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{{Infobox place demographics
{{Infobox place demographics
| place = [[Kosovo]]
| place = [[Kosovo]]
| image = File:Kosovo population pyramid 2022.svg
| image = Kosovo population pyramid 2022.svg
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| size_of_population = {{up}}1,761,864 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| size_of_population = {{decrease}}1,586,659 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| density =
| density =
| growth = {{increase}} 0.62%% (2023 est.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| growth = {{increase}} 0.62% (2023 est.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| birth = {{decrease}} 14.6 per 1,000 pop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| birth = {{decrease}} 14.6 per 1,000 pop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#people-and-society|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| death = {{steady}} 7.7 per 1,000 pop.
| death = {{steady}} 7.7 per 1,000 pop.
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| nation = ''noun'': [[Kosovars|Kosovar]]/Kosovan(s) ''adjective'': Kosovar
| nation = ''noun'': [[Kosovars|Kosovar]]/Kosovan(s) ''adjective'': Kosovar
| major_ethnic = [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians]] (95%) ''(2011 census)''
| major_ethnic = [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians]] (95%) ''(2011 census)''
| minor_ethnic = Bosniaks (2%), [[Kosovo Serbs|Serbs]] (1.5%){{refn|group=note|name=SerbBoycott|Due to political issues, Kosovo 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. Kosovo Serbs form the second largest ethnic group in Kosovo, after Albanians. Estimates explains that Serbs hold 6-7% of the population.<ref name="Cocozelli">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Judah2019">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Kosovopop2019">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Small-Arms-Survey">{{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 [[Kosovo Serbs|Kosovo 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 [[Serbian enclaves in Kosovo|Kosovo Serb enclaves]] are, in part, isolated from the rest of Kosovo and protected by the multinational [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]-led [[Kosovo Force]] (KFOR).}}</ref><ref name="ECMI Kosovo 2013">{{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}}</ref><ref name="CIA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>}} and [[#Ethnic groups|others]] (4%) ''(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 explains that Serbs hold 6-7% of the population.<ref name="Cocozelli">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Judah2019">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Kosovopop2019">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Small-Arms-Survey">{{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 [[Serbs|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 [[Serbian enclaves in Kosovo|Serb enclaves]] are, in part, isolated from the rest of Kosovo and protected by the multinational [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]-led [[Kosovo Force]] (KFOR).}}</ref><ref name="ECMI Kosovo 2013">{{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}}</ref><ref name="CIA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/|title=Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>}} and [[#Ethnic groups|others]] (4%) ''(2011 census)''


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The [[Kosovo Agency of Statistics]] monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo, such as [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, [[Religion in Kosovo|religious affiliations]] and other aspects of the population. [[Census]]es, normally conducted at ten-year intervals, record the demographic characteristics of the population. According to the first census conducted after the [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|2008 declaration of independence]] in 2011, the permanent population of [[Kosovo]] had reached 1,810,366.<ref name="esk">{{cite web|url=http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|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/20131125230339/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|archive-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>
The [[Kosovo Agency of Statistics]] monitors various demographic features of the population of [[Kosovo]], such as [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, [[Religion in Kosovo|religious affiliations]] and other aspects of the population. [[Census]]es, normally conducted at ten-year intervals, record the demographic characteristics of the population. 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%).<ref name=PreliminaryData2024>{{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/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=kryeministri.rks-gov.net}}</ref> The same year, [[The World Factbook|US CIA World Factbook]] estimate put the country's population at 1,977,093.<ref name="CIA" /> According to the first census conducted after the [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|2008 declaration of independence]] in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo was 1,810,366.<ref name="esk">{{cite web|url=http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|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/20131125230339/http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/?cid=1,92|archive-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>


A 2011 demographic census shows that [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians]] form the majority in Kosovo, with over 93% of the total population; significant minorities include [[Bosniaks in Kosovo|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 [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians]], Serbs form the largest ethnic community in Kosovo (6–7%).<ref name="Cocozelli" /><ref name="Judah2019" /><ref name="Kosovopop2019" /><ref name="Small-Arms-Survey"/><ref name="ECMI Kosovo 2013" /><ref name="CIA" /> A 2023 [[CIA]] estimate put Kosovo's population at 1,964,327.<ref name="CIA" />
The 2011 census also shows that [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians form the majority in Kosovo]], with about 93% of the total population; significant minorities include [[Bosniaks in Kosovo|Bosniaks]] (1.6%), [[Kosovo Serbs|Serbs]] (1.5%) and others.<ref name="CIA"/> However, it excluded North Kosovo—a largely Serb-inhabited region.<ref name="CIA"/> Moreover, it was partially boycotted by [[Romani people in Kosovo|Romani]] and [[Serb enclaves in Kosovo|Serb communities]] in South Kosovo.<ref name="CIA"/> After Albanians, Serbs form the largest ethnic community in Kosovo (6–7%).<ref name="Cocozelli" /><ref name="Judah2019" /><ref name="Kosovopop2019" /><ref name="Small-Arms-Survey"/><ref name="ECMI Kosovo 2013" /><ref name="CIA"/>


Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. As of 2008, half of its roughly 2-million-strong population is under the age of 25, according to a recent report of the UN Development Programme, UNDP. According to the government data, it is estimated that more than 65 percent of the population are younger than 30.<ref>[http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-birth-rate-falling-but-still-high Kosovo's Birth Rate Falling but Still High] at balkaninsight.com, 10-7-2008, retrieved 18-8-2018</ref>
Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. As of 2024, the average age is 34.8 and [[Population pyramid|median age]] is 32.<ref name=PreliminaryData2024/><ref name="CIA" /> 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).<ref>[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.</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==2011 census==
==2011 census==
The final results of the 2011 census recorded [[Kosovo]] (excluding [[North Kosovo]]) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants.<ref name="esk.rks-gov.net">{{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|access-date= 2017-08-29|url-status= live|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}}</ref> 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 [[Romani people|Roma]] in southern Kosovo.<ref name="ECMI">{{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}}</ref> 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 camp]]s at the time of the census;<ref name="rks-gov.net">{{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}}</ref> that out of 312,711 conventional dwellings, 99,808 (over 30%) were unoccupied;<ref name="rks-gov.net"/> 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).<ref name="rks-gov.net"/>
The 2011 census recorded [[Kosovo]] (excluding [[North Kosovo]]) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants.<ref name="esk.rks-gov.net">{{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|access-date= 2017-08-29|url-status= live|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}}</ref> 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 [[Romani people|Roma]] in southern Kosovo.<ref name="ECMI">{{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}}</ref> 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 camp]]s at the time of the census;<ref name="rks-gov.net">{{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}}</ref> that out of 312,711 conventional dwellings, 99,808 (over 30%) were unoccupied;<ref name="rks-gov.net"/> 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).<ref name="rks-gov.net"/>


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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).
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).


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align: right;"
|-
|-
! style="width:40pt;" |
! style="width:40pt;" |
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|-
|-
|'''2022'''
|'''2022'''
|'''1,761,864'''
|1,761,864
| '''22,632'''
| '''22,632'''
| 9,845
| 9,845
| style="color:green;" |'''12,787'''
| style="color:green;" |'''12,787'''
| '''12.8'''
| '''12.8'''
| '''5.6'''
| 5.6
| style="color:green;" |'''7.3'''
| style="color:green;" |'''7.3'''
| -20.9
| -20.9
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|-
|-
|'''2023'''
|'''2023'''
|1,586,659
|
| style="color:red;" |'''21,429'''
| style="color:red;" |'''21,654'''
| '''9,006'''
| '''9,622'''
| style="color:green;" |'''12,423'''
| style="color:green;" |'''12,023'''
|
|
|
|
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! Natural increase
! Natural increase
|-
|-
| '''January - April 2023'''
| '''January - August 2023'''
| 6,638
| 14,395
| 3,309
| 6,043
| +3,329
| +8,352
|-
|-
| '''January - April 2024'''
| '''January - August 2024'''
| 6,647
| 14,044
| 3,169
| 6,446
| +3,478
| +7,598
|-
|-
| '''Difference'''
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -9 (-0.14%)
| {{decrease}} -351 (-2.44%)
| {{increasenegative}} +140 (+4.42%)
| {{increasenegative}} +403 (+6.69%)
| {{decrease}} -149
| {{decrease}} -754
|}
|}


