,970
2025
Land area
19,768 sq mi
2025
626,451 sq mi
2025
Population density
160.1 ppl/mi²
2024
146.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.49
2023
1.7
2023
Median age
46.3 years
2024
34.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran: Comparison Charts

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran economies compared

GDP
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year GDP
Bosnia Iran
1960 - $4,199,134,390
1961 - $4,426,949,095
1962 - $4,693,566,416
1963 - $4,928,628,018
1964 - $5,379,845,648
1965 - $6,197,319,929
1966 - $6,789,938,672
1967 - $7,555,383,690
1968 - $8,623,172,960
1969 - $9,743,089,607
1970 - $10,976,245,154
1971 - $13,731,802,833
1972 - $17,153,463,263
1973 - $27,081,698,250
1974 - $46,209,092,072
1975 - $51,776,222,350
1976 - $68,055,295,081
1977 - $80,600,122,702
1978 - $77,994,316,621
1979 - $90,391,877,326
1980 - $94,362,275,580
1981 - $100,499,312,750
1982 - $125,948,756,439
1983 - $156,365,156,618
1984 - $162,276,728,620
1985 - $180,183,629,600
1986 - $209,094,561,833
1987 - $134,009,995,923
1988 - $123,057,861,334
1989 - $120,496,362,916
1990 $7,753,478,261 $124,813,263,926
1991 $6,122,959,184 $131,637,664,958
1992 $4,735,044,707 $119,768,691,217
1993 $3,630,668,950 $63,743,623,231
1994 $1,255,802,469 $71,841,461,172
1995 $1,866,572,954 $96,419,225,745
1996 $2,786,045,322 $120,403,931,883
1997 $3,671,909,673 $113,919,163,421
1998 $4,116,774,301 $110,276,913,362
1999 $4,686,256,363 $113,848,450,089
2000 $5,567,772,769 $109,591,707,801
2001 $5,800,615,466 $126,878,750,296
2002 $6,728,220,887 $128,626,917,504
2003 $8,498,894,359 $151,911,222,120
2004 $10,156,541,538 $187,754,571,247
2005 $11,222,796,337 $224,970,371,329
2006 $12,864,841,906 $265,602,187,406
2007 $15,778,734,264 $349,736,591,836
2008 $19,112,796,623 $406,070,949,551
2009 $17,613,949,091 $414,059,094,950
2010 $17,176,315,804 $487,069,570,461
2011 $18,644,233,537 $629,082,257,472
2012 $17,226,735,996 $644,019,315,004
2013 $18,179,108,531 $500,399,839,840
2014 $18,558,733,564 $462,284,793,281
2015 $16,404,348,871 $409,191,686,497
2016 $17,116,926,328 $459,042,684,193
2017 $18,326,373,366 $489,168,731,811
2018 $20,484,053,869 $398,880,231,367
2019 $20,482,608,755 $333,519,146,339
2020 $20,226,036,564 $262,186,179,356
2021 $23,672,712,242 $383,436,202,447
2022 $24,534,663,636 $394,362,621,793
2023 $27,592,361,388 $404,625,655,076
2024 $28,343,394,203 $436,906,331,672

