Demographics of Kosovo

The Kosovo Agency of Statistics monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo[lower-alpha 1], 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. According to the first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo had reached 1,810,366.[2]

Demographics of Kosovo
Population of Kosovo (in thousands) from 1921–2015
Population	1,810,366 (2020)
Growth rate	0.64% (2015 est.)[1]
Birth rate	17.09 per 1,000 pop.[1]
Death rate	7.0 per 1,000 pop.
Life expectancy	71.3 years[1]
• male	69.2 years
• female	73.6 years
Fertility rate	2.09 children born/woman (2015)[1]
Infant mortality rate	36.4 per 1,000 births[1]
Net migration rate	-3.72 per 1,000 pop.
Age structure
0–14 years	25.8%
15–64 years	67.2%
65 and over	7.0%
Sex ratio
Total	1.08 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	noun: Kosovar/Kosovan(s) adjective: Kosovar
Major ethnic	Albanians (95%)
Minor ethnic	Bosniaks (2%), Serbs (1%) and others (4%)
Language
Official	Albanian
Spoken	Albanian (95%) languages of the minorities (5%)

Albanians form the majority in Kosovo, with over 93% of the total population; significant minorities include Bosniaks (1,6%), Serbs (1,5%) and others. A 2015 estimate put Kosovo's population at 1,870,981.[3]

Kosovo has the youngest population in Europe. 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.[4] While Kosovo's birth rate remains the highest in Europe, the only municipalities with population growth are Albanian minority enclaves in the south next to Kosovo.[5]

History

Main article: Demographic history of Kosovo

2011 census

The final results of the 2011 census recorded Kosovo (excluding North Kosovo) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants.[6] 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 partial boycott by Serbs and Roma in southern Kosovo.[7] 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;[8] that out of 312,711 conventional dwellings, 99,808 (over 30%) were unoccupied;[8] and that three municipalities designed 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).[8]

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

Population

The 2000 Living Standard Measurement Survey, conducted by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics and rejected by Belgrade,[9] estimated the population between 1.8–2.0 million.[10]

Kosovo currently has the youngest population in Europe, with an estimated fertility rate of 2.4 children per woman.[11] In recent years, however, Kosovo's population growth rate has begun to slow and its birth rate has decreased.[12][13]

Vital statistics[14][15][16]

In 2009, 34,477 births were registered, 34,240 of whom were born alive, while 237 were born dead.[17] The vitality ratio was 9. Ratio of dead births (fetal deaths) in 1000 births was 6.9. The age group of mothers was as following: 25–29 years age group with 35.1%, 20–24 years old age groups with 26.4%, age group 30–34 years with 23.3%, and other age group compose 15.2% of the total number of births. The average age of women who have children born in 2009, is 27.7 years. Under the weight of children born in health institutions, the majority of infants with weight is 3000-3499 grams or 31.4% from 3500 to 3999 gr. 23.7%, from 2500 to 2999 gr. 12.7%, etc. Live babies born weighing less than 1000 gr. constitute only 0.3%.[18] Under education, mothers with primary school dominate the top with 44.9% of secondary but not tertiary and university with 7.2%, etc.

Frequent names in 2009 for girls were Erza (114 times) and Suela (108 times) while for boys was the names Leon (159 times) and Leart (124 times).[19][20]

Sex ratio
Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio
2002	36,136	18,752	17,384	107.9
2003	31,994	16,777	15,217	110.3
2004	35,063	18,213	16,850	108.1
2005	37,218	19,431	17,787	109.2
2006	34,187	17,827	16,360	109
2007	33,112	17,394	15,718	110.7
2008	34,399	17,857	16,542	107.9
2009	34,240	17,853	16,387	108.9
2010	33,751	17,805	15,946	111.7
2011	34,262	17,837	16,425	108.6