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==Ethnic groups==
==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.<ref name="ECMI"/>
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]].<ref name="ECMI"/>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | 1948 census
! colspan="2" | 1948 census
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| [[Deçan]] <small>(Deçan / Dečani)</small>||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
| [[Deçan]] <small>(Deçan / Dečani)</small>||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
|-
|-
| [[Dragaš]] <small>(Dragash / Dragaš)</small> ||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
| [[Dragaš|Dragash]] <small>(Dragash / Dragaš)</small> ||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]] <small>(Ferizaj / Uroševac)</small>||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
| [[Ferizaj]] <small>(Ferizaj / Uroševac)</small>||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]] <small>(Gjakova / Đakovica)</small> ||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
| [[Gjakova|Gjakovë]] <small>(Gjakova / Đakovica)</small> ||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]] <small>(Gjilan / Gnjilane)</small>||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
| [[Gjilan]] <small>(Gjilan / Gnjilane)</small>||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]] <small>(Gllogoc/Drenas / Glogovac)</small> ||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
| [[Glogovac|Gllogoc]] <small>(Gllogoc/Drenas / Glogovac)</small> ||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
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|-
| [[Gračanica, Kosovo|Gračanica]] <small>(Graçanica / Gračanica)</small>||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
| [[Gračanica, Kosovo|Graçanicë]] <small>(Graçanica / Gračanica)</small>||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]] <small>(Fushë Kosovë / Kosovo Polje)</small>||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
| [[Kosovo Polje|Fushë Kosovë]] <small>(Fushë Kosovë / Kosovo Polje)</small>||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
|-
|-
| [[Elez Han|Hani i Elezit]] <small>(Elez Han)</small>||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
| [[Elez Han|Hani i Elezit]] <small>(Elez Han)</small>||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
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| [[Kamenica, Kosovo|Kamenica]] <small>(K. Kamenica)</small>||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
| [[Kamenica, Kosovo|Kamenica]] <small>(K. Kamenica)</small>||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
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|-
| [[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
| [[Klina|Klinë]]||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
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|-
| [[Klokot|Kllokot]] <small>(Klokot)</small>||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
| [[Klokot|Kllokot]] <small>(Klokot)</small>||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]] <small>(Leposaviq / Leposavić)</small>{{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
| [[Leposavić|Leposaviq]] <small>(Leposaviq / Leposavić)</small>{{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]] <small>(Lipljan)</small>||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
| [[Lipjan]] <small>(Lipljan)</small>||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]] <small>(Malisheva / Mališevo)</small>||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
| [[Mališevo|Malishevë]] <small>(Malisheva / Mališevo)</small>||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]] <small>(Mamusha / Mamuša)</small>||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
| [[Mamuša|Mamushë]] <small>(Mamusha / Mamuša)</small>||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|Mitrovica]] <small>(K. Mitrovica)</small> ||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
| [[Mitrovica, Kosovo|Mitrovicë]] <small>(K. Mitrovica)</small> ||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
| [[North Mitrovica|Mitrovica e Veriut]]{{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]] <small>(Novobërdë / Novo Brdo)</small>||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
| [[Novo Brdo|Novobërdë]] <small>(Novobërdë / Novo Brdo)</small>||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]]<small>(Obiliq/Kastriot / Obilić)</small>||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
| [[Obiliq]]<small>(Obiliq/Kastriot / Obilić)</small>||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]] <small>(Partesh / Parteš)</small>||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
| [[Parteš|Partesh]] <small>(Partesh / Parteš)</small>||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]] <small>(Peja / Peć)</small>||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
| [[Peja|Pejë]] <small>(Peja / Peć)</small>||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]] <small>(Besiane / Podujevo)</small>||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
| [[Podujevo|Podujevë]] <small>(Besiane / Podujevo)</small>||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]] <small>(Prishtina / Priština)</small>||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
| [[Pristina|Prishtinë]] <small>(Prishtina / Priština)</small>||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
| [[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
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| [[Ranilug]] <small>(Ranilug)</small>||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
| [[Ranilug]] <small>(Ranilug)</small>||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
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|-
| [[Štrpce]] <small>(Shtërpcë / Štrpce)</small>||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
| [[Štrpce|Shtërpcë]] <small>(Shtërpcë / Štrpce)</small>||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
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|-
| [[Shtime]] <small>(Shtime/ Štimlje)</small>||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
| [[Shtime]] <small>(Shtime/ Štimlje)</small>||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
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| [[Skenderaj]] <small>(Srbica)</small>||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
| [[Skenderaj]] <small>(Srbica)</small>||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]] <small>(Suharekë / Suva Reka)</small>||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
| [[Suva Reka|Suharekë]] <small>(Suharekë / Suva Reka)</small>||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 (town)|Vitina]] <small>(Viti / Vitina)</small>||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
| [[Vitina (town)|Vitina]] <small>(Viti / Vitina)</small>||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
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==Health==
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
[[Harvard Medical School]] and [[NATO]] published a study on the impact of the conflict on [[Healthcare in Kosovo|Kosovo health system]] in 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The data in the table below are from the [[Kosovo Agency of Statistics]].
The data in the table below are from the [[Kosovo Agency of Statistics]].
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==Migration==
==Migration==
{{See also|Albanian diaspora}}
According to a 2015 report by Geoba.se, Kosovo's current [[net migration rate]] is at −3.72, ranking Kosovo 197th,<ref>{{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}}</ref> due to the ongoing political and economic crisis. The same source gives −0.71 for the 2023 estimate.
According to a 2015 report by Geoba.se, Kosovo's current [[net migration rate]] is at −3.72, ranking Kosovo 197th,<ref>{{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}}</ref> due to the ongoing political and economic crisis. The same source gives −0.71 for the 2023 estimate.


