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If you were born in Bosnia & Herzegovina
1 in 5,534 babies · 0.02% of births · about 24,242 a year
Right now, about 0.02% of the world's babies are born in Bosnia & Herzegovina — 1 in 5,534, or roughly 24,242 a year and 66 a day. Life expectancy there is 78.0 years.
How the 1 in 5,534 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Bosnia & Herzegovina has about 24,242 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.02% — 1 in 5,534. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Bosnia & Herzegovina, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 81.1 · men 74.6 | 78.0 years | 49th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 6.9 / 1,000 | 0.7% | 48th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 5.5 / 1,000 | 0.6% | 46th lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 6 | 27th lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.49 | 50th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | — | — |
| Tertiary enrollment | 45.5% | 80th highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $25,814 | 69th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 30.30 | 126th highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 52.7% | 118th highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 16.7% | 88th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 86.1% | 68th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 1.2 | 50th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 31.0% | 91st lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | — | — |
| People who smoke | 37.1% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Bosnia & Herzegovina compared with Europe & Central Asia
Life expectancy in Bosnia & Herzegovina is 78.0 years, against a Europe & Central Asia average of 78.6. The under-5 death rate is 0.7%, versus 0.7% across the region. Income per person is $25,814, against $53,288 regionally; expected schooling is 0.0 years against 15.9. 52.7% of people live in cities, against 67.9% in the region.
| Indicator | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.0 years old | 78.6 years old | 73.3 years old |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $25,814 | $53,288 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | — | 15.9 years | 13.0 years |
| People in cities | 52.7% | 67.9% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 78.0 years on average, with roughly 6.9 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 0.0 years of school, and income per person is around $25,814. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Bosnia & Herzegovina
The game draws Bosnia & Herzegovina in about 1 of every 5,534 births. From there the life runs year by year: 78.0 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.7% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $25,814 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Albania — 1 in 5,636
- Chance of being born in Moldova — 1 in 5,366
- Chance of being born in Lithuania — 1 in 7,036
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated Oct 24, 2026.