Demographics of Kosovo#Languages
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{{Infobox place demographics
| place = Kosovo
| image = Kosovo population pyramid 2022.svg
| image_size = 300px
| alt =
| caption = Population pyramid of Kosovo in 2022
| size_of_population = {{decrease}}1,602,515 (2024){{Cite web|title=The preliminary data of the Census of Population, Family Economies and Housing in Kosovo are published – Zyra e Kryeministrit |url=https://kryeministri.rks-gov.net/en/blog/the-preliminary-data-of-the-census-of-population-family-economies-and-housing-in-kosovo-are-published/|date=12 July 2024|website=Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo|publisher=Kosovo Agency of Statistics|access-date=1 December 2024}}
| density =
| growth = {{increase}} 0.68% (2024){{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/|title=Kosovo|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|website=The World Factbook|access-date=1 December 2024}}
| birth = {{decrease}} 14.4 per 1,000 pop. (2024)
| death = {{steady}} 7.2 per 1,000 pop. (2024)
| life = {{increase}} 76.7 years (2011){{cite web |title=Series 1: General Statistics: Kosovo in Figures (2015) |website=Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës |url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/2362/kosova_shifra-2015-ang.pdf |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930224154/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/2362/kosova_shifra-2015-ang.pdf|url-status=dead|date=September 2016|access-date=1 December 2024}}{{rp|p=13}}
| life_male = {{decrease}} 74.1 years (2011){{rp|p=13}}
| life_female = {{increase}} 79.4 years (2011){{rp|p=13}}
| fertility = {{decrease}} 1.87 children born/woman (2024)
| infant_mortality = {{decreasePositive}} 24.9 per 1,000 births
| net_migration = -0.4 per 1,000 pop. (2024)
| age_0–14_years = 27.2%
| age_15–64_years = 66.1%
| age_65_years = 6.7%
| total_mf_ratio = 1.08 male(s)/female
| sr_at_birth =
| sr_under_15 =
| sr_15–64_years =
| sr_65_years_over =
| nation = noun: Kosovar/Kosovan(s) adjective: Kosovar
| major_ethnic = Albanians (95%) (2011 census)
| minor_ethnic = Bosniaks (2%), Serbs (1.5%){{refn|group=note|name=SerbBoycott|Due to political issues, Serbs have avoided participating in the population censuses conducted by the Republic of Kosovo. The 2011 census is therefore inaccurate to explain the real demographic spread in Kosovo. Serbs form the second largest ethnic group in Kosovo, after Albanians. Estimates are that Serbs hold 6-7% of the population.{{cite book |last1=Cocozelli |first1=Fred |editor1-last=Ramet |editor1-first=Sabrina |title=Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Socialist Southeastern Europe |date=2016 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1316982778 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FpEwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA267 |page=267}}{{cite news |last1=Judah |first1=Tim |title=Kosovo's demographic destiny looks eerily familiar |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2019/11/07/kosovos-demographic-destiny-looks-eerily-familiar/ |date=7 November 2019 |publisher=Balkan Insight}}{{Cite web|date=2019-07-28|title=Kosovo Population 2019 |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/kosovo-population/ |access-date=2021-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728020418/http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/kosovo-population/ |archive-date=28 July 2019}}{{cite journal |author1-last=Khakee |author1-first=Anna |author2-last=Florquin |author2-first=Nicolas |date=1 June 2003 |title=Kosovo: Difficult Past, Unclear Future |url=https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/files/resources/SAS-SR03-Kosovo.pdf |journal=Kosovo and the Gun: A Baseline Assessment of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Kosovo |location=Pristina, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and Geneva, Switzerland |publisher=Small Arms Survey |volume=10 |pages=4–6 |doi= |jstor=resrep10739.9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630150030/https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/files/resources/SAS-SR03-Kosovo.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=3 March 2023 |quote=Kosovo—while still formally part of the so-called State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dominated by Serbia—has, since the war, been a United Nations protectorate under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). [...] However, members of the Serb minority of the territory (circa 6–7 per cent in 2000) have, for the most part, not been able to return to their homes. For security reasons, the remaining Serb enclaves are, in part, isolated from the rest of Kosovo and protected by the multinational NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR).}}{{cite web|title=Community Profile: Serb Community|publisher=ECMI Kosovo|year=2013|url=http://www.ecmikosovo.org/uploads/Serbcommunity1.pdf|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165216/http://www.ecmikosovo.org/uploads/Serbcommunity1.pdf|url-status=dead}}}} and others (4%) (2011 census)
| official = Albanian
| spoken = Albanian (95%)
languages of the minorities (5%)
}}
The Kosovo Agency of Statistics monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo, such as population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Censuses, normally conducted at ten-year intervals, record the demographic characteristics of the population. According to the preliminary results of the 2024 census released in April 2024, there are 1,586,659 inhabitants, of which 795,046 are men (50.1%) and 791,614 are women (49.9%). The same year, US CIA World Factbook estimate put the country's population at 1,977,093. According to the first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo was 1,739,825.{{cite web|url=http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|title=Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës -|website=Esk.rks-gov.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125230339/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|archive-date=25 November 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=1 December 2024}}{{rp|p=12}}
The 2011 census also shows that Albanians form the majority in Kosovo, with 92.9% of the total population; significant minorities include Bosniaks (1.6%), Serbs (1.5%), Turkish (1.1%), Askhali (0.9%), Egyptian (0.7%), Gorani (0.6%), and Roma (0.5%).{{Cite web|url=https://minorityrights.org/country/kosovo-unrecognized-state/|title=Kosovo (unrecognized state)|author=|date=March 2018|publisher=Minority Rights Group|access-date=1 December 2024}} However, it excluded North Kosovo — a largely Serb-inhabited region. Moreover, it was partially boycotted by Romani and Serb communities in South Kosovo. After Albanians, Serbs form the largest ethnic community in Kosovo (6–7.8%).
Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. The average age is 34.8 and median age is 32, as of 2024. In 2008, half of its population was under the age of 25 (United Nations Development Programme data) and more than 65 percent of the population was younger than 30 (government data).[http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-birth-rate-falling-but-still-high Kosovo's Birth Rate Falling but Still High]. BalkanInsight. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
History
{{main|Demographic history of Kosovo}}{{Historical populations|1948|732746|1953|815798|1961|963715|1971|1243811|1981|1584440|1991|1956196|2011|1780021|2024|1602515|source={{cite web|title=Comparative overview of the number of population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, 2011. and 2022|url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/en-US/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia}}{{cite web|title=
Kosovo: Districts, Major Cities & Settlements|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/kosovo/cities/|website=citypopulation.de}}{{cite web|title=Data on the resident population and households in Kosovo, 2024|url=https://askdata.rks-gov.net/pxweb/en/ASKdata/ASKdata__Census%20population__Census%202024__Tabelat%20kryesore/census2024_01.px/|publisher=Kosovo Agency of Statistics}}|percentages=pagr}}File:Population_of_Kosovo_(1921-2015).png
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2011 census
The 2011 census recorded Kosovo (excluding North Kosovo) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants.{{cite web|url= http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/2/Final+Results_ENG/#/143|title= Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës|website= Esk.rks-gov.net|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131102015708/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/2/Final%20Results_ENG/#/143|archive-date= 2 November 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=1 December 2024}} The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) has called "for caution when referring to the 2011 census", due to the boycott by Serb-majority municipalities in North Kosovo and the large boycott by Serbs and Roma in southern Kosovo.{{cite news|title= ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations|url= http://www.infoecmi.eu/index.php/ecmi-minority-figures-in-kosovo-census-to-be-used-with-reservations/|website= Infoecmi.eu|access-date= 2017-08-29|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170528122213/http://www.infoecmi.eu/index.php/ecmi-minority-figures-in-kosovo-census-to-be-used-with-reservations/|archive-date= 28 May 2017}} The recorded total population was below most previous estimates. The census enjoyed considerable technical assistance from international agencies and appears to have been endorsed by Eurostat; it was, however, the first full census since 1981, and not one of an uninterrupted series. The results show that there were no people temporarily resident in hotels or refugee camps at the time of the census;{{cite web|url= http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/2/Final+Results_ENG/#/144|title= Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës -|website= esk.rks-gov.net|access-date= 29 August 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131102015708/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/2/Final%20Results_ENG/#/144|archive-date= 2 November 2013}} that out of 312,711 conventional dwellings, 99,808 (over 30%) were unoccupied; and that three municipalities designed{{clarify|date=June 2018}} under the Ahtisaari Plan to have Serb majorities – Klokot, Novo Brdo, and Štrpce – in fact had ethnic Albanian majorities (although their municipal assemblies have Serb majorities).