==Religion==
==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Kosovo}}
{{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
The country has no [[State religion|official religion]]. [[Constitution of Kosovo|The constitution]] establishes Kosovo as a [[secular state]] that is [[Separation of church and state|neutral in matters of religious beliefs]] and where everyone is [[Equality before the law|equal before the law]] and [[Freedom of religion|freedom to belief, conscience and religion]] is guaranteed.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>


The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the [[Kosovo Serbs]] (who predominantly identify as [[Serbian Orthodox]] Christians), especially in [[North Kosovo]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-census-starts-without-northern-kosovo |title=Kosovo Census to Start Without the North |author=Petrit Collaku |work=[[Balkan Insight]] |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> leaving the Serb population underrepresented.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in the census:<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the [[Kosovo Serbs]] (who predominantly identify as [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox Christians]]), especially in [[North Kosovo]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-census-starts-without-northern-kosovo |title=Kosovo Census to Start Without the North |author=Petrit Collaku |work=[[Balkan Insight]] |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> leaving the Serb population underrepresented.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in it:<ref>{{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}}</ref>
[[File:Religious map of Kosovo 2011.GIF|Religious map of Kosovo in 2011 by settlements. The Serb-dominated gray area in the north ([[North Kosovo]]) is presumably majority Orthodox.|thumb|right]]
[[File:Religious map of Kosovo 2011.GIF|Religious map of Kosovo in 2011 by settlements. The Serb-dominated gray area in the north ([[North Kosovo]]) is presumably majority Orthodox.|thumb|right]]
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|| 64,275 <br /> ''38,438'' <br /> ''25,837'' || 3.7% <br /> ''2.2%'' <br /> ''1.5%''
|| 64,275 <br /> ''38,438'' <br /> ''25,837'' || 3.7% <br /> ''2.2%'' <br /> ''1.5%''
|-
|-
| [[Religion|Other]] (specify) || 1,188 || 0.1%
| [[Religious denomination|Other]] (specify) || 1,188 || 0.1%
|-
|-
| [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 1,242 || 0.1%
| [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 1,242 || 0.1%
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|}
|}


Almost all Muslims in Kosovo are [[Sunni Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euobserver.com/news/31390|title=The influence of Sufi Islam in the Balkans|website=Euobserver.com|date=December 2010 |access-date=2017-08-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010131437/https://euobserver.com/news/31390|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>
Almost all [[Islam in Kosovo|Muslims in Kosovo]] are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]].<ref name=EUobserver2010>{{cite web|url=http://euobserver.com/news/31390|title=The influence of Sufi Islam in the Balkans|website=Euobserver.com|date=December 2010 |access-date=2017-08-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010131437/https://euobserver.com/news/31390|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> [[Sufism]] is quite present.<ref name=EUobserver2010/>


The Serb population is largely [[Serbian Orthodox]]. The [[Roman Catholicism in Kosovo|Catholic]] Albanian communities are mostly concentrated in [[Gjakova]], [[Prizren]], [[Klina]] and a few villages near [[Peć]] and [[Vitina (town)|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]].
The Serb population is largely [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]]. The [[Roman Catholicism in Kosovo|Catholic]] Albanian communities are mostly concentrated in [[Gjakova]], [[Prizren]], [[Klina]] and a few villages near [[Peć]] and [[Vitina (town)|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]].


==Internally displaced persons==
==Internally displaced persons==
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According to the US CIA, {{as of|2022|lc=y}}, there were 16000 internally displaced persons, primarily Serbs displaced during the [[Kosovo War]].<ref name="CIA" /> Also, a smaller number of Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence.<ref name="CIA" />
{{update|date=May 2015}}
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According to the CIA, {{as of|2013|lc=y}}, there were 17,300 internally displaced persons, most of whom are Serbs displaced during the [[Kosovo War]].<ref>{{quote|17,300 (primarily ethnic Serbs displaced during the 1998–1999 war fearing reprisals from the majority ethnic-Albanian population; a smaller number of ethnic Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence) (2013 est.)}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Demographics of North Macedonia]]
* [[Demographics of North Macedonia]]
* [[Demographics of Serbia]]
* [[Demographics of Serbia]]
* [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians in Kosovo]]
* [[Kosovo Albanians]]
* [[Bosniaks in Kosovo]]
* [[Bosniaks in Kosovo]]
* [[Montenegrins of Kosovo|Montenegrins in Kosovo]]
* [[Montenegrins of Kosovo]]
* [[Kosovo Serbs|Serbs in Kosovo]]
* [[Kosovo Serbs]]
* [[Turks in Kosovo]]
* [[Turks in Kosovo]]
* [[Roma in Kosovo]]
* [[Roma in Kosovo]]
* [[Gorani (ethnic group)]]
* [[Gorani people]]
* [[Janjevci]]
* [[Janjevci]]
* [[Ashkali]]
* [[Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians]]
*[[History of the Jews in Kosovo]]
*[[History of the Jews in Kosovo]]


