Federation of B&H · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo population
696,731people · latest figure
Sarajevo has a population of 696,731, making it the largest place we list in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in Federation of B&H.
Sarajevo holds 22.4% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 3,114,242 people. The World Gazetteer published 696,731 for Sarajevo in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Banja Luka | Srpska | 221,106 |
| Zenica | Federation of B&H | 164,423 |
| Tuzla | Federation of B&H | 142,486 |
All places in Bosnia and Herzegovina →
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.