File:Kosovo ethnic map 2011 census.GIF|Kosovo ethnic map 2011 by settlement
File:Albanians in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Albanians in Kosovo 2011 by settlements
File:Serbs in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Serbs in Kosovo by settlements 2011
File:Bosniaks in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Bosniaks in Kosovo by settlements
File:Turks in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Turks in Kosovo by settlements
File:Gorani in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Gorani in Kosovo by settlements
File:Roma(ashkali,egyptians) in Kosovo 2011 census.GIF|Distribution of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians in Kosovo by settlements
Vital statistics
Source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics{{cite web |title=Kosovo agency of statistics/Figures/Population |url=https://askdata.rks-gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/en/askdata/ |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918210040/https://askdata.rks-gov.net/PXWeb/pxweb/en/askdata/ |website=ask.rks-gov.net |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database|title=Eurostat database|website=ec.europa.eu}}{{cite web|title=Kosovo Agency of Statistics|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/en/kosovo-agency-of-statistics|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928223034/https://ask.rks-gov.net/en/kosovo-agency-of-statistics|url-status=dead}}
Population estimates in the table below may be unreliable during the 1990s period. Besides, vital statistics do not fully include data from Serb-majority territories. Since 2011, in accordance with European statistical norms, live births and deaths record figures in Kosovo only (excluding foreign countries).
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! style="width:60pt;" |Average population ! style="width:60pt;" |Live births ! style="width:60pt;" |Deaths ! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change ! style="width:60pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Crude migration rate (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Total fertility rate ! style="width:60pt;" |Female fertile population (15–49 years) |
|---|
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;" |764,000 | style="text-align:right;" |35,222 | style="text-align:right;" |12,991 | style="color:green" |22,231 | style="text-align:right;" |46.1 | style="text-align:right;" |17.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.1 | | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |7.70 | style="color:red" |164,096 |
| 1951
| style="text-align:right;" |780,000 | style="text-align:right;" |29,299 | style="text-align:right;" |14,833 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,466 | style="text-align:right;" |37.6 | style="text-align:right;" |19.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18.5 | 2.4 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.17 | style="text-align:right;" |169,877 |
| 1952
| style="text-align:right;" |793,000 | style="text-align:right;" |35,619 | style="text-align:right;" |13,867 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |21,752 | style="text-align:right;" |44.9 | style="text-align:right;" |17.5 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |27.4 | -10.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |7.23 | style="text-align:right;" |175,660 |
| 1953
| style="text-align:right;" |813,000 | style="text-align:right;" |34,595 | style="text-align:right; color:red; " |16,726 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17,869 | style="text-align:right;" |42.6 | style="color:red" |20.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |22.0 | 3.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.62 | style="text-align:right;" |181,445 |
| 1954
| style="text-align:right;" |832,000 | style="text-align:right;" |38,595 | style="text-align:right;" |13,201 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |25,394 | style="color:blue" |46.4 | style="text-align:right;" |15.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |30.5 | -7.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |7.16 | style="text-align:right;" |185,718 |
| 1955
| style="text-align:right;" |842,000 | style="text-align:right;" |36,736 | style="text-align:right;" |15,292 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |21,444 | style="text-align:right;" |43.6 | style="text-align:right;" |18.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |25.5 | -13.5 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.62 | style="text-align:right;" |189,992 |
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;" |859,000 | style="text-align:right;" |37,819 | style="text-align:right;" |13,692 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24,127 | style="text-align:right;" |44.0 | style="text-align:right;" |15.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.1 | -7.9 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.56 | style="text-align:right;" |194,265 |
| 1957
| style="text-align:right;" |873,000 | style="text-align:right;" |34,159 | style="text-align:right;" |15,300 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18,859 | style="text-align:right;" |39.1 | style="text-align:right;" |17.5 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |21.6 | -5.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.84 | style="text-align:right;" |192,596 |
| 1958
| style="text-align:right;" |890,000 | style="text-align:right;" |39,285 | style="text-align:right;" |11,598 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |27,687 | style="text-align:right;" |44.1 | style="text-align:right;" |13.0 | style="color:green" |31.1 | -11.6 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.62 | style="text-align:right;" |195,341 |
| 1959
| style="text-align:right;" |921,000 | style="text-align:right;" |37,364 | style="text-align:right;" |12,878 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24,486 | style="text-align:right;" |40.6 | style="text-align:right;" |14.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26.6 | 8.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.14 | style="text-align:right;" |199,359 |
| 1960
| style="text-align:right;" |944,000 | style="text-align:right;" |41,631 | style="text-align:right;" |13,365 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28,266 | style="text-align:right;" |44.1 | style="text-align:right;" |14.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.9 | -4.9 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.64 | style="text-align:right;" |203,954 |
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;" |967,353 | style="text-align:right;" |40,561 | style="text-align:right;" |11,759 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28,802 | style="text-align:right;" |41.9 | style="text-align:right;" |12.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.8 | -5.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |6.26 | style="text-align:right;" |208,550 |
| 1962
| style="text-align:right;" |994,676 | style="text-align:right;" |41,336 | style="text-align:right;" |15,024 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26,312 | style="text-align:right;" |41.6 | style="text-align:right;" |15.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26.5 | 1.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.23 | style="text-align:right;" |212,149 |
| 1963
| style="text-align:right;" |1,022,218 | style="text-align:right;" |41,525 | style="text-align:right;" |12,423 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29,102 | style="text-align:right;" |40.6 | style="text-align:right;" |12.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.5 | -0.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.13 | style="text-align:right;" |217,556 |
| 1964
| style="text-align:right;" |1,051,498 | style="text-align:right;" |42,557 | style="text-align:right;" |12,731 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29,826 | style="text-align:right;" |40.5 | style="text-align:right;" |12.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.4 | 0.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |6.14 | style="text-align:right;" |224,326 |
| 1965
| style="text-align:right;" |1,082,170 | style="text-align:right;" |43,569 | style="text-align:right;" |11,767 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |31,802 | style="text-align:right;" |40.3 | style="text-align:right;" |10.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.4 | -0.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.97 | style="text-align:right;" |233,584 |
| 1966
| style="text-align:right;" |1,118,003 | style="text-align:right;" |42,429 | style="text-align:right;" |10,266 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |32,163 | style="text-align:right;" |38.0 | style="text-align:right;" |9.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.8 | 4.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.66 | style="text-align:right;" |240,125 |
| 1967
| style="text-align:right;" |1,150,622 | style="text-align:right;" |44,001 | style="text-align:right;" |11,308 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |32,693 | style="text-align:right;" |38.2 | style="text-align:right;" |9.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.4 | 0.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.71 | style="text-align:right;" |248,992 |
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;" |1,182,952 | style="text-align:right;" |44,627 | style="text-align:right;" |10,781 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |33,846 | style="text-align:right;" |37.7 | style="text-align:right;" |9.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.6 | -0.5 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.64 | style="text-align:right;" |257,056 |
| 1969
| style="text-align:right;" |1,189,140 | style="text-align:right;" |46,480 | style="text-align:right;" |10,892 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |35,588 | style="text-align:right;" |39.1 | style="text-align:right;" |9.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.9 | -24.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.69 | style="text-align:right;" |267,271 |
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;" |1,219,996 | style="text-align:right;" |44,496 | style="text-align:right;" |10,829 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |33,667 | style="text-align:right;" |36.5 | style="text-align:right;" |8.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |27.6 | -1.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.40 | style="text-align:right;" |268,960 |
| 1971
| style="text-align:right;" |1,253,975 | style="text-align:right;" |47,060 | style="text-align:right;" |10,312 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |36,748 | style="text-align:right;" |37.5 | style="text-align:right;" |8.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.3 | -1.4 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.74 | style="text-align:right;" |270,050 |
| 1972
| style="text-align:right;" |1,290,965 | style="text-align:right;" |47,943 | style="text-align:right;" |10,270 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |37,673 | style="text-align:right;" |37.1 | style="text-align:right;" |8.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.2 | 0.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.57 | style="text-align:right;" |283,885 |
| 1973
| style="text-align:right;" |1,327,853 | style="text-align:right;" |47,714 | style="text-align:right;" |10,358 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |37,356 | style="text-align:right;" |35.9 | style="text-align:right;" |7.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.1 | 0.5 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.35 | style="text-align:right;" |293,340 |