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*[http://www.minorityrights.org/7856/reports/filling-the-vacuum-ensuring-protection-and-legal-remedies-for-minorities-in-kosovo.html Filling the Vacuum: Ensuring Protection and Legal Remedies for Minorities in Kosovo] by Minority Rights Group International (May 2009)
*[http://www.minorityrights.org/7856/reports/filling-the-vacuum-ensuring-protection-and-legal-remedies-for-minorities-in-kosovo.html Filling the Vacuum: Ensuring Protection and Legal Remedies for Minorities in Kosovo] by Minority Rights Group International (May 2009)
*[http://advocacynet.org/page/kwn Groups working with all demographics in Kosovo]
*[http://advocacynet.org/page/kwn Groups working with all demographics in Kosovo]
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Demographics of Kosovo
Population pyramid of Kosovo in 2022
PopulationDecrease1,586,659 (2024)[1]
Growth rateIncrease 0.62% (2023 est.)[2]
Birth rateDecrease 14.6 per 1,000 pop.[3]
Death rateSteady 7.7 per 1,000 pop.
Life expectancyIncrease 76.7 years[4]
 • maleDecrease 74.1 years
 • femaleIncrease 79.4 years
Fertility rateDecrease 1.88 children born/woman (2023)[5]
Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 24.9 per 1,000 births[6]
Net migration rate-3.72 per 1,000 pop.
Age structure
0–14 years27.2%
15–64 years66.1%
65 and over6.7%
Sex ratio
Total1.08 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationalitynoun: Kosovar/Kosovan(s) adjective: Kosovar
Major ethnicAlbanians (95%) (2011 census)
Minor ethnicBosniaks (2%), Serbs (1.5%)[note 1] and others (4%) (2011 census)
Language
OfficialAlbanian
SpokenAlbanian (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. 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%).[13] The same year, US CIA World Factbook estimate put the country's population at 1,977,093.[12] According to the first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo was 1,810,366.[14]

The 2011 census also shows that Albanians form the majority in Kosovo, with about 93% of the total population; significant minorities include Bosniaks (1.6%), Serbs (1.5%) and others.[12] However, it excluded North Kosovo—a largely Serb-inhabited region.[12] Moreover, it was partially boycotted by Romani and Serb communities in South Kosovo.[12] 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. As of 2024, the average age is 34.8 and median age is 32.[13][12] 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).[15]

History

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Main article: Demographic history of Kosovo
Population of Kosovo from 1921 to 2015

2011 census

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The 2011 census recorded Kosovo (excluding North Kosovo) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants.[16] 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.[17] 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;[18] that out of 312,711 conventional dwellings, 99,808 (over 30%) were unoccupied;[18] and that three municipalities designed[clarification needed] 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).[18]

  • Kosovo ethnic map 2011 by settlement.
    Kosovo ethnic map 2011 by settlement.
  • Distribution of Albanians in Kosovo 2011 by settlements.
    Distribution of Albanians in Kosovo 2011 by settlements.
  • Distribution of Serbs in Kosovo by settlements 2011.
    Distribution of Serbs in Kosovo by settlements 2011.
  • Distribution of Bosniaks in Kosovo by settlements.
    Distribution of Bosniaks in Kosovo by settlements.
  • Distribution of Turks in Kosovo by settlements.
    Distribution of Turks in Kosovo by settlements.
  • Distribution of Gorani in Kosovo by settlements.
    Distribution of Gorani in Kosovo by settlements.
  • Distribution of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians in Kosovo by settlements.
    Distribution of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians in Kosovo by settlements.

Vital statistics

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Source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics[19][20][21]

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).