Deaths according years and gender
Year	Total	Male	Female	Male %	Female %
2002	5,654	3,348	2,306	59.2	40.8
2003	6,417	3,741	2,676	58.3	41.7
2004	6,399	3,654	2,745	57.1	42.9
2005	7,207	4,058	3,149	56.3	43.7
2006	7,479	4,313	3,166	57.7	42.3
2007	6,681	3,867	2,814	57.9	42.1
2008	6,852	3,963	2,889	57.8	42.2
2009	7,030	4,079	2,951	58	42
2010	7,234	4,263	2,971	58.9	41.1
2011	7,556	4,442	3,114	58.8	41.2
Source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics

Population estimates in the table below may be unreliable since the 1990s. Besides, births and deaths exclude territories with a Serbian majority. Since 2011, in accordance with European statistical norms, live births and deaths record figures in Kosovo only (excluding foreign countries).[21]

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (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	6.17	169,877
1952	793,000	35,619	13,867	21,752	44.9	17.5	27.4	7.23	175,660
1953	813,000	34,595	16,726	17,869	42.6	20.6	22.0	6.62	181,445
1954	832,000	38,595	13,201	25,394	46.4	15.9	30.5	7.16	185,718
1955	842,000	36,736	15,292	21,444	43.6	18.2	25.5	6.62	189,992
1956	859,000	37,819	13,692	24,127	44.0	15.9	28.1	6.56	194,265
1957	873,000	34,159	15,300	18,859	39.1	17.5	21.6	5.84	192,596
1958	890,000	39,285	11,598	27,687	44.1	13.0	31.1	6.62	195,341
1959	921,000	37,364	12,878	24,486	40.6	14.0	26.6	6.14	199,359
1960	944,000	41,631	13,365	28,266	44.1	14.2	29.9	6.64	203,954
1961	967,353	40,561	11,759	28,802	41.9	12.2	29.8	6.26	208,550
1962	994,676	41,336	15,024	26,312	41.6	15.1	26.5	6.23	212,149
1963	1,022,218	41,525	12,423	29,102	40.6	12.2	28.5	6.13	217,556
1964	1,051,498	42,557	12,731	29,826	40.5	12.1	28.4	6.14	224,326
1965	1,082,170	43,569	11,767	31,802	40.3	10.9	29.4	5.97	233,584
1966	1,118,003	42,429	10,266	32,163	38.0	9.2	28.8	5.66	240,125
1967	1,150,622	44,001	11,308	32,693	38.2	9.8	28.4	5.71	248,992
1968	1,182,952	44,627	10,781	33,846	37.7	9.1	28.6	5.64	257,056
1969	1,189,140	46,480	10,892	35,588	39.1	9.2	29.9	5.69	267,271
1970	1,219,996	44,496	10,829	33,667	36.5	8.9	27.6	5.40	268,960
1971	1,253,975	47,060	10,312	36,748	37.5	8.2	29.3	5.74	270,050
1972	1,290,965	47,943	10,270	37,673	37.1	8.0	29.2	5.57	283,885
1973	1,327,853	47,714	10,358	37,356	35.9	7.8	28.1	5.35	293,340
1974	1,365,879	49,847	10,075	39,772	36.5	7.4	29.1	5.40	303,396
1975	1,404,977	49,310	10,018	39,292	35.1	7.1	28.0	5.19	313,611
1976	1,446,001	51,355	10,149	41,206	35.5	7.0	28.5	5.24	324,297
1977	1,486,816	49,849	9,811	40,038	33.5	6.6	26.9	4.92	334,581
1978	1,525,960	49,027	9,776	39,251	32.1	6.4	25.7	4.66	344,970
1979	1,565,995	48,125	9,575	38,550	30.7	6.1	24.6	4.51	349,520
1980	1,552,779	53,147	8,909	44,238	34.2	5.7	28.5	4.82	354,068