| 1974
| style="text-align:right;" |1,365,879 | style="text-align:right;" |49,847 | style="text-align:right;" |10,075 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |39,772 | style="text-align:right;" |36.5 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |29.1 | -0.5 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.40 | style="text-align:right;" |303,396 |
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;" |1,404,977 | style="text-align:right;" |49,310 | style="text-align:right;" |10,018 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |39,292 | style="text-align:right;" |35.1 | style="text-align:right;" |7.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.0 | 0.6 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.19 | style="text-align:right;" |313,611 |
| 1976
| style="text-align:right;" |1,446,001 | style="text-align:right;" |51,355 | style="text-align:right;" |10,149 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |41,206 | style="text-align:right;" |35.5 | style="text-align:right;" |7.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.5 | 0.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.24 | style="text-align:right;" |324,297 |
| 1977
| style="text-align:right;" |1,486,816 | style="text-align:right;" |49,849 | style="text-align:right;" |9,811 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |40,038 | style="text-align:right;" |33.5 | style="text-align:right;" |6.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26.9 | 1.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.92 | style="text-align:right;" |334,581 |
| 1978
| style="text-align:right;" |1,525,960 | style="text-align:right;" |49,027 | style="text-align:right;" |9,776 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |39,251 | style="text-align:right;" |32.1 | style="text-align:right;" |6.4 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |25.7 | 0.6 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.66 | style="text-align:right;" |344,970 |
| 1979
| style="text-align:right;" |1,565,995 | style="text-align:right;" |48,125 | style="text-align:right;" |9,575 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |38,550 | style="text-align:right;" |30.7 | style="text-align:right;" |6.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24.6 | 1.6 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.51 | style="text-align:right;" |349,520 |
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" |1,552,779 | style="text-align:right;" |53,147 | style="text-align:right;" |8,909 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |44,238 | style="text-align:right;" |34.2 | style="text-align:right;" |5.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28.5 | -38.9 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.82 | style="text-align:right;" |354,068 |
| 1981
| style="text-align:right;" |1,594,451 | style="text-align:right;" |48,111 | style="text-align:right;" |9,677 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |38,434 | style="text-align:right;" |30.2 | style="text-align:right;" |6.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24.1 | 2.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.55 | style="text-align:right;" |351,396 |
| 1982
| style="text-align:right;" |1,634,893 | style="text-align:right;" |52,865 | style="text-align:right;" |10,479 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |42,386 | style="text-align:right;" |32.3 | style="text-align:right;" |6.4 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |25.9 | -0.5 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.71 | style="text-align:right;" |361,232 |
| 1983
| style="text-align:right;" |1,676,325 | style="text-align:right;" |49,645 | style="text-align:right;" |11,040 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |38,605 | style="text-align:right;" |29.6 | style="text-align:right;" |6.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |23.0 | 2.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.29 | style="text-align:right;" |372,615 |
| 1984
| style="text-align:right;" |1,716,884 | style="text-align:right;" |55,243 | style="text-align:right;" |10,573 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |44,670 | style="text-align:right;" |32.2 | style="text-align:right;" |6.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26.0 | -1.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.58 | style="text-align:right;" |391,155 |
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;" |1,760,132 | style="text-align:right;" |53,925 | style="text-align:right;" |11,826 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |42,099 | style="text-align:right;" |30.6 | style="text-align:right;" |6.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |23.9 | 1.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.30 | style="text-align:right;" |403,640 |
| 1986
| style="text-align:right;" |1,803,579 | style="text-align:right;" |54,519 | style="text-align:right;" |10,446 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |44,073 | style="text-align:right;" |30.2 | style="text-align:right;" |5.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24.4 | 0.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.18 | style="text-align:right;" |415,407 |
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;" |1,848,111 | style="text-align:right;" |56,221 | style="text-align:right;" |10,307 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |45,914 | style="text-align:right;" |30.4 | style="text-align:right;" |5.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24.8 | -0.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.12 | style="text-align:right;" |429,439 |
| 1988
| style="text-align:right;" |1,894,131 | style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |56,283 | style="text-align:right;" |10,257 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |46,026 | style="text-align:right;" |29.7 | style="text-align:right;" |5.4 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |24.3 | 0.6 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.96 | style="text-align:right;" |441,867 |
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;" |1,938,794 | style="text-align:right;" |53,656 | style="text-align:right;" |10,181 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |43,475 | style="text-align:right;" |27.7 | style="text-align:right;" |5.3 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |22.4 | 1.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.63 | style="text-align:right;" |454,260 |
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" |1,987,056 | style="text-align:right;" |55,175 | style="text-align:right;" |8,214 | style="color:green" |46,961 | style="text-align:right;" |27.8 | style="text-align:right;" |4.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |23.6 | 1.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.59 | style="text-align:right;" |472,145 |
| 1991
| style="text-align:right;" |1,967,675 | style="text-align:right;" |52,263 | style="text-align:right;" |8,526 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |43,737 | style="text-align:right;" |26.6 | style="text-align:right;" |4.3 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |22.2 | -32.0 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.52 | style="text-align:right;" |454,214 |
| 1992
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,978 | style="text-align:right;" |44,418 | style="text-align:right;" |8,004 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |36,414 | style="text-align:right;" |22.1 | style="text-align:right;" |4.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18.1 | 2.4 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.83 | style="text-align:right;" |478,108 |
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;" |2,043,740 | style="text-align:right;" |44,132 | style="text-align:right;" |7,804 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |36,328 | style="text-align:right;" |21.6 | style="text-align:right;" |3.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17.8 | 0 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.71 | style="text-align:right;" |492,412 |
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;" |2,079,234 | style="text-align:right;" |43,450 | style="text-align:right;" |7,667 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |35,783 | style="text-align:right;" |20.9 | style="text-align:right;" |3.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17.2 | 0.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.57 | style="text-align:right;" |506,408 |
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" |2,115,020 | style="text-align:right;" |44,776 | style="text-align:right;" |8,671 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |36,105 | style="text-align:right;" |21.2 | style="text-align:right;" |4.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17.1 | 0.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.55 | style="text-align:right;" |521,049 |
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" |2,152,545 | style="text-align:right;" |46,041 | style="text-align:right;" |8,392 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |37,649 | style="text-align:right;" |21.4 | style="text-align:right;" |3.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17.5 | 0.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.56 | style="text-align:right;" |535,873 |
| 1997
| style="color:blue" |2,188,083 | style="text-align:right;" |42,920 | style="text-align:right;" |8,624 | style="color:green" |34,296 | style="text-align:right;" |19.6 | style="text-align:right;" |3.9 | style="color:green" |15.7 | 0.8 | style="color:blue" |2.33 | style="color:blue" |549,826 |
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" |2,127,795 | style="text-align:right;" |41,752 | style="text-align:right;" |8,123 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |33,629 | style="text-align:right;" |19.6 | style="text-align:right;" |3.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.8 | 43.4 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.34 | style="text-align:right;" |543,799 |
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" |2,067,507 | style="text-align:right;" |40,020 | style="text-align:right;" |7,569 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |32,451 | style="text-align:right;" |19.4 | style="text-align:right;" |3.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.7 | -44.0 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.28 | style="text-align:right;" |537,773 |
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,219 | style="text-align:right;" |38,687 | style="text-align:right;" |7,115 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |31,572 | style="text-align:right;" |19.3 | style="text-align:right;" |3.5 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.7 | -44.9 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.31 | style="text-align:right;" |531,747 |
| 2001
| style="text-align:right;" |1,946,932 | style="text-align:right;" |37,412 | style="text-align:right;" |6,672 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |30,740 | style="text-align:right;" |19.2 | style="text-align:right;" |3.4 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.8 | -45.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.26 | style="text-align:right;" |525,719 |
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" |1,886,644 | style="text-align:right;" |36,136 | style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |5,654 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |30,482 | style="text-align:right;" |19.2 | style="color:blue" |3.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16.2 | -47.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.22 | style="text-align:right;" |519,692 |
