Kosovo People - 2023

Population

1,964,327 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Kosovan

adjective: Kosovan

note: Kosovo, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective as in Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb, Kosovo minority, or Kosovo citizen

Ethnic groups

Albanians 92.9%, Bosniaks 1.6%, Serbs 1.5%, Turk 1.1%, Ashkali 0.9%, Egyptian 0.7%, Gorani 0.6%, Romani 0.5%, other/unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo

Languages

Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages

note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minority languages because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.)

major-language sample(s): Libri i fakteve boterore, burimi i pazevendesueshem per informacione elementare (Albanian)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

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Albanian audio sample:
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Religions

Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)

note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo

Age structure

0-14 years: 23.1% (male 235,379/female 218,359)

15-64 years: 68.75% (male 706,495/female 643,982)

65 years and over: 8.15% (2023 est.) (male 69,676/female 90,436)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 46.9

youth dependency ratio: 32.3

elderly dependency ratio: 14.6

potential support ratio: 6.9 (2021)

Median age

total: 30.5 years

male: 30.2 years

female: 30.8 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

0.62% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

14.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

7.65 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

population clusters exist throughout the country, the largest being in the east in and around the capital of Pristina

Major urban areas - population

218,782 PRISTINA (capital) (2020)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 24.93 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 26.36 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 23.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.15 years

male: 69.93 years

female: 74.54 years (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.88 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.91 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

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Drinking water source

improved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

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unimproved: urban: N/A

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Current health expenditure

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Physicians density

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Sanitation facility access

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Children under the age of 5 years underweight

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Education expenditures

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Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

total: 48.8%

male: 44.9%

female: 57.3% (2020 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Kosovo on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kosovo 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kosovo 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.