1981	1,594,451	48,111	9,677	38,434	30.2	6.1	24.1	4.55	351,396
1982	1,634,893	52,865	10,479	42,386	32.3	6.4	25.9	4.71	361,232
1983	1,676,325	49,645	11,040	38,605	29.6	6.6	23.0	4.29	372,615
1984	1,716,884	55,243	10,573	44,670	32.2	6.2	26.0	4.58	391,155
1985	1,760,132	53,925	11,826	42,099	30.6	6.7	23.9	4.30	403,640
1986	1,803,579	54,519	10,446	44,073	30.2	5.8	24.4	4.18	415,407
1987	1,848,111	56,221	10,307	45,914	30.4	5.6	24.8	4.12	429,439
1988	1,894,131	56,283	10,257	46,026	29.7	5.4	24.3	3.96	441,867
1989	1,938,794	53,656	10,181	43,475	27.7	5.3	22.4	3.63	454,260
1990	1,987,056	55,175	8,214	46,961	27.8	4.1	23.6	3.59	472,145
1991	1,967,675	52,263	8,526	43,737	26.6	4.3	22.2	3.52	454,214
1992	2,007,978	44,418	8,004	36,414	22.1	4.0	18.1	2.83	478,108
1993	2,043,740	44,132	7,804	36,328	21.6	3.8	17.8	2.71	492,412
1994	2,079,234	43,450	7,667	35,783	20.9	3.7	17.2	2.57	506,408
1995	2,115,020	44,776	8,671	36,105	21.2	4.1	17.1	2.55	521,049
1996	2,152,545	46,041	8,392	37,649	21.4	3.9	17.5	2.56	535,873
1997	2,188,083	42,920	8,624	34,296	19.6	3.9	15.7	2.33	549,826
1998	2,127,795	41,752	8,123	33,629	19.6	3.8	15.8	2.34	543,799
1999	2,067,507	40,020	7,569	32,451	19.4	3.7	15.7	2.28	537,773
2000	2,007,219	38,687	7,115	31,572	19.3	3.5	15.7	2.31	531,747
2001	1,946,932	37,412	6,672	30,740	19.2	3.4	15.8	2.26	525,719
2002	1,886,644	36,136	5,654	30,482	19.2	3.0	16.2	2.22	519,692
2003	1,826,356	31,994	6,417	25,577	17.5	3.5	14.0	2.00	513,664
2004	1,766,068	35,063	6,399	28,664	19.9	3.6	16.2	2.21	507,639
2005	1,743,780	37,218	7,207	30,011	21.3	4.1	17.2	2.38	501,613
2006[22]	1,719,536	34,187	7,479	26,708	19.9	4.3	15.5	2.24	495,586
2007	1,733,404	33,112	6,681	26,431	19.1	3.9	15.2	2.21	489,559
2008	1,747,383	34,399	6,852	27,547	19.7	3.9	15.8	2.32	483,531
2009	1,761,474	34,240	7,030	27,210	19.4	4.0	15.4	2.36	477,507
2010	1,775,680	33,751	7,234	26,517	19.0	4.1	14.9	2.38	471,479
2011	1,786,229	27,626	7,111	20,515	15.5	4.0	11.5	1.99	465,452
2012	1,807,126	27,743	7,317	20,426	15.4	4.0	11.3	1.95	475,454
2013	1,818,119	29,327	7,135	22,192	16.1	3.9	12.2	2.02	486,248
2014	1,812,788	25,929	7,634	18,295	14.3	4.2	10.1	1.81	483,078
2015	1,788,274	24,594	8,202	16,392	13.8	4.6	9.2	1.74	479,210
2016	1,777,568	23,416	8,495	14,921	13.2	4.8	8.4	1.66	478,783
2017	1,791,019	23,402	8,721	14,681	13.1	4.9	8.2	1.65	485,648
2018[23]	1,797,086	22,761	8,998	13,763	12.7	5.0	7.7	1.60	489,345
2019[24][25][26]	1,788,891	21,798	9,430	12,368	12.2	5.3	6.9
	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate	Female fertile population (15–49 years)
Total 1950-2018		2,851,694	685,509	2,166,185	1866.7	448.7	1418.0
Average 1950-2018	1,527,644	41,329	9,935	31,394	27.1	6.5	20.6	3.60	372,118

