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Demographics of Kosovo
| Demographics of Kosovo | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Kosovo in 2022 | |
| Population |  1,586,659 (2024)[1] |
| Growth rate |  0.68% (2024)[2] |
| Birth rate | 14.4 per 1,000 pop. (2024)[2] |
| Death rate |  7.2 per 1,000 pop. (2024)[2] |
| Life expectancy | 76.7 years (2011)[3]: 13 |
| • male | 74.1 years (2011)[3]: 13 |
| • female | 79.4 years (2011)[3]: 13 |
| Fertility rate | 1.87 children born/woman (2024)[2] |
| Infant mortality rate |  24.9 per 1,000 births[2] |
| Net migration rate | -0.4 per 1,000 pop. (2024)[2] |
| 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. 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%).[1] The same year, US CIA World Factbook estimate put the country's population at 1,977,093.[2] According to the first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo was 1,739,825.[9][3]: 12
The 2011 census also shows that Albanians form the majority in Kosovo, with 92.9% of the total population; significant minorities include Bosniaks (1.6%), Serbs (1.5%), Turkish (1.1%), Askhali (0.9%), Egyptian (0.7%), Gorani (0.6%), and Roma (0.5%).[2][10] However, it excluded North Kosovo — a largely Serb-inhabited region.[2] Moreover, it was partially boycotted by Romani and Serb communities in South Kosovo.[2] After Albanians, Serbs form the largest ethnic community in Kosovo (6–7.8%).[4][5][6][7][8][10]
Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. The average age is 34.8 and median age is 32, as of 2024.[1][2] 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).[11]
- ^ a b c "The preliminary data of the Census of Population, Family Economies and Housing in Kosovo are published – Zyra e Kryeministrit". Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo. Kosovo Agency of Statistics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kosovo". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Series 1: General Statistics: Kosovo in Figures (2015)" (PDF). Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Judah, Tim (7 November 2019). "Kosovo's demographic destiny looks eerily familiar". Balkan Insight.
- ^ a b "Kosovo Population 2019". 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b "Community Profile: Serb Community" (PDF). ECMI Kosovo. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës -". Esk.rks-gov.net. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Kosovo (unrecognized state)". Minority Rights Group. March 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Kosovo's Birth Rate Falling but Still High. BalkanInsight. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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