1,964,327 (2023 est.)
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
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:
Serbian language sample:
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
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)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 46.9
youth dependency ratio: 32.3
elderly dependency ratio: 14.6
potential support ratio: 6.9 (2021)
total: 31.7 years (2023 est.)
male: 31.3 years
female: 32 years
0.62% (2023 est.)
14.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
population clusters exist throughout the country, the largest being in the east in and around the capital of Pristina
218,782 PRISTINA (capital) (2020)
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.)
total: 24.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 26.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.4 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 72.2 years (2023 est.)
male: 69.9 years
female: 74.5 years
1.88 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.91 (2023 est.)
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NOTE: The information regarding Kosovo on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kosovo 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kosovo 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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