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;" |1,826,356 | style="text-align:right;" |31,994 | style="text-align:right;" |6,417 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |25,577 | style="text-align:right;" |17.5 | style="text-align:right;" |3.5 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14.0 | -46.0 | style="text-align:right;" |2.00 | style="text-align:right;" |513,664 |
| 2004
| style="text-align:right;" |1,766,068 | style="text-align:right;" |35,063 | style="text-align:right;" |6,399 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |28,664 | style="text-align:right;" |19.9 | style="text-align:right;" |3.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16.2 | -49.2 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.21 | style="text-align:right;" |507,639 |
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" |1,743,780 | style="text-align:right;" |37,218 | style="text-align:right;" |7,207 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |30,011 | style="text-align:right;" |21.3 | style="text-align:right;" |4.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |17.2 | -29.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.38 | style="text-align:right;" |501,613 |
| 2006{{cite web|title=Demographic changes of the Kosovo population 1948–2006|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/1835/demographic-changes-of-the-kosovo-population-1948-2006.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=14 March 2020|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825151058/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/1835/demographic-changes-of-the-kosovo-population-1948-2006.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:right;" |1,719,536 | style="text-align:right;" |34,187 | style="text-align:right;" |7,479 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26,708 | style="text-align:right;" |19.9 | style="text-align:right;" |4.3 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.5 | -29.4 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.24 | style="text-align:right;" |495,586 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;" |1,733,404 | style="text-align:right;" |33,112 | style="text-align:right;" |6,681 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26,431 | style="text-align:right;" |19.1 | style="text-align:right;" |3.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.2 | -7.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.21 | style="text-align:right;" |489,559 |
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;" |1,747,383 | style="text-align:right;" |34,399 | style="text-align:right;" |6,852 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |27,547 | style="text-align:right;" |19.7 | style="text-align:right;" |3.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.8 | -7.7 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.32 | style="text-align:right;" |483,531 |
| 2009
| style="text-align:right;" |1,761,474 | style="text-align:right;" |34,240 | style="text-align:right;" |7,030 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |27,210 | style="text-align:right;" |19.4 | style="text-align:right;" |4.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |15.4 | -7.3 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.36 | style="text-align:right;" |477,507 |
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" |1,775,680 | style="text-align:right;" |33,751 | style="text-align:right;" |7,234 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |26,517 | style="text-align:right;" |19.0 | style="text-align:right;" |4.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14.9 | -6.8 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.38 | style="text-align:right;" |471,479 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;" |1,786,229 | style="text-align:right;" |27,626 | style="text-align:right;" |7,111 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |20,515 | style="text-align:right;" |15.5 | style="text-align:right;" |4.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11.5 | -5.6 | style="text-align:right;" |1.99 | style="text-align:right;" |465,452 |
| 2012
| style="text-align:right;" |1,806,441 | style="text-align:right;" |27,743 | style="text-align:right;" |7,317 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |20,426 | style="text-align:right;" |15.4 | style="text-align:right;" |4.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |11.3 | 0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |2.02 | style="text-align:right;" |459,662 |
| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" |1,812,600 | style="text-align:right;" |29,327 | style="text-align:right;" |7,135 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |22,192 | style="text-align:right;" |16.2 | style="text-align:right;" |3.9 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12.2 | -6.1 | style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.17 | style="text-align:right;" |453,872 |
| 2014
| style="text-align:right;" |1,793,401 | style="text-align:right;" |25,929 | style="text-align:right;" |7,634 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |18,295 | style="text-align:right;" |14.5 | style="text-align:right;" |4.3 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |10.2 | 13.0 | style="text-align:right;" |1.95 | style="text-align:right;" |448,082 |
| 2015
| style="text-align:right;" |1,744,785 | style="text-align:right;" |24,594 | style="text-align:right;" |8,202 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |16,392 | style="text-align:right;" |14.1 | style="text-align:right;" |4.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9.4 | -22.7 | style="text-align:right;" |1.88 | style="text-align:right;" |442,291 |
| 2016
| style="text-align:right;" |1,715,459 | style="text-align:right;" |23,416 | style="text-align:right;" |8,495 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,921 | style="text-align:right;" |13.6 | style="text-align:right;" |5.0 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.7 | -14.4 | style="text-align:right;" |1.82 | style="text-align:right;" |436,501 |
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;" |1,720,720 | style="text-align:right;" |23,402 | style="text-align:right;" |8,721 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |14,681 | style="text-align:right;" |13.6 | style="text-align:right;" |5.1 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.5 | -0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |1.86 | style="text-align:right;" |430,711 |
| 2018{{cite web|title=Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Kosovo, 2019|url=http://ask.rks-gov.net/media/5082/vjetari-2019_ang-final.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824071742/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/5082/vjetari-2019_ang-final.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:right;" |1,716,109 | style="text-align:right;" |22,761 | style="text-align:right;" |8,998 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |13,763 | style="text-align:right;" |13.3 | style="text-align:right;" |5.2 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8.0 | -4.3 | style="text-align:right;" |1.84 | style="text-align:right;" |424,921 |
| 2019{{cite web|title=Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2019|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/sq/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves/add-news/statistikat-e-lindjeve-2019|website=ask.rks-gov.net|date=12 June 2020|access-date=25 June 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805065627/https://ask.rks-gov.net/sq/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves/add-news/statistikat-e-lindjeve-2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2019|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/sq/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves/add-news/statistikat-e-vdekjeve-2019|website=ask.rks-gov.net|date=25 June 2020|access-date=25 June 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127194213/https://ask.rks-gov.net/sq/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves/add-news/statistikat-e-vdekjeve-2019|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:right;" |1,693,981 | style="text-align:right;" |21,798 | style="text-align:right;" |9,430 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |12,368 | style="color:red" |12.9 | style="text-align:right;" |5.6 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |7.3 | -11.5 | style="text-align:right; color:red;" |1.79 | style="text-align:right;" |419,131 |
| 2020{{cite web|title=Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2020|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6531/lindjet-2020.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=18 December 2021|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218035506/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6531/lindjet-2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2020|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6537/vdekjet-2020.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=18 December 2021|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218035504/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6537/vdekjet-2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:right;" |1,684,355 | style="text-align:right;" |21,907 | style="text-align:right;" |12,987 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |8,920 | style="text-align:right;" |13.0 | style="text-align:right;" |7.7 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.3 | -4.3 | style="text-align:right;" |1.85 | style="text-align:right;" |413,341 |
| 2021{{cite web|title=Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2021|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6874/lindjet-2021.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630113337/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6874/lindjet-2021.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2021|url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6875/statistikat-e-vdekjeve-2021.pdf|website=ask.rks-gov.net|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-date=6 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806114405/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/6875/statistikat-e-vdekjeve-2021.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:right;" |1,665,246 | style="text-align:right;" |22,830 | style="text-align:right;" |13,019 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |9,811 | style="text-align:right;" |13.7 | style="text-align:right;" |7.8 | style="text-align:right; color:green;" |5.9 | -7.8 | style="text-align:right;" |1.96 | style="text-align:right;" |407,550 |
| 2022
|1,624,337 | 22,632 | 9,845 | style="color:green;" |12,787 | 13.9 | 6.1 | style="color:green;" |7.9 | -20.9 | 1.98 | 401,760 |
| 2023
|1,605,006 | 21,654 | 9,622 | style="color:green;" |12,032 | 13.5 | 6.0 | style="color:green;" |7.5 | | 1.93 | 395,970 |
| 2024
|1,594,353 | style="color:red;" |21,487 | 10,137 | style="color:green;" |11,350 | 13.5 | 6.4 | style="color:green;" | 7.1 | | 1.95 | 390,180 |
=Current vital statistics=
Marriages and divorces
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| style="width:40pt;" |
! style="width:60pt;" |Average population ! style="width:60pt;" |Marriages ! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces ! style="width:60pt;" |Crude marriage rate (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Crude divorce rate (per 1000) ! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces per 1000 marriages |
|---|
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;" |764,000 | style="text-align:right;" |8,686 | style="text-align:right;" |481 | style="text-align:right;" |11.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |55.4 |