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Crude migration rate (per 1000) Total fertility rate Female fertile population (15–49 years)
1950 764,000 35,222 12,991 22,231 46.1 17.0 29.1 7.70 164,096
1951 780,000 29,299 14,833 14,466 37.6 19.0 18.5 2.4 6.17 169,877
1952 793,000 35,619 13,867 21,752 44.9 17.5 27.4 -10.7 7.23 175,660
1953 813,000 34,595 16,726 17,869 42.6 20.6 22.0 3.2 6.62 181,445
1954 832,000 38,595 13,201 25,394 46.4 15.9 30.5 -7.1 7.16 185,718
1955 842,000 36,736 15,292 21,444 43.6 18.2 25.5 -13.5 6.62 189,992
1956 859,000 37,819 13,692 24,127 44.0 15.9 28.1 -7.9 6.56 194,265
1957 873,000 34,159 15,300 18,859 39.1 17.5 21.6 -5.3 5.84 192,596
1958 890,000 39,285 11,598 27,687 44.1 13.0 31.1 -11.6 6.62 195,341
1959 921,000 37,364 12,878 24,486 40.6 14.0 26.6 8.2 6.14 199,359
1960 944,000 41,631 13,365 28,266 44.1 14.2 29.9 -4.9 6.64 203,954
1961 967,353 40,561 11,759 28,802 41.9 12.2 29.8 -5.1 6.26 208,550
1962 994,676 41,336 15,024 26,312 41.6 15.1 26.5 1.7 6.23 212,149
1963 1,022,218 41,525 12,423 29,102 40.6 12.2 28.5 -0.8 6.13 217,556
1964 1,051,498 42,557 12,731 29,826 40.5 12.1 28.4 0.2 6.14 224,326
1965 1,082,170 43,569 11,767 31,802 40.3 10.9 29.4 -0.2 5.97 233,584
1966 1,118,003 42,429 10,266 32,163 38.0 9.2 28.8 4.3 5.66 240,125
1967 1,150,622 44,001 11,308 32,693 38.2 9.8 28.4 0.8 5.71 248,992
1968 1,182,952 44,627 10,781 33,846 37.7 9.1 28.6 -0.5 5.64 257,056
1969 1,189,140 46,480 10,892 35,588 39.1 9.2 29.9 -24.7 5.69 267,271
1970 1,219,996 44,496 10,829 33,667 36.5 8.9 27.6 -1.7 5.40 268,960
1971 1,253,975 47,060 10,312 36,748 37.5 8.2 29.3 -1.4 5.74 270,050
1972 1,290,965 47,943 10,270 37,673 37.1 8.0 29.2 0.3 5.57 283,885
1973 1,327,853 47,714 10,358 37,356 35.9 7.8 28.1 0.5 5.35 293,340
1974 1,365,879 49,847 10,075 39,772 36.5 7.4 29.1 -0.5 5.40 303,396
1975 1,404,977 49,310 10,018 39,292 35.1 7.1 28.0 0.6 5.19 313,611
1976 1,446,001 51,355 10,149 41,206 35.5 7.0 28.5 0.7 5.24 324,297
1977 1,486,816 49,849 9,811 40,038 33.5 6.6 26.9 1.3 4.92 334,581
1978 1,525,960 49,027 9,776 39,251 32.1 6.4 25.7 0.6 4.66 344,970
1979 1,565,995 48,125 9,575 38,550 30.7 6.1 24.6 1.6 4.51 349,520
1980 1,552,779 53,147 8,909 44,238 34.2 5.7 28.5 -38.9 4.82 354,068
1981 1,594,451 48,111 9,677 38,434 30.2 6.1 24.1 2.7 4.55 351,396
1982 1,634,893 52,865 10,479 42,386 32.3 6.4 25.9 -0.5 4.71 361,232
1983 1,676,325 49,645 11,040 38,605 29.6 6.6 23.0 2.3 4.29 372,615
1984 1,716,884 55,243 10,573 44,670 32.2 6.2 26.0 -1.8 4.58 391,155
1985 1,760,132 53,925 11,826 42,099 30.6 6.7 23.9 1.3 4.30 403,640
1986 1,803,579 54,519 10,446 44,073 30.2 5.8 24.4 0.3 4.18 415,407
1987 1,848,111 56,221 10,307 45,914 30.4 5.6 24.8 -0.1 4.12 429,439
1988 1,894,131 56,283 10,257 46,026 29.7 5.4 24.3 0.6 3.96 441,867
1989 1,938,794 53,656 10,181 43,475 27.7 5.3 22.4 1.2 3.63 454,260
1990 1,987,056 55,175 8,214 46,961 27.8 4.1 23.6 1.3 3.59 472,145
1991 1,967,675 52,263 8,526 43,737 26.6 4.3 22.2 -32.0 3.52 454,214
1992 2,007,978 44,418 8,004 36,414 22.1 4.0 18.1 2.4 2.83 478,108
1993 2,043,740 44,132 7,804 36,328 21.6 3.8 17.8 0 2.71 492,412
1994 2,079,234 43,450 7,667 35,783 20.9 3.7 17.2 0.2 2.57 506,408
1995 2,115,020 44,776 8,671 36,105 21.2 4.1 17.1 0.1 2.55 521,049
1996 2,152,545 46,041 8,392 37,649 21.4 3.9 17.5 0.2 2.56 535,873
1997 2,188,083 42,920 8,624 34,296 19.6 3.9 15.7 0.8 2.33 549,826
1998 2,127,795 41,752 8,123 33,629 19.6 3.8 15.8 43.4 2.34 543,799
1999 2,067,507 40,020 7,569 32,451 19.4 3.7 15.7 -44.0 2.28 537,773
2000 2,007,219 38,687 7,115 31,572 19.3 3.5 15.7 -44.9 2.31 531,747
2001 1,946,932 37,412 6,672 30,740 19.2 3.4 15.8 -45.8 2.26 525,719
2002 1,886,644 36,136 5,654 30,482 19.2 3.0 16.2 -47.2 2.22 519,692
2003 1,826,356 31,994 6,417 25,577 17.5 3.5 14.0 -46.0 2.00 513,664
2004 1,766,068 35,063 6,399 28,664 19.9 3.6 16.2 -49.2 2.21 507,639
2005 1,743,780 37,218 7,207 30,011 21.3 4.1 17.2 -29.8 2.38 501,613
2006[22] 1,719,536 34,187 7,479 26,708 19.9 4.3 15.5 -29.4 2.24 495,586
2007 1,733,404 33,112 6,681 26,431 19.1 3.9 15.2 -7.1 2.21 489,559
2008 1,747,383 34,399 6,852 27,547 19.7 3.9 15.8 -7.7 2.32 483,531
2009 1,761,474 34,240 7,030 27,210 19.4 4.0 15.4 -7.3 2.36 477,507
2010 1,775,680 33,751 7,234 26,517 19.0 4.1 14.9 -6.8 2.38 471,479
2011 1,786,229 27,626 7,111 20,515 15.5 4.0 11.5 -5.6 1.99 465,452
2012 1,807,126 27,743 7,317 20,426 15.4 4.0 11.3 0.4 1.95 475,454
2013 1,818,119 29,327 7,135 22,192 16.1 3.9 12.2 -6.1 2.02 486,248
2014 1,812,788 25,929 7,634 18,295 14.3 4.2 10.1 13.0 1.81 483,078
2015 1,788,274 24,594 8,202 16,392 13.8 4.6 9.2 -22.7 1.74 479,210
2016 1,777,568 23,416 8,495 14,921 13.2 4.8 8.4 -14.4 1.66 478,783
2017 1,791,019 23,402 8,721 14,681 13.1 4.9 8.2 -0.6 1.65 485,648
2018[23] 1,797,086 22,761 8,998 13,763 12.7 5.0 7.7 -4.3 1.60 486,169
2019[24][25] 1,788,891 21,798 9,430 12,368 12.2 5.3 6.9 -11.5 1.55 482,164
2020[26][27] 1,790,152 21,907 12,987 8,920 12.2 7.3 5.0 -4.3 1.56 480,779
2021[28][29] 1,786,079 22,830 13,019 9,811 12.8 7.3 5.5 -7.8 1.63 476,401
2022 1,761,864 22,632 9,845 12,787 12.8 5.6 7.3 -20.9 1.65 466,213
2023 1,586,659 21,654 9,622 12,023