Current vital statistics[27]

Births

• from January - June 2019 = 10,632
• from January - June 2020 = 7,533
• Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = -3,099 (-29.15%)

Deaths

• from January - June 2019 = 5,024
• from January - June 2020 = 4,382
• Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = -642 (-12.78%)

Natural increase

• from January - June 2019 = +5,608
• from January - June 2020 = +3,151
• Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = -2,457

 (During the months from April to June 2020 the registration of births and deaths was affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.)

Marriages and divorces

	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	Divorces per 1000 marriages
1950	764,000	8,686	481	11.4	0.6	55.4
1951	780,000	7,300	475	9.4	0.6	65.1
1952	793,000	7,052	406	8.9	0.5	57.6
1953	813,000	7,208	382	8.9	0.5	53.0
1954	832,000	7,390	352	8.9	0.4	47.6
1955	842,000	6,815	445	8.1	0.5	65.3
1956	859,000	5,723	426	6.7	0.5	74.4
1957	873,000	5,860	403	6.7	0.5	68.8
1958	890,000	6,924	374	7.8	0.4	54.0
1959	921,000	6,794	498	7.4	0.5	73.3
1960	944,000	6,822	417	7.2	0.4	61.1
1961	967,353	7,426	479	7.7	0.5	64.5
1962	994,676	7,481	451	7.5	0.5	60.3
1963	1,022,218	7,183	346	7.0	0.3	48.2
1964	1,051,498	8,340	388	7.9	0.4	46.5
1965	1,082,170	8,226	347	7.6	0.3	42.2
1966	1,118,003	8,246	514	7.4	0.5	62.3
1967	1,150,622	7,569	314	6.6	0.3	41.5
1968	1,182,952	8,719	244	7.4	0.2	28.0
1969	1,189,140	10,083	226	8.5	0.2	22.4
1970	1,219,996	11,280	258	9.2	0.2	22.9
1971	1,253,975	11,006	238	8.8	0.2	21.6
1972	1,290,965	10,571	272	8.2	0.2	25.7
1973	1,327,853	11,139	198	8.4	0.1	17.8
1974	1,365,879	9,885	337	7.2	0.2	34.1
1975	1,404,977	9,928	261	7.1	0.2	26.3
1976	1,446,001	10,268	248	7.1	0.2	24.2
1977	1,486,816	10,470	472	7.0	0.3	45.1
1978	1,525,960	11,552	460	7.6	0.3	39.8
1979	1,565,995	11,568	355	7.4	0.2	30.7
1980	1,552,779	12,666	333	8.2	0.2	26.3
1981	1,594,451	11,936	280	7.5	0.2	23.5
1982	1,634,893	12,368	289	7.6	0.2	23.4
1983	1,676,325	12,406	256	7.4	0.2	20.6
1984	1,716,884	12,560	237	7.3	0.1	18.9
1985	1,760,132	12,483	332	7.1	0.2	26.6
1986	1,803,579	11,921	364	6.6	0.2	30.5
1987	1,848,111	13,644	260	7.4	0.1	19.1
1988	1,894,131	14,613	389	7.7	0.2	26.6
1989	1,938,794	14,343	320	7.4	0.2	22.3
1990	1,987,056	12,742	509	6.4	0.3	39.9
1991	1,967,675	12,559	354	6.4	0.2	28.2
1992	2,007,978	13,367	266	6.7	0.1	19.9
1993	2,043,740	13,372	248	6.5	0.1	18.5
1994	2,079,234	11,959	299	5.8	0.1	25.0
1995	2,115,020	12,979	352	6.1	0.2	27.1
1996	2,152,545	12,244	559	5.7	0.3	45.7
1997	2,188,083	11,866	396	5.4	0.2	33.4
1998	2,127,795	13,149	524	6.2	0.2	39.9
1999	2,067,507	14,432	652	7.0	0.3	45.2
2000	2,007,219	15,714	780	7.8	0.4	49.6
2001	1,946,932	16,997	909	8.7	0.5	53.5
2002	1,886,644	18,280	1,037	9.7	0.5	56.7
2003	1,826,356	17,034	1,165	9.3	0.6	68.4
2004	1,766,068	16,989	1,293	9.6	0.7	76.1
2005	1,743,780	15,732	1,445	9.0	0.8	91.9
2006	1,719,536	15,825	1,480	9.2	0.9	93.5
2007	1,733,404	16,824	1,558	9.7	0.9	92.6
2008	1,747,383	17,950	1,026	10.3	0.6	57.2
2009	1,761,474	20,209	1,555	11.5	0.9	76.9
2010	1,775,680	18,289	1,453	10.3	0.8	79.4
2011	1,786,229	16,619	1,469	9.3	0.8	88.4
2012	1,807,126	17,169	1,328	9.5	0.7	77.3
2013	1,818,119	14,664	1,040	8.1	0.6	70.9
2014	1,812,788	16,239	1,243	9.0	0.7	76.5
2015	1,788,274	16,274	1,268	9.1	0.7	77.9
2016	1,777,568	16,051	1,110	9.0	0.6	69.2
2017	1,791,019	17,112	1,072	9.6	0.6	62.6
2018	1,797,086	16,871	999	9.4	0.6	59.2
2019	1,788,891
	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	Divorces per 1000 marriages
Total 1950-2018		835,965	41,516
Average 1950-2018	1,527,644	12,115	602	7.9	0.4	49.7