| 1951
| style="text-align:right;" |780,000 | style="text-align:right;" |7,300 | style="text-align:right;" |475 | style="text-align:right;" |9.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |65.1 |
| 1952
| style="text-align:right;" |793,000 | style="text-align:right;" |7,052 | style="text-align:right;" |406 | style="text-align:right;" |8.9 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |57.6 |
| 1953
| style="text-align:right;" |813,000 | style="text-align:right;" |7,208 | style="text-align:right;" |382 | style="text-align:right;" |8.9 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |53.0 |
| 1954
| style="text-align:right;" |832,000 | style="text-align:right;" |7,390 | style="text-align:right;" |352 | style="text-align:right;" |8.9 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |47.6 |
| 1955
| style="text-align:right;" |842,000 | style="text-align:right;" |6,815 | style="text-align:right;" |445 | style="text-align:right;" |8.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |65.3 |
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;" |859,000 | style="text-align:right;" |5,723 | style="text-align:right;" |426 | style="text-align:right;" |6.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |74.4 |
| 1957
| style="text-align:right;" |873,000 | style="text-align:right;" |5,860 | style="text-align:right;" |403 | style="text-align:right;" |6.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |68.8 |
| 1958
| style="text-align:right;" |890,000 | style="text-align:right;" |6,924 | style="text-align:right;" |374 | style="text-align:right;" |7.8 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |54.0 |
| 1959
| style="text-align:right;" |921,000 | style="text-align:right;" |6,794 | style="text-align:right;" |498 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |73.3 |
| 1960
| style="text-align:right;" |944,000 | style="text-align:right;" |6,822 | style="text-align:right;" |417 | style="text-align:right;" |7.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |61.1 |
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;" |967,353 | style="text-align:right;" |7,426 | style="text-align:right;" |479 | style="text-align:right;" |7.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |64.5 |
| 1962
| style="text-align:right;" |994,676 | style="text-align:right;" |7,481 | style="text-align:right;" |451 | style="text-align:right;" |7.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |60.3 |
| 1963
| style="text-align:right;" |1,022,218 | style="text-align:right;" |7,183 | style="text-align:right;" |346 | style="text-align:right;" |7.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |48.2 |
| 1964
| style="text-align:right;" |1,051,498 | style="text-align:right;" |8,340 | style="text-align:right;" |388 | style="text-align:right;" |7.9 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |46.5 |
| 1965
| style="text-align:right;" |1,082,170 | style="text-align:right;" |8,226 | style="text-align:right;" |347 | style="text-align:right;" |7.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |42.2 |
| 1966
| style="text-align:right;" |1,118,003 | style="text-align:right;" |8,246 | style="text-align:right;" |514 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |62.3 |
| 1967
| style="text-align:right;" |1,150,622 | style="text-align:right;" |7,569 | style="text-align:right;" |314 | style="text-align:right;" |6.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |41.5 |
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;" |1,182,952 | style="text-align:right;" |8,719 | style="text-align:right;" |244 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |28.0 |
| 1969
| style="text-align:right;" |1,189,140 | style="text-align:right;" |10,083 | style="text-align:right;" |226 | style="text-align:right;" |8.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |22.4 |
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;" |1,219,996 | style="text-align:right;" |11,280 | style="text-align:right;" |258 | style="text-align:right;" |9.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |22.9 |
| 1971
| style="text-align:right;" |1,253,975 | style="text-align:right;" |11,006 | style="text-align:right;" |238 | style="text-align:right;" |8.8 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |21.6 |
| 1972
| style="text-align:right;" |1,290,965 | style="text-align:right;" |10,571 | style="text-align:right;" |272 | style="text-align:right;" |8.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |25.7 |
| 1973
| style="text-align:right;" |1,327,853 | style="text-align:right;" |11,139 | style="text-align:right;" |198 | style="text-align:right;" |8.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |17.8 |
| 1974
| style="text-align:right;" |1,365,879 | style="text-align:right;" |9,885 | style="text-align:right;" |337 | style="text-align:right;" |7.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |34.1 |
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;" |1,404,977 | style="text-align:right;" |9,928 | style="text-align:right;" |261 | style="text-align:right;" |7.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |26.3 |
| 1976
| style="text-align:right;" |1,446,001 | style="text-align:right;" |10,268 | style="text-align:right;" |248 | style="text-align:right;" |7.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |24.2 |
| 1977
| style="text-align:right;" |1,486,816 | style="text-align:right;" |10,470 | style="text-align:right;" |472 | style="text-align:right;" |7.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |45.1 |
| 1978
| style="text-align:right;" |1,525,960 | style="text-align:right;" |11,552 | style="text-align:right;" |460 | style="text-align:right;" |7.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |39.8 |
| 1979
| style="text-align:right;" |1,565,995 | style="text-align:right;" |11,568 | style="text-align:right;" |355 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |30.7 |
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" |1,552,779 | style="text-align:right;" |12,666 | style="text-align:right;" |333 | style="text-align:right;" |8.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |26.3 |
| 1981
| style="text-align:right;" |1,594,451 | style="text-align:right;" |11,936 | style="text-align:right;" |280 | style="text-align:right;" |7.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |23.5 |
| 1982
| style="text-align:right;" |1,634,893 | style="text-align:right;" |12,368 | style="text-align:right;" |289 | style="text-align:right;" |7.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |23.4 |
| 1983
| style="text-align:right;" |1,676,325 | style="text-align:right;" |12,406 | style="text-align:right;" |256 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |20.6 |
| 1984
| style="text-align:right;" |1,716,884 | style="text-align:right;" |12,560 | style="text-align:right;" |237 | style="text-align:right;" |7.3 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |18.9 |
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;" |1,760,132 | style="text-align:right;" |12,483 | style="text-align:right;" |332 | style="text-align:right;" |7.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |26.6 |
| 1986
| style="text-align:right;" |1,803,579 | style="text-align:right;" |11,921 | style="text-align:right;" |364 | style="text-align:right;" |6.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |30.5 |
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;" |1,848,111 | style="text-align:right;" |13,644 | style="text-align:right;" |260 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |19.1 |
| 1988
| style="text-align:right;" |1,894,131 | style="text-align:right;" |14,613 | style="text-align:right;" |389 | style="text-align:right;" |7.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |26.6 |
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;" |1,938,794 | style="text-align:right;" |14,343 | style="text-align:right;" |320 | style="text-align:right;" |7.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |22.3 |
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" |1,987,056 | style="text-align:right;" |12,742 | style="text-align:right;" |509 | style="text-align:right;" |6.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |39.9 |
| 1991
| style="text-align:right;" |1,967,675 | style="text-align:right;" |12,559 | style="text-align:right;" |354 | style="text-align:right;" |6.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |28.2 |
| 1992
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,978 | style="text-align:right;" |13,367 | style="text-align:right;" |266 | style="text-align:right;" |6.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |19.9 |
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;" |2,043,740 | style="text-align:right;" |13,372 | style="text-align:right;" |248 | style="text-align:right;" |6.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |18.5 |
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;" |2,079,234 | style="text-align:right;" |11,959 | style="text-align:right;" |299 | style="text-align:right;" |5.8 | style="text-align:right;" |0.1 | style="text-align:right;" |25.0 |
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" |2,115,020 | style="text-align:right;" |12,979 | style="text-align:right;" |352 | style="text-align:right;" |6.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |27.1 |
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" |2,152,545 | style="text-align:right;" |12,244 | style="text-align:right;" |559 | style="text-align:right;" |5.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |45.7 |
| 1997
| style="text-align:right;" |2,188,083 | style="text-align:right;" |11,866 | style="text-align:right;" |396 | style="text-align:right;" |5.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |33.4 |
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" |2,127,795 | style="text-align:right;" |13,149 | style="text-align:right;" |524 | style="text-align:right;" |6.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.2 | style="text-align:right;" |39.9 |
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" |2,067,507 | style="text-align:right;" |14,432 | style="text-align:right;" |652 | style="text-align:right;" |7.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.3 | style="text-align:right;" |45.2 |
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,219 | style="text-align:right;" |15,714 | style="text-align:right;" |780 | style="text-align:right;" |7.8 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4 | style="text-align:right;" |49.6 |
| 2001
| style="text-align:right;" |1,946,932 | style="text-align:right;" |16,997 | style="text-align:right;" |909 | style="text-align:right;" |8.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |53.5 |
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" |1,886,644 | style="text-align:right;" |18,280 | style="text-align:right;" |1,037 | style="text-align:right;" |9.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.5 | style="text-align:right;" |56.7 |
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;" |1,826,356 | style="text-align:right;" |17,034 | style="text-align:right;" |1,165 | style="text-align:right;" |9.3 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |68.4 |
| 2004
| style="text-align:right;" |1,766,068 | style="text-align:right;" |16,989 | style="text-align:right;" |1,293 | style="text-align:right;" |9.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.7 | style="text-align:right;" |76.1 |
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" |1,743,780 | style="text-align:right;" |15,732 | style="text-align:right;" |1,445 | style="text-align:right;" |9.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.8 | style="text-align:right;" |91.9 |
| 2006