Current vital statistics

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[30][31][32][33]

Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January - August 2023 14,395 6,043 +8,352
January - August 2024 14,044 6,446 +7,598
Difference Decrease -351 (-2.44%) Negative increase +403 (+6.69%) Decrease -754

Marriages and divorces

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Administrative divisions

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See also: Administrative divisions of Kosovo and 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.[34]

Rank Name Population (2011)[note 2] Area (km2) Density (km2) Settlements
English
(most common) 		Albanian Serbian
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
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 –
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
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
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
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
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
Kosovo Kosovo 1,816,675 10,908 170 1,339

Ethnic groups

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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.[17]

Ethnic
group 		1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2011 census
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Albanians 498,244 68.5 524,559 64.9 646,605 67.1 916,168 73.7 1,226,736 77.4 1,596,072 81.6 1,616,869 92.9
Serbs 171,911 23.6 189,869 23.5 227,016 23.5 228,264 18.4 209,498 13.2 194,190 9.9 25,532 1.5
Montenegrins 28,050 3.9 31,343 3.9 37,588 3.9 31,555 2.5 27,028 1.7 20,365 1.1
ethnic Muslims 9,679 1.3 6,241 0.8 8,026 0.8 26,357 2.1 58,562 3.7 66,189 3.4
Bosniaks 27,533 1.6
Gorani 10,265 0.6
Croats 5,290 0.7 6,201 0.8 7,251 0.8 8,264 0.7 8,718 0.6 8,062 0.4
Yugoslavs 5,206 0.5 920 0.1 2,676 0.2 3,457 0.2
Romani 11,230 1.5 11,904 1.5 3,202 0.3 14.593 1.2 34,126 2.2 45,760 2.3 8,824 0.5
Ashkali 15,436 0.9
Egyptians 11,524 0.6
Turks 1,315 0.2 34,583 4.3 25,764 2.7 12,244 1.0 12,513 0.8 10,445 0.5 18,738 1.1
Macedonians 526 0.1 972 0.1 1,142 0.1 1,048 0.1 1,056 0.1
Others or unspecified 1,577 0.2 2,469 0.3 2,188 0.2 4,280 0.3 3,454 0.2 11,656 0.6 3,264 0.6
Total 727,820 808,141 963,988 1,243,693 1,584,441 1,956,196 1,739,825

