Kosovo People 2023, CIA World Factbook

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

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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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