| style="text-align:right;" |1,719,536 | style="text-align:right;" |15,825 | style="text-align:right;" |1,480 | style="text-align:right;" |9.2 | style="text-align:right;" |0.9 | style="text-align:right; color:red;" |93.5 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;" |1,733,404 | style="text-align:right;" |16,824 | style="text-align:right;" |1,558 | style="text-align:right;" |9.7 | style="text-align:right;" |0.9 | style="text-align:right;" |92.6 |
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;" |1,747,383 | style="text-align:right;" |17,950 | style="text-align:right;" |1,026 | style="text-align:right;" |10.3 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |57.2 |
| 2009
| style="text-align:right;" |1,761,474 | style="text-align:right;" |20,209 | style="text-align:right;" |1,555 | style="text-align:right;" |11.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.9 | style="text-align:right;" |76.9 |
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" |1,775,680 | style="text-align:right;" |18,289 | style="text-align:right;" |1,453 | style="text-align:right;" |10.3 | style="text-align:right;" |0.8 | style="text-align:right;" |79.4 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;" |1,786,229 | style="text-align:right;" |16,619 | style="text-align:right;" |1,469 | style="text-align:right;" |9.3 | style="text-align:right;" |0.8 | style="text-align:right;" |88.4 |
| 2012
| style="text-align:right;" |1,807,126 | style="text-align:right;" |17,169 | style="text-align:right;" |1,328 | style="text-align:right;" |9.5 | style="text-align:right;" |0.7 | style="text-align:right;" |77.3 |
| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" |1,818,119 | style="text-align:right;" |14,664 | style="text-align:right;" |1,040 | style="text-align:right;" |8.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |70.9 |
| 2014
| style="text-align:right;" |1,812,788 | style="text-align:right;" |16,239 | style="text-align:right;" |1,243 | style="text-align:right;" |9.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.7 | style="text-align:right;" |76.5 |
| 2015
| style="text-align:right;" |1,788,274 | style="text-align:right;" |16,274 | style="text-align:right;" |1,268 | style="text-align:right;" |9.1 | style="text-align:right;" |0.7 | style="text-align:right;" |77.9 |
| 2016
| style="text-align:right;" |1,777,568 | style="text-align:right;" |16,051 | style="text-align:right;" |1,110 | style="text-align:right;" |9.0 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |69.2 |
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;" |1,791,019 | style="text-align:right;" |17,112 | style="text-align:right;" |1,072 | style="text-align:right;" |9.6 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |62.6 |
| 2018
| style="text-align:right;" |1,797,086 | style="text-align:right;" |16,871 | style="text-align:right;" |999 | style="text-align:right;" |9.4 | style="text-align:right;" |0.6 | style="text-align:right;" |59.2 |
| 2019
| style="text-align:right;" |1,788,891 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | |
Administrative divisions
{{see also|Administrative divisions of Kosovo|Municipalities of Kosovo}}
Kosovo is administratively subdivided into seven districts, and 38 municipalities. With the current estimation on population, Kosovo ranks as the 150th largest country in the world based on how populous it is.{{cite web|title=CIA- The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html|website=Cia.gov|access-date=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html|archive-date=27 September 2011}}
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!rowspan="2"|Rank !colspan="3"|Name !rowspan="2"|Population (2011){{refn|name=Boycott|group=note|Due to the boycott of the 2011 census by most municipalities in the Serb-inhabited north (see North Kosovo), the real number of the population of Leposavić, North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok and Zvečan is unknown. Estimates are taken according to a 2014 OSCE report.{{cite web|title=OSCE Leposavic estimates|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13120?download=true|publisher=OSCE|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001959/http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13120?download=true|archive-date=4 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=OSCE Mitrovica North estimate|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/122119?download=true|publisher=OSCE|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085438/http://www.osce.org/kosovo/122119?download=true|archive-date=4 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=OSCE Zubin Potok estimate|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13135?download=true|publisher=OSCE|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054522/http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13135?download=true|archive-date=4 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=OSCE Zvecan estimates|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13136?download=true|publisher=OSCE|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050952/http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13136?download=true|archive-date=4 March 2016}}}} !rowspan="2"|Area (km2) !rowspan="2"|Density (km2) !rowspan="2"|Settlements | |||||||
| English (most common) ! Albanian ! Serbian | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Pristina District | 477,312 | 2,470 | 193.2 |298 | |||||||
| 1 | Pristina | Prishtinë | Priština | 198,897 | 572 | 347.7 | 41 |
| 7 | Podujevo | Podujevë/Besianë | Podujevo | 88,499 | 663 | 133.5 | 76 |
| 11 | Drenas | Drenas | Glogovac | 58,531 | 290 | 201.8 | 37 |
| 12 | Lipjan | Lipjan | Lipljan | 57,605 | 422 | 136.5 | 70 |
| 21 | Kosovo Polje | Fushë Kosovë | Kosovo Polje | 34,827 | 83 | 419.6 | 15 |
| 26 | Obiliq | Obiliq/Kastriot | Obilić | 21,549 | 105 | 205.2 | 19 |
| 30 | Gračanica | Graçanicë | Gračanica | 10,675 | 131 | 81.5 | 16 |
| 33 | Novo Brdo | Novobërdë/Artanë | Novo Brdo | 6,729 | 204 | 33 | 24 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Prizren District | 331,670 | 1,397 | 237.4 |195 | |||||||
| 2 | Prizren | Prizren | Prizren | 177,781 | 626 | 284 | 74 |
| 10 | Suva Reka | Suharekë/Therandë | Suva Reka | 59,722 | 306 | 178.5 | 42 |
| 14 | Malisheva | Malishevë | Mališevo | 54,613 | 361 | 165.4 | 43 |
| 22 | Dragash | Dragash/Sharr | Dragaš | 33,997 | 435 | 78.2 | 35 |
| 35 | Mamusha | Mamushë | Mamuša | 5,507 | 11 | 500.6 | – |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Ferizaj District | 185,806 | 1,030 | 180.4 |126 | |||||||
| 3 | Ferizaj | Ferizaj | Uroševac | 108,690 | 345 | 315 | 45 |
| 23 | Kaçanik | Kaçanik | Kačanik | 33,454 | 221 | 151.4 | 31 |
| 25 | Shtime | Shtime | Štimlje | 27,324 | 134 | 203.9 | 23 |
| 31 | Hani i Elezit | Hani i Elezit | Đeneral Janković/Elez Han | 9,389 | 83 | 113.1 | 11 |
| 32 | Štrpce | Shtërpcë | Štrpce | 6,949 | 247 | 28.1 | 16 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Peja District | 174,235 | 1,365 | 127.6 |118 | |||||||
| 4 | Peja | Pejë | Peć | 96,450 | 603 | 160 | 14 |
| 17 | Istog | Istog | Istok | 39,289 | 454 | 86.5 | 50 |
| 19 | Klina | Klinë | Klina | 38,496 | 308 | 125 | 54 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Gjakova District | 194,672 | 1,129 | 172.4 |170 | |||||||
| 5 | Gjakova | Gjakovë | Đakovica | 94,557 | 587 | 161.1 | 91 |
| 13 | Rahovec | Rahovec | Orahovac | 55,053 | 276 | 199.5 | 32 |
| 18 | Deçan | Deçan | Dečani | 38,984 | 180 | 216.6 | 37 |
| 34 | Junik | Junik | Junik | 6,078 | 86 | 70.7 | 10 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Mitrovica District | 272,247 | 2,077 | 131.1 |267 | |||||||
| 8 | Mitrovica | Mitrovicë | Mitrovica | 71,909 | 350 | 205.5 | 45 |
| 9 | Vushtrri | Vushtrri | Vučitrn | 69,870 | 344 | 203.1 | 67 |
| 15 | Skenderaj | Skënderaj | Srbica | 50,858 | 378 | 134.5 | 49 |
| 24 | North Mitrovica | Mitrovicë Veriore | Severna Mitrovica | 29,460 | 11 | 2,678.2 | – |
| 27 | Leposavić | Leposaviq/Albanik | Leposavić | 18,600 | 539 | 34.5 | 42 |
| 28 | Zvečan | Zveçan | Zvečan | 16,650 | 122 | 136.5 | 35 |
| 29 | Zubin Potok | Zubin Potok | Zubin Potok | 14,900 | 333 | 44.7 | 29 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|Gjilan District | 180,783 | 1,206 | 149.9 |287 | |||||||
| 6 | Gjilan | Gjilan | Gnjilane | 90,015 | 385 | 233.8 | 54 |
| 16 | Viti | Viti | Vitina | 46,959 | 278 | 168.9 | 39 |
| 20 | Kamenica | Kamenicë/Dardanë | Kamenica | 35,600 | 423 | 84.2 | 58 |
| 36 | Ranilug | Ranillug | Ranilug | 3,866 | 78 | 49.6 | 18 |
| 37 | Klokot | Kllokot | Klokot | 2,556 | 24 | 106.5 | 4 |
| 38 | Parteš | Partesh | Parteš | 1,787 | 18 | 99.3 | 3 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center" colspan=4|{{flagicon|Kosovo}} Kosovo |1,816,675 |10,908 |170 |1,339 |
Ethnic groups
The official results of the censuses in Kosovo after World War II are tabulated below. The figures for Albanians in the 1991 census were estimates only, since that census was boycotted by most Albanians. Similarly, the figures for Serbs in the 2011 census omit those in North Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zubin Potok and Zvečan (North Kosovo), while the number of Serbs and Romani in the rest of Kosovo is also deemed unreliable, due to the partial boycott.
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! rowspan="2" | Ethnic ! colspan="2" | 1948 census ! colspan="2" | 1953 census ! colspan="2" | 1961 census ! colspan="2" | 1971 census ! colspan="2" | 1981 census ! colspan="2" | 1991 census ! colspan="2" | 2011 census ! colspan="2" | 2024 census |
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! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % |
| Albanians
| align="right" | 498,244 | align="right" | 68.5 | align="right" | 524,559 | align="right" | 64.9 | align="right" | 646,605 | align="right" | 67.1 | align="right" | 916,168 | align="right" | 73.7 | align="right" | 1,226,736 | align="right" | 77.4 | align="right" | 1,596,072 | align="right" | 81.6 | align="right" | 1,616,869 | align="right" | 92.9 | align="right" | 1,454,963 | align="right" | 91.7 |
| Serbs
| align="right" | 171,911 | align="right" | 23.6 | align="right" | 189,869 | align="right" | 23.5 | align="right" | 227,016 | align="right" | 23.5 | align="right" | 228,264 | align="right" | 18.4 | align="right" | 209,498 | align="right" | 13.2 | align="right" | 194,190 | align="right" | 9.9 | align="right" | 25,532 | align="right" | 1.5 | align="right" | 36,652 | align="right" | 2.3 |
| Montenegrins
| align="right" | 28,050 | align="right" | 3.9 | align="right" | 31,343 | align="right" | 3.9 | align="right" | 37,588 | align="right" | 3.9 | align="right" | 31,555 | align="right" | 2.5 | align="right" | 27,028 | align="right" | 1.7 | align="right" | 20,365 | align="right" | 1.1 | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | |
| ethnic Muslims
| align="right" rowspan="3" | 9,679 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 1.3 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 6,241 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 0.8 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 8,026 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 0.8 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 26,357 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 2.1 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 58,562 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 3.7 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 66,189 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 3.4 | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | |
| Bosniaks
| align="right" | 27,533 | align="right" | 1.6 | align="right" | 26,841 | align="right" | 1.7 |
| Gorani
| align="right" | 10,265 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 9,140 | align="right" | 0.6 |