Ethnic groups by municipality

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The results of the 2011 census of ethnic groups in municipalities are tabulated below.[39]

Ethnic composition of Kosovo in 2005 according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The 2000 Living Standard Measurement Survey by Statistical Office of Kosovo found an ethnic composition of the population as follows:

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,[40] 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] 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.[41][42][43] The non-Albanian population in Kosovo is now about half of its pre-war total[citation needed]. 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

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Linguistic structure according to the 2011 census
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.

Language Native speakers[44] %
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

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Healthcare in Kosovo Harvard Medical School and NATO published a study on the impact of the conflict on Kosovo health system in 2014.[45] The data in the table below are from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics.

Migration

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See also: Albanian diaspora

According to a 2015 report by Geoba.se, Kosovo's current net migration rate is at −3.72, ranking Kosovo 197th,[46] due to the ongoing political and economic crisis. The same source gives −0.71 for the 2023 estimate.

Religion

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Main article: 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.[47][48]

The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the Kosovo Serbs (who predominantly identify as Serbian Orthodox Christians), especially in North Kosovo,[49] leaving the Serb population underrepresented.[50] The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in it:[51]

Religious map of Kosovo in 2011 by settlements. The Serb-dominated gray area in the north (North Kosovo) is presumably majority Orthodox.
2011 Kosovo religion census
(boycotted by most Serbs)
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
  • Prefer not to answer
  • Missing
 9,708
7,213
2,495		 0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
Total 1,739,825 100%

Almost all Muslims in Kosovo are Sunni Muslim.[52] Sufism is quite present.[52]

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.

Internally displaced persons

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According to the US CIA, as of 2022, there were 16000 internally displaced persons, primarily Serbs displaced during the Kosovo War.[12] Also, a smaller number of Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence.[12]

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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 explains that Serbs hold 6-7% of the population.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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.[35][36][37][38]
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  2. ^ "Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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  5. ^ "Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Europe :: Kosovo — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b Cocozelli, Fred (2016). Ramet, Sabrina (ed.). Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Socialist Southeastern Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-1316982778.
  8. ^ a b Judah, Tim (7 November 2019). "Kosovo's demographic destiny looks eerily familiar". Balkan Insight.
  9. ^ a b "Kosovo Population 2019". 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b Khakee, Anna; Florquin, Nicolas (1 June 2003). "Kosovo: Difficult Past, Unclear Future" (PDF). Kosovo and the Gun: A Baseline Assessment of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Kosovo. 10. Pristina, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and Geneva, Switzerland: Small Arms Survey: 4–6. JSTOR resrep10739.9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023. 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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  22. ^ "Demographic changes of the Kosovo population 1948–2006" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Kosovo, 2019" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2019". ask.rks-gov.net. 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2019". ask.rks-gov.net. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  26. ^ "Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2020" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  27. ^ "Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2020" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  28. ^ "Birth Statistics in Kosovo, 2021" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  29. ^ "Death Statistics in Kosovo, 2021" (PDF). ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  30. ^ "Quarterly Bulletin". ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Monthly Bulletin". ask.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  32. ^ "Births by the place where the birth took place and the permanent place of the mother in the municipality". askdata.rks-gov.net.[permanent dead link‍]
  33. ^ "Deaths by place of death and place of permanents residence in the municipality". askdata.rks-gov.net.[permanent dead link‍]
  34. ^ "CIA- The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  35. ^ "OSCE Leposavic estimates". OSCE. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  36. ^ "OSCE Mitrovica North estimate". OSCE. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  37. ^ "OSCE Zubin Potok estimate". OSCE. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  38. ^ "OSCE Zvecan estimates". OSCE. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  39. ^ "People on Move,pg.20". Esk.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
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  41. ^ "Coordination Centre of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  42. ^ UNHCR: 2002 Annual Statistical Report: Serbia and Montenegro, p. 9
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  49. ^ Petrit Collaku (29 March 2011). "Kosovo Census to Start Without the North". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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