In 2009, 20,209 marriages were registered. The average age of couples was 29.5 years. (men–31 and women–28). Prizren ranked first with 1,720 marriages or 8.5%, followed by Pristina with 1,643 or 8.1%, Podujeva with 1,302 or 6.4%, etc. According to the education, to male dominates the secondary education by 75.3%, and dominates the secondary education with 64.5%.[28]

Marriages according to years and ages of couples
Year	TOTAL	The average age women	The average age men	The average marriage age
2002	18,280	25.8	29.4	27.3
2003	17,034	28.2	29.7	27.7
2004	16,917	27	30.3	28.7
2005	15,732	27. 0	30.3	29. 0
2006	15,825	27. 0	30.3	29. 0
2007	16,824	27. 0	31.0	29. 0
2008	17,950	28. 0	30.0	26. 0
2009	20,209	28. 0	31.0	29.5
2010	18,289	28. 0	30.0	28. 0
2011	17,343	27.9	32.0	29. 0
Source: KAS, Vital Statistics

Divorces according to years and duration of marriages
Year	Total	Less than a year	One year	Two years	Three years	Four years	5–9 years	10–14 years	15–19 years	20–24 years	25 and more	Unknown
2004	1,293	54	149	181	129	97	249	221	118	48	45	2
2005	1,445	67	143	186	172	148	272	228	137	52	40	0
2006	1,480	74	152	191	172	177	351	147	128	46	41	1
2007	1,558	149	208	162	177	206	334	128	106	50	38	0
2008	1,026	73	141	121	103	146	258	72	62	24	26	0
2009	1,555	122	213	190	170	170	419	109	67	55	40	0
2010	1,453	124	215	202	170	129	377	86	68	37	45	0
2011	1,469	129	211	159	154	139	384	104	77	49	63	0
Source: KAS, Vital Statistics