| Croats
| align="right" | 5,290 | align="right" | 0.7 | align="right" | 6,201 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | 7,251 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | 8,264 | align="right" | 0.7 | align="right" | 8,718 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 8,062 | align="right" | 0.4 | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | |
| Yugoslavs
| align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | 5,206 | align="right" | 0.5 | align="right" | 920 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 2,676 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 3,457 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | |
| Romani
| align="right" rowspan="3" | 11,230 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 1.5 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 11,904 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 1.5 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 3,202 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 0.3 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 14.593 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 1.2 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 34,126 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 2.2 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 45,760 | align="right" rowspan="3" | 2.3 | align="right" | 8,824 | align="right" | 0.5 | align="right" | 8,730 | align="right" | 0.5 |
| Ashkali
| align="right" | 15,436 | align="right" | 0.9 | align="right" | 16,270 | align="right" | 1.0 |
| Egyptians
| align="right" | 11,524 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 10,581 | align="right" | 0.6 |
| Turks
| align="right" | 1,315 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 34,583 | align="right" | 4.3 | align="right" | 25,764 | align="right" | 2.7 | align="right" | 12,244 | align="right" | 1.0 | align="right" | 12,513 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | 10,445 | align="right" | 0.5 | align="right" | 18,738 | align="right" | 1.1 | align="right" | 19,419 | align="right" | 1.2 |
| Macedonians
| align="right" | 526 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 972 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 1,142 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 1,048 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 1,056 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | | align="right" | |
| Others or unspecified
| align="right" | 1,577 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 2,469 | align="right" | 0.3 | align="right" | 2,188 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 4,280 | align="right" | 0.3 | align="right" | 3,454 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 11,656 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 3,264 | align="right" | 0.6 | align="right" | 2,051 | align="right" | 0.1 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total ! colspan="2" | 727,820 ! colspan="2" | 808,141 ! colspan="2" | 963,988 ! colspan="2" | 1,243,693 ! colspan="2" | 1,584,441 ! colspan="2" | 1,956,196 ! colspan="2" | 1,739,825 ! colspan="2" | 1,585,566 |
=Ethnic groups by municipality=
The results of the 2011 census of ethnic groups in municipalities are tabulated below.{{cite web|title=People on Move,pg.20|url=http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/1/Te%20dhenat%20kryesore_ALB/|website=Esk.rks-gov.net|access-date=24 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410035546/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/flipbook/1/Te%20dhenat%20kryesore_ALB/|archive-date=10 April 2013}}
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! colspan=22| Ethnic groups by municipality | |||||||||||||||||||||
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! colspan="2" | 2011 Census ! colspan="2" | Albanians ! colspan="2" | Serbs ! colspan="2" | Turks ! colspan="2" | Bosniaks ! colspan="2" | Roma ! colspan="2" | Ashkali ! colspan="2" | Egyptians ! colspan="2" | Goran ! colspan="2" | Others ! colspan="2" | Not declared | |||||||||||||||||||||
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! Municipality ! Total ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % ! Number ! % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deçan (Deçan / Dečani) | 40,019 | 39,402 | 98.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 | 42 | 0.1 | 393 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 66 | 0.2 | |
| Dragash (Dragash / Dragaš) | 33,997 | 20,287 | 59.7 | 7 | 0.0 | 202 | 0.6 | 4,100 | 12.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8,957 | 26.3 | 283 | 0.8 | 151 | 0.4 |
| Ferizaj (Ferizaj / Uroševac) | 108,610 | 104,152 | 95.9 | 32 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.1 | 83 | 0.1 | 204 | 0.2 | 3,629 | 3.3 | 24 | 0.0 | 64 | 0.1 | 102 | 0.1 | 265 | 0.2 |
| Gjakova (Gjakova / Đakovica) | 94,556 | 87,672 | 97.4 | 17 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 73 | 0.1 | 738 | 0.8 | 613 | 0.6 | 5,177 | 5.5 | 13 | 0.0 | 92 | 0.1 | 205 | 0.2 |
| Gjilan (Gjilan / Gnjilane) | 90,178 | 87,814 | 97.4 | 624 | 0.7 | 978 | 1.1 | 121 | 0.1 | 361 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 69 | 0.1 | 95 | 0.1 | 100 | 0.1 |
| Glogovac (Gllogoc/Drenas / Glogovac) | 58,531 | 58,445 | 99.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.1 |
| Gračanica (Graçanica / Gračanica) | 10,675 | 2,474 | 23.2 | 7,209 | 67.7 | 15 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 | 745 | 7.0 | 104 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.4 | 43 | 0.4 |
| Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosovë / Kosovo Polje) | 34,827 | 30,275 | 86.9 | 321 | 0.9 | 62 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.1 | 436 | 0.3 | 3,230 | 9.3 | 282 | 0.3 | 15 | 0.0 | 131 | 0.4 | 41 | 0.1 |
| Hani i Elezit (Elez Han) | 9,403 | 9,357 | 99.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Istog(Istok) | 39,289 | 36,154 | 92.0 | 194 | 0.5 | 10 | 0.0 | 1,142 | 2.9 | 39 | 0.1 | 111 | 0.3 | 1,544 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.1 | 50 | 0.1 |
| Junik | 6,084 | 6,069 | 99.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.2 |
| Kaçanik (Kačanik) | 33,409 | 33,362 | 99.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Kamenica (K. Kamenica) | 36,085 | 34,186 | 94.7 | 1,554 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 240 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 | 35 | 0.1 |
| Klina | 38,496 | 37,216 | 96.7 | 98 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 78 | 0.2 | 85 | 0.2 | 934 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.1 | 39 | 0.1 |
| Klokot (Kllokot / Klokot) | 2,556 | 1,362 | 53.3 | 1,177 | 46.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Leposavić (Leposaviq / Leposavić){{refn|name=Boycott|group=note}} | 18,700 | 300 | 1.6 | 18,000 | 96.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 400 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lipjan (Lipljan) | 57,605 | 54,467 | 94.6 | 513 | 0.9 | 128 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.1 | 342 | 0.6 | 1,812 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 260 | 0.5 | 31 | 0.1 |
| Mališevo (Malisheva / Mališevo) | 54,613 | 54,501 | 99.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.1 |
| Mamuša (Mamusha / Mamuša) | 5,507 | 327 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,182 | 93.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 39 | 0.7 | 12 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitrovica, Kosovo (Mitrovicë / K. Mitrovica) | 71,909 | 69,497 | 96.6 | 14 | 0.0 | 518 | 0.7 | 416 | 0.6 | 528 | 0.7 | 647 | 0.9 | 6 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.1 | 213 | 0.3 |
| North Mitrovica{{refn|name=Boycott|group=note}} | 29,460 | 4,900 | 16.6 | 22,530 | 76.5 | 210 | 0.7 | 1,000 | 3.4 | 200 | 0.7 | 40 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 580 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Novo Brdo (Novobërdë / Novo Brdo) | 6,729 | 3,524 | 52.4 | 3,122 | 46.4 | 7 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 63 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Obiliq(Obiliq/Kastriot / Obilić) | 21,549 | 19,854 | 92.1 | 276 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.3 | 661 | 3.1 | 578 | 2.7 | 27 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 48 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 40 | 0.2 |
| Parteš (Partesh / Parteš) | 1,787 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,785 | 99.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Peja (Peja / Peć) | 96,450 | 87,975 | 91.2 | 332 | 0.3 | 59 | 0.1 | 3,786 | 3.9 | 993 | 1.0 | 143 | 0.1 | 2,700 | 2.8 | 189 | 0.2 | 132 | 0.1 | 141 | 0.1 |
| Podujevo (Besiane / Podujevo) | 88,499 | 87,523 | 98.9 | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.0 | 74 | 0.1 | 680 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.0 | 127 | 0.1 |
| Pristina (Prishtina / Priština) | 198,897 | 194,452 | 97.8 | 430 | 0.2 | 2,156 | 1.1 | 400 | 0.2 | 56 | 0.0 | 557 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.0 | 205 | 0.1 | 334 | 0.2 | 299 | 0.2 |
| Prizren | 177,781 | 145,718 | 82.0 | 237 | 0.1 | 9,091 | 5.1 | 16,869 | 9.5 | 2,899 | 1.6 | 1,350 | 0.8 | 168 | 0.1 | 655 | 0.4 | 386 | 0.2 | 381 | 0.2 |
| Rahovec (Orahovac) | 56,208 | 55,166 | 98.1 | 134 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 84 | 0.1 | 404 | 0.7 | 299 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Ranilug (Ranilug) | 3,866 | 164 | 4.2 | 3,692 | 95.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Štrpce (Shtërpcë / Štrpce) | 6,949 | 3,757 | 54.1 | 3,148 | 45.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Shtime (Shtime/ Štimlje) | 27,324 | 26,447 | 96.8 | 49 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 750 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 |
| Skenderaj (Srbica) | 50,858 | 50,685 | 99.7 | 50 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 64 | 0.1 |
| Suva Reka (Suharekë / Suva Reka) | 59,722 | 59,076 | 98.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.1 | 493 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 71 | 0.1 |
| Vitina (Viti / Vitina) | 46,987 | 46,669 | 99.3 | 113 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 83 | 0.2 | 60 | 0.1 |
| Vučitrn (Vushtrri / Vučitrn) | 69,870 | 68,840 | 98.5 | 384 | 0.5 | 278 | 0.4 | 33 | 0.0 | 68 | 0.1 | 143 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 50 | 0.1 | 70 | 0.1 |
| Zubin Potok{{refn|name=Boycott|group=note}} | 14,900 | 1,000 | 6.7 | 13,900 | 93.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Zvečan (Zveçan / Zvečan){{refn|name=Boycott|group=note}} | 16,650 | 350 | 2.1 | 16,000 | 96.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| Kosovo | 1,819,604 | 1,623,419 | 90.0 | 80,000{{refn|name=Boycott|group=note}} | 4.4 | 19,002 | 1.1 | 28,506 | 1.6 | 9,024 | 0.5 | 15,476 | 0.9 | 11,585 | 0.6 | 10,826 | 0.6 | 3,052 | 0.2 | 2,752 | 0.2 |
Image:Kosovo ethnic 2005.png]]
The 2000 Living Standard Measurement Survey by Statistical Office of Kosovo found an ethnic composition of the population as follows:
- 92% Albanians
- 8% others
A more comprehensive (October 2002) estimate (for the 1.9 million inhabitants) for these years:
During the Kosovo War in 1999, around 700,000 ethnic Albanians,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/336728.stm|title=BBC News – World – Kosovo Albanians: Who's left?|website=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=29 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222070140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/336728.stm|archive-date=22 December 2006}} over 100,000 ethnic Serbs and more than 40,000 Bosniaks were forced out of Kosovo to neighbouring Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Serbia.
