Demographics of Kosovo | |
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Population | 1,586,659 (2024)[1] |
Growth rate | 0.62% (2023 est.)[2] |
Birth rate | 14.6 per 1,000 pop.[3] |
Death rate | 7.7 per 1,000 pop. |
Life expectancy | 76.7 years[4] |
• male | 74.1 years |
• female | 79.4 years |
Fertility rate | 1.88 children born/woman (2023)[5] |
Infant mortality rate | 24.9 per 1,000 births[6] |
Net migration rate | -3.72 per 1,000 pop. |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 27.2% |
15–64 years | 66.1% |
65 and over | 6.7% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 1.08 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | noun: Kosovar/Kosovan(s) adjective: Kosovar |
Major ethnic | Albanians (95%) (2011 census) |
Minor ethnic | Bosniaks (2%), Serbs (1.5%)[note 1] and others (4%) (2011 census) |
Language | |
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 first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo had reached 1,810,366.[13] A 2024 CIA estimate put Kosovo's population at 1,977,093.[12] The latest census started on 5th of April 2024 and according to the preliminary results, the Republic of Kosovo has 1,586,659 inhabitants, of which 795,046 are men (50.1%) and 791,614 are women (49.9%).[14]
A 2011 demographic census shows that Albanians form the majority in Kosovo, with over 93% of the total population; significant minorities include Bosniaks (1.6%), Serbs (1.5%) and others. However, most Serbs boycotted the census and it therefore shows an inaccurate number of Serbs in Kosovo. After Albanians, Serbs form the largest ethnic community in Kosovo (6–7%).[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. In 2024, the median age is 32.[12] In 2008, half of its population was under the age of 25, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. In 2008 also, according to the government data, it was estimated that more than 65 percent of the population was younger than 30.[15]
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).
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