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Vital statistics by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	836,700	1,070,263	1,388,842	1,742,008	2,073,663	1,813,880	1,794,877
Live births	35,869	42,872	48,473	53,362	45,495	35,245	26,505
Deaths	14,038	12,032	10,117	10,370	8,159	6,751	7,872
Natural change	21,832	30,840	38,355	42,992	37,335	28,494	18,634
Crude birth rate (per 1000)	42.9	40.1	34.9	30.6	21.9	19.4	14.8
Crude death rate (per 1000)	16.8	11.2	7.3	6.0	3.9	3.7	4.4
Natural change (per 1000)	26.1	28.8	27.6	24.7	18.0	15.7	10.4
Total fertility rate	6.65	5.98	5.19	4.32	2.73	2.25	1.86
Female fertile population (15–49 years)	184,835	231,356	308,661	397,508	509,161	504,626	479,411
Marriages and divorces by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	836,700	1,070,263	1,388,842	1,742,008	2,073,663	1,813,880	1,794,877
Marriages	6,975	8,010	10,767	12,894	12,867	17,155	16,588
Divorces	424	373	310	306	416	1,225	1,220
Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	8.3	7.5	7.8	7.4	6.2	9.5	9.2
Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7
Divorces per 1000 marriages	60.8	46.5	28.8	23.7	32.3	71.4	73.6