After the United Nations took over administration of Kosovo following the war, the vast majority of the Albanian refugees returned.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
The largest diaspora communities of Kosovo Albanians are in Switzerland and Austria accounting for some 200,000 individuals each, or for 20% of the population resident in Kosovo.
Many non-Albanians – chiefly Serbs and Romani – fled or were expelled, mostly to the rest of Serbia at the end of the war, with further refugee outflows occurring as the result of sporadic ethnic violence. As of 2002, the number of registered refugees was around 250,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.srbija.gov.rs/coordination_centre/index.html |title=Coordination Centre of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija |access-date=2008-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427211140/http://www.srbija.gov.rs/coordination_centre/index.html |archive-date=27 April 2012}}UNHCR: 2002 Annual Statistical Report: Serbia and Montenegro, p. 9{{cite web|url=http://www.refugees.org/world/countryrpt/europe/yugoslavia.htm|title=USCR: Country Information: Yugoslavia|date=29 October 2004|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029061224/http://www.refugees.org/world/countryrpt/europe/yugoslavia.htm|archive-date=29 October 2004}} The non-Albanian population in Kosovo is now about half of its pre-war total{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}. The largest concentration of Serbs in the country is in the north, but many remain in Kosovo Serb enclaves surrounded by Albanian-populated areas.
Languages
{{see also|Minority languages of Kosovo}}
As defined by the Constitution of Kosovo, Albanian and Serbian are official languages in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, almost 95% of the citizens speak Albanian as their native language, followed by South Slavic languages and Turkish. Due to North Kosovo's boycott of the census, Bosnian came in as the second-largest language after Albanian. However, Serbian is in reality the second-most spoken language in Kosovo.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
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| Language | Native speakers{{cite web|title=Language in Kosovo |url=http://census.rks-gov.net/istarMDAS/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=yC&a2=_B2&n=1UR90600V701U&o=&v=1UR060P600V70000000&p=0&sp=null&l=0&exp=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217192027/http://census.rks-gov.net/istarMDAS/MD/dawinciMD.jsp?a1=yC&a2=_B2&n=1UR90600V701U&o=&v=1UR060P600V70000000&p=0&sp=null&l=0&exp=0 |archive-date=2015-02-17 |publisher=Kosovo Agency of Statistics }} | % |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | 1,644,865 | 94.5 |
| Bosnian | 28,989 | 1.7 |
| Serbian | 27,983 | 1.6 |
| Turkish | 19,568 | 1.1 |
| Romani | 5,860 | 0.3 |
| Other/Not specified | 12,560 | 0.7 |
Health
{{{Main|Healthcare in Kosovo}}}
Harvard Medical School and NATO published a study on the impact of the conflict on Kosovo health system in 2014.{{cite web|title=Health 2009|url=https://esk.rks-gov.net/ENG/health/publications|website=Esk.rks-gov.net|access-date=24 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102015832/https://esk.rks-gov.net/ENG/health/publications|archive-date=2 November 2013}}
The data in the table below are from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics.
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! colspan=7| Structure of group of diseases according to ICD-10 recorded in PHC in 2010 | ||
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Group of diseases
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Number | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Percentage | ||
| Parasitic diseases | 53,762 | 28 |
| Tumors/cancers | 2,943 | 1.5 |
| Blood and homopotetic organ disease and immunity disorders | 5,091 | 2.6 |
| Endocrinic disorder of feeding and metabolism | 25,212 | 13.1 |
| Psychic and personality disorder | 13,488 | 7 |
| SQN diseases | 15,490 | 8.1 |
| Eye diseases | 21,320 | 11.1 |
| Ear and mastoid process diseases | 18,989 | 9.9 |
| Diseases of blood circulation system | 5,139 | 2.7 |
| Diseases of respiratory system | 6,962 | 3.6 |
| Diseases of digestive system | 3,192 | 1.7 |
| Dermic and hypodermic tissue diseases | 1,453 | 0.8 |
| Diseases of locomotor system and connective tissue | 1,775 | 0.9 |
| Disease of urogenital system | 2,198 | 1.1 |
| Pregnancy, delivery and maternity | 5,737 | 3 |
| Certain states resulting from perinatal periods | 200 | 0.1 |
| Inborn deformity, chromosomal deformities and anomalies | 248 | 0.1 |
| Symptoms, indications, analyses and clinical abnormal ascertainments | 1,556 | 0.8 |
| Injuries, poisoning, and other consequences caused by external factors | 2,871 | 1.5 |
| External factors of morbidity and mortality 579 0.3 | 579 | 0.3 |
| Factors influencing on health conditions and contact with health services | 3,948 | 2.1 |
| Total | 192,154 |
Religion
{{Main|Religion in Kosovo}}
{{See also|Secularism in Kosovo}}
The country has no official religion. The constitution establishes Kosovo as a secular state that is neutral in matters of religious beliefs and where everyone is equal before the law and freedom to belief, conscience and religion is guaranteed.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WX4hAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167|title=The Road to Independence for Kosovo: A Chronicle of the Ahtisaari Plan|first=Henry H. Jr.|last=Perritt|date=28 September 2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139479431|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1vU9p9ftlsC&pg=PA235|title=Legislating for Equality: A Multinational Collection of Non-Discrimination Norms. Volume I: Europe|first1=Talia|last1=Naamat|first2=Dina|last2=Porat|first3=Nina|last3=Osin|date=19 July 2012|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-9004226128|via=Google Books}}
The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the Kosovo Serbs, especially in North Kosovo. That left the Serb population underrepresented.{{Cite news|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-police-stop-illegal-serb-census-attempts-09-14-2017 |title=Kosovo Police Stop 'Illegal' Serb Census Attempts |author=Perparim Isufi |work=Balkan Insight |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=17 December 2017}} The International Monitoring Operation said that questions complied with international standards: respondents can declare their ethnicity and religion but are not obliged to do so.{{Cite news|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-census-starts-without-northern-kosovo|title=Kosovo Census to Start Without the North|first=Petrit|last=Çollaku|work=Balkan Insight|date=29 March 2011|access-date=1 December 2024}} Serbs predominantly identify as Orthodox Christians. The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in it:{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/KnowledgebaseArticle10700.aspx|title=Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011 – Final Results: Quality Report|date=2011|website=unstats.un.org|publisher=United Nations Statistics Division|access-date=17 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102094721/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/KnowledgebaseArticle10700.aspx|archive-date=2 November 2016}}
File:Religious map of Kosovo 2011.GIF
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|+ 2011 Kosovo religion census ! Religion!!Population!!% | ||
| Islam | 1,663,412 | 95.6% |
| Christianity | 64,275 38,438 25,837 | 3.7% 2.2% 1.5% |
| Other (specify) | 1,188 | 0.1% |
| No religion | 1,242 | 0.1% |
| Not stated
| 9,708 7,213 2,495 | 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% |
| Total | 1,739,825 | 100% |
Most Albanians in Kosovo are Muslim.{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Alexe|url=http://euobserver.com/news/31390|title=The influence of Sufi Islam in the Balkans|work=Euobserver|date=1 December 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010131437/https://euobserver.com/news/31390|archive-date=10 October 2017|access-date=1 December 2024}} Almost all Muslims in Kosovo are Sunni. A small amount of Muslims in Kosovo practice Sufism, mainly in Western Kosovo. Most Muslims in Kosovo follow the Hanafi Madhab.
The Serb population is largely Serbian Orthodox. The Catholic Albanian communities are mostly concentrated in Gjakova, Prizren, Klina and a few villages near Peć and Vitina (see laramans). Slavic-speaking Catholics usually call themselves Janjevci or Kosovan Croats. Slavic-speaking Muslims in the south of Kosovo are known as the Gorani people.
Migration
{{See|Albanian diaspora|Serb diaspora}}
According to a 2015 report by Geoba.se, Kosovo's current net migration rate is at −3.72, ranking Kosovo 197th,{{cite web|title=The World: Net Migrants per 1000 (2015)|url=http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=014&page=2|publisher=GEOBA.se|access-date=2017-08-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829203122/http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=014&page=2|archive-date=29 August 2017}} due to the ongoing political and economic crisis. The same source gives −0.71 for the 2023 estimate.
Internally displaced persons
According to the US CIA, {{as of|2022|lc=y}}, there were 16,000 internally displaced persons, primarily Serbs displaced during the Kosovo War. Also, a smaller number of Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence.
See also
- Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- {{Section link|Yugoslavia|Demographics}}
- Demographics of Albania
- Demographics of Montenegro
- Demographics of North Macedonia
- Demographics of Serbia
- Kosovo Albanians
- Bosniaks in Kosovo
- Montenegrins of Kosovo
- Kosovo Serbs
- Turks in Kosovo
- Roma in Kosovo
- Gorani people
- Janjevci
- Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians
- History of the Jews in Kosovo
Notes and references
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External links
- [http://esk.rks-gov.net/ Statistical Office of Kosovo]
- [https://minorityrights.org/country/kosovo-unrecognized-state/ Kosovo (unrecognized state)] (May 2018)
- [http://advocacynet.org/page/kwn Groups working with all demographics in Kosovo]
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{{Demographics of Europe}}
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