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year GDP per capita
Bosnia Iran
1960 - $195.6
1961 - $200.1
1962 - $205.8
1963 - $209.6
1964 - $221.7
1965 - $247.5
1966 - $262.9
1967 - $283.7
1968 - $314
1969 - $345
1970 - $377
1971 - $457
1972 - $555
1973 - $851
1974 - $1,409
1975 - $1,532
1976 - $1,954
1977 - $2,243
1978 - $2,101
1979 - $2,352
1980 - $2,368
1981 - $2,393
1982 - $2,845
1983 - $3,397
1984 - $3,395
1985 - $3,634
1986 - $4,064
1987 - $2,513
1988 - $2,234
1989 - $2,125
1990 $1,743 $2,138
1991 $1,373 $2,194
1992 $1,118 $1,957
1993 $930 $1,038
1994 $337 $1,168
1995 $502 $1,550
1996 $719 $1,915
1997 $914 $1,790
1998 $1,007 $1,709
1999 $1,135 $1,740
2000 $1,338 $1,650
2001 $1,388 $1,881
2002 $1,607 $1,891
2003 $2,034 $2,209
2004 $2,453 $2,672
2005 $2,740 $3,132
2006 $3,166 $3,619
2007 $3,931 $4,688
2008 $4,842 $5,377
2009 $4,540 $5,416
2010 $4,506 $6,291
2011 $4,983 $8,026
2012 $4,694 $8,114
2013 $5,035 $6,223
2014 $5,206 $5,672
2015 $4,662 $4,953
2016 $4,929 $5,477
2017 $5,345 $5,753
2018 $6,048 $4,632
2019 $6,122 $3,831
2020 $6,130 $2,989
2021 $7,295 $4,335
2022 $7,656 $4,405
2023 $8,663 $4,466
2024 $8,957 $4,771

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year Life expectancy, years
Bosnia Iran
1950 47.3 38.2
1951 48.4 38.7
1952 49.4 39.2
1953 51.1 39.5
1954 51.9 40
1955 53 40.6
1956 53.9 41.1
1957 55.1 41.3
1958 56.2 42.2
1959 57.6 42.8
1960 58.5 43.3
1961 59.3 43.9
1962 60.1 43.8
1963 60.5 45.1
1964 61.5 45.7
1965 62.2 46.4
1966 63.1 47.1
1967 63.7 47.8
1968 64 47.9
1969 64.4 49.4
1970 64.8 50.2
1971 65.2 51.1
1972 65.7 51.7
1973 66.6 52.9
1974 67.6 53.9
1975 68.3 54.8
1976 68.6 55.8
1977 68.8 56.7
1978 68.8 56
1979 69.1 58.5
1980 69.6 58.4
1981 70.1 56.6
1982 70.1 57.6
1983 70.1 58.5
1984 70.2 60.9
1985 70.6 61.5
1986 70.8 62.1
1987 70.9 62.7
1988 71 63.3
1989 71.4 65.3
1990 71.5 64.1
1991 71.8 66.2
1992 52 66.7
1993 50.9 67
1994 66.6 67.5
1995 70.2 67.9
1996 73.5 68.3
1997 73.9 68.6
1998 74.5 69.2
1999 74.9 69.7
2000 75.3 70.2
2001 75.6 70.6
2002 76 71.1
2003 76.4 70.5
2004 76.5 72
2005 76.4 72.4
2006 76 72.9
2007 76.2 73.3
2008 76.3 73.7
2009 76.7 74
2010 76.8 74.4
2011 77 74.7
2012 77 75
2013 77.1 75.3
2014 77.1 75.6
2015 77.1 75.9
2016 77.1 76.2
2017 77.4 76.4
2018 77.9 76.6
2019 77.4 76.9
2020 76 74.1
2021 74.6 73.8
2022 76.8 76.8
2023 77.9 77.7
2024 78 77.9
2025 78.2 78.1

