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Banja Luka
City population
221,106
#2
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
#1
in Srpska
#2,611
worldwide
44.779, 17.206 · 138 km from Sarajevo
About Banja Luka
Banja Luka is a city in Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina with a population of 221,106. It is the 2nd largest of the 23 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the 2,611th largest worldwide. It lies 138 km from Sarajevo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Coordinates
44.779, 17.206
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 23 in Bosnia and HerzegovinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.