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year Population
Bosnia Iran
1960 3,281,381 21,470,434
1961 3,348,035 22,125,726
1962 3,407,532 22,807,907
1963 3,461,942 23,519,005
1964 3,513,441 24,262,859
1965 3,562,834 25,036,978
1966 3,610,562 25,829,270
1967 3,656,223 26,628,432
1968 3,698,794 27,437,391
1969 3,737,765 28,273,482
1970 3,773,247 29,145,100
1971 3,809,376 30,029,071
1972 3,848,271 30,921,179
1973 3,887,376 31,839,838
1974 3,926,472 32,796,463
1975 3,965,743 33,802,973
1976 4,004,552 34,837,271
1977 4,042,124 35,933,181
1978 4,078,240 37,126,535
1979 4,113,300 38,424,952
1980 4,148,426 39,842,324
1981 4,184,217 41,989,312
1982 4,221,100 44,272,141
1983 4,258,728 46,029,535
1984 4,295,536 47,793,998
1985 4,330,364 49,582,289
1986 4,362,115 51,446,045
1987 4,390,246 53,323,493
1988 4,414,404 55,072,694
1989 4,433,983 56,704,914
1990 4,448,652 58,380,092
1991 4,458,343 59,986,931
1992 4,234,616 61,184,983
1993 3,904,482 61,403,543
1994 3,725,412 61,520,598
1995 3,715,564 62,205,567
1996 3,875,246 62,881,300
1997 4,018,227 63,639,638
1998 4,089,356 64,519,859
1999 4,130,305 65,445,391
2000 4,159,771 66,418,659
2001 4,179,438 67,452,005
2002 4,188,002 68,011,317
2003 4,178,523 68,769,340
2004 4,140,987 70,256,316
2005 4,096,493 71,828,455
2006 4,063,272 73,392,747
2007 4,013,424 74,602,648
2008 3,947,544 75,514,204
2009 3,879,794 76,457,825
2010 3,811,472 77,420,842
2011 3,741,798 78,383,598
2012 3,670,113 79,370,580
2013 3,610,859 80,414,686
2014 3,564,829 81,502,045
2015 3,518,541 82,619,362
2016 3,473,003 83,812,228
2017 3,428,682 85,026,754
2018 3,387,000 86,117,998
2019 3,345,533 87,051,648
2020 3,299,349 87,723,443
2021 3,244,907 88,455,488
2022 3,204,802 89,524,246
2023 3,185,073 90,608,707
2024 3,164,253 91,567,738

Fertility rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran

Fertility rate
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year Fertility rate
Bosnia Iran
1960 3.96 7.52
1961 3.89 7.46
1962 3.81 7.4
1963 3.7 7.32
1964 3.6 7.24
1965 3.53 7.22
1966 3.39 7.21
1967 3.22 7.19
1968 3.08 7.12
1969 2.95 7.01
1970 2.79 6.8
1971 2.75 6.55
1972 2.67 6.26
1973 2.54 6.06
1974 2.45 5.97
1975 2.39 5.95
1976 2.31 6.07
1977 2.2 6.18
1978 2.08 6.34
1979 1.99 6.55
1980 1.98 6.63
1981 2.02 6.62
1982 2.05 6.59
1983 2.05 6.53
1984 2.02 6.43
1985 1.96 6.24
1986 1.91 6.01
1987 1.88 5.72
1988 1.85 5.43
1989 1.79 5.17
1990 1.79 4.93
1991 1.78 4.57
1992 1.76 4.1
1993 1.73 3.67
1994 1.7 3.24
1995 1.67 2.85
1996 1.65 2.54
1997 1.69 2.32
1998 1.56 2.19
1999 1.37 2.09
2000 1.28 2
2001 1.23 1.92
2002 1.23 1.84
2003 1.22 1.8
2004 1.22 1.78
2005 1.2 1.76
2006 1.18 1.76
2007 1.19 1.75
2008 1.21 1.74
2009 1.27 1.74
2010 1.26 1.75
2011 1.21 1.79
2012 1.25 1.85
2013 1.28 1.91
2014 1.26 1.98
2015 1.32 2.02
2016 1.36 2.05
2017 1.42 2.02
2018 1.5 1.92
2019 1.51 1.77
2020 1.52 1.7
2021 1.49 1.71
2022 1.48 1.7
2023 1.49 1.7

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran demographics compared

Median age
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran
Year Median age, years
Bosnia Iran
1960 21.5 19.1
1961 21.6 18.7
1962 21.6 18.4
1963 21.7 18.1
1964 21.7 17.9
1965 21.8 17.8
1966 21.9 17.7
1967 22 17.7
1968 22.1 17.6
1969 22.2 17.6
1970 22.4 17.6
1971 22.6 17.7
1972 22.9 17.8
1973 23.2 17.9
1974 23.6 18
1975 23.9 18.1
1976 24.2 18.2
1977 24.6 18.3
1978 25 18.3
1979 25.4 18.3
1980 25.8 18.2
1981 26.2 18.4
1982 26.5 18.6
1983 26.9 18.5
1984 27.3 18.4
1985 27.6 18.3
1986 28 18.2
1987 28.4 18.2
1988 28.8 18.2
1989 29.2 18.1
1990 29.7 18.2
1991 30.2 18.3
1992 30.9 18.4
1993 31.8 18.3
1994 32.6 18.4
1995 33 18.7
1996 32.9 19.1
1997 32.8 19.5
1998 33 20
1999 33.3 20.7
2000 33.6 21.4
2001 34 22
2002 34.4 22.6
2003 34.9 23.1
2004 35.4 23.7
2005 35.9 24.3
2006 36.5 24.8
2007 37.1 25.5
2008 37.8 26.1
2009 38.5 26.6
2010 39.1 27.2
2011 39.8 27.7
2012 40.5 28.2
2013 41.2 28.7
2014 41.8 29.2
2015 42.3 29.7
2016 42.8 30.2
2017 43.3 30.7
2018 43.8 31.2
2019 44.3 31.7
2020 44.8 32.3
2021 45.2 32.8
2022 45.6 33.3
2023 46 33.8
2024 46.3 34.3

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Finance

Bosnia Iran
GNI, Atlas method
$27.3B
2024
$426B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.9%
2025
15%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.25%
2023
2.82%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.81%
2023
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
11,000
2020
650,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.19%
2025
-5.47%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.7%
2023
8.13%
2023
Services, % of GDP
58%
2024
47.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22%
2024
36.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.5
2025
42.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.1%
2011
28.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2011
2.8%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
594
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$172B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$9.42B
2024
$7.69B
1982
Personal remittances received
$3.12B
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
197,000
2020
1,550,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
6.24%
2020
2.28%
2000
Banked people share
77.5%
2024
91.1%
2024

Energy

Bosnia Iran
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,171 kg
2023
3,266 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.4
2023
$5.03
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
22 megatons
2023
779 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.91 tons
2023
8.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
78.8%
2022
98.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
36.6%
2021
0.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.15%
2023
1.14%
2022
Net energy imports use share
24.9%
2023
-32.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,677 kWh
2023
3,664 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
39.3%
2021
4.24%
2021
Hydroelectric share
39.3%
2023
3.43%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
2.2%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bosnia Iran
% of world population
0.04%
2024
1.12%
2024
Annual migration change
-4,497
2024
+190,156
2024
Urban population
50.7%
2024
77.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.99 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.5 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
54.9
2025
40.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
23
2024
Higher education index
62
2025
78
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.22
2023
2.42
2014
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.5
2019
21.5
2019
Visa free countries
124
2025
55
2025
Adult literacy rate
98.3%
2022
88.9%
2023
English speaking
16%
2025
12%
2025
People using the Internet
86.1%
2024
79.6%
2023

Health

Bosnia Iran
Government health expenditure per capita
$667
2022
$237.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$206.1
2022
$92.9
2022
Life expectancy
78.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.91%
2022
0.43%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.32
2019
1.51
2018
Age at first childbirth
28 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
16
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6
2023
11.8
2023
Obesity rate
22%
2022
25.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.3%
2024
9%
2024
Air quality index
23
2025
27
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
36.2%
2022
13.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.87 liters
2020
0.51 liters
2020

Territory

Bosnia Iran
% of world land
0.03%
2025
1.09%
2025
Land area per capita
6,247 sq mi
2024
6,841 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,297 sq mi
2025
181,727 sq mi
2025
Forest area
8,448 sq mi
2025
41,654 sq mi
2025
Roads length
14,246 mi
2010
138,867 mi
2018

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