Births and fertility rates

Live births by age of mother	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Live births by age of mother
Live births total	41,329	35,222	29,299	35,619	34,595	38,595	36,736	37,819	34,159	39,285	37,364	41,631	40,561	41,336	41,525	42,557	43,569	42,429	44,001	44,627	46,480	44,496	47,060	47,943	47,714	49,847	49,310	51,355	49,849	49,027	48,125	53,147	48,111	52,865	49,645	55,243	53,925	54,519	56,221	56,283	53,656	55,175	52,263	44,418	44,132	43,450	44,776	46,041	42,920	41,752	40,020	38,687	37,412	36,136	31,994	35,063	37,218	34,187	33,112	34,399	34,240	33,751	27,626	27,743	29,327	25,929	24,594	23,416	23,402	22,761	21,798	Live births total
Under 15	10	7	6	7	5	5	5	10	11	6	17	19	11	10	17	11	13	15	10	9	7	19	33	28	24	12	34	26	24	36	35	37	25	32	25	1	2	2	27	2	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	6	0	1	2	1	5	0	1	1	3	4	Under 15
15-19	2,579	1,689	1,405	1,708	2,207	2,463	2,344	2,385	2,414	2,803	2,792	3,111	2,965	3,220	2,946	2,866	3,024	3,378	3,323	3,360	3,604	3,422	3,674	3,884	3,956	4,049	3,947	4,040	3,932	3,980	3,873	3,986	3,574	3,836	3,367	4,085	3,707	3,752	3,367	3,931	3,536	3,720	3,425	2,940	2,896	3,022	2,908	2,828	2,523	2,454	2,353	1,197	1,157	1,118	822	1,147	1,233	1,076	958	1,286	1,330	990	831	1,096	853	921	824	702	761	697	610	15-19
20-24	11,967	9,195	7,649	9,299	9,790	10,922	10,396	10,859	10,281	11,203	10,461	11,656	10,867	11,100	11,084	11,514	12,090	11,515	11,850	12,013	12,982	12,744	13,757	14,372	14,432	15,060	15,129	15,690	15,487	15,251	14,965	16,153	14,611	16,427	15,387	17,670	17,237	17,177	18,317	18,326	17,202	17,777	16,989	14,695	14,550	14,027	14,401	14,725	13,641	13,270	12,719	9,866	9,540	9,215	7,832	9,481	9,962	8,792	8,316	9,421	9,046	8,386	6,599	6,958	7,103	6,044	5,768	5,213	4,834	4,460	4,064	20-24
25-29	12,567	7,950	6,613	8,040	9,047	10,093	9,607	10,330	9,623	11,391	10,545	11,749	11,562	11,575	11,471	11,628	11,706	11,337	11,717	11,891	12,528	11,686	12,074	12,546	12,466	13,032	13,193	14,188	13,753	13,928	13,624	15,258	13,881	15,484	14,819	16,468	16,754	17,315	18,629	18,344	18,110	18,093	16,868	14,386	14,509	14,232	14,705	15,148	14,371	13,979	13,400	14,138	13,672	13,206	11,863	12,612	13,665	12,122	11,961	11,932	12,011	11,878	9,812	9,683	10,298	9,068	8,611	8,332	8,443	8,179	7,748	25-29
30-34	7,969	6,147	5,113	6,216	5,560	6,203	5,904	6,275	5,462	6,408	6,612	7,367	7,832	8,312	8,574	8,712	8,962	8,674	8,914	9,052	8,998	8,314	8,933	8,839	8,704	9,209	8,880	9,111	8,748	8,544	8,331	9,384	8,518	9,394	8,990	10,077	9,686	9,685	9,735	9,640	9,126	9,676	9,519	8,083	8,021	7,808	8,124	8,421	7,868	7,654	7,336	8,846	8,555	8,263	7,638	7,972	8,394	8,214	8,023	7,960	7,962	8,161	6,678	6,492	6,998	6,262	6,029	5,859	5,993	5,906	5,819	30-34
35-39	4,089	5,263	4,378	5,322	4,075	4,546	4,327	4,223	3,641	4,360	4,029	4,489	3,918	3,875	4,305	4,707	4,936	4,938	5,661	5,751	5,724	5,569	5,673	5,606	5,379	5,454	5,260	5,427	5,179	4,843	4,659	5,116	4,513	4,700	4,363	4,877	4,750	4,744	4,570	4,343	4,130	4,025	3,843	3,120	2,983	2,923	2,889	3,148	3,106	3,021	2,896	3,631	3,512	3,392	2,966	3,028	3,144	3,159	3,107	3,066	3,163	3,503	3,019	2,836	3,246	2,909	2,677	2,656	2,693	2,831	2,871	35-39
40-44	1,456	3,197	2,659	3,233	2,499	2,788	2,654	2,442	1,797	2,075	2,066	2,302	2,303	2,180	2,091	2,055	1,807	1,627	1,710	1,738	1,928	2,002	2,212	2,089	2,168	2,217	2,179	2,195	2,058	1,903	1,715	1,841	1,581	1,532	1,494	1,610	1,422	1,346	1,271	1,243	997	1,044	990	795	729	662	676	723	594	578	554	908	878	848	793	707	667	684	666	614	623	704	623	544	633	612	605	595	616	605	593	40-44
45-49	364	1,156	962	1,169	1,201	1,339	1,275	1,113	821	906	731	814	807	775	726	756	777	683	608	611	509	335	337	291	245	302	341	368	364	282	284	325	219	270	196	203	207	208	174	166	150	153	104	99	91	80	69	72	79	77	74	84	81	78	66	49	65	56	61	75	64	75	48	56	46	66	60	53	60	65	61	45-49
50 and over	92	460	383	465	202	225	214	179	87	106	110	123	270	277	278	255	214	222	184	183	166	176	158	131	87	76	75	57	32	50	42	39	37	42	35	38	40	54	36	42	29	37	53	37	43	26	21	20	18	18	17	17	17	16	14	10	8	3	18	14	17	9	12	0	8	10	7	5	0	13	15	50 and over
Unknown	235	158	131	160	9	11	10	3	22	27	1	1	26	12	33	53	40	40	24	19	34	229	209	157	253	436	272	253	272	210	597	1,008	1,152	1,148	969	214	120	236	95	246	376	643	472	262	310	670	982	955	712	693	664	0	0	0	0	56	79	80	0	28	18	45	3	76	141	32	13	0	1	2	13	Unknown
Female fertile population (15–49 years) by age group	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Female fertile population (15–49 years) by age group
Total female 15–49 years	372,118	164,096	169,877	175,660	181,445	185,718	189,992	194,265	192,596	195,341	199,359	203,954	208,550	212,149	217,556	224,326	233,584	240,125	248,992	257,056	267,271	268,960	270,050	283,885	293,340	303,396	313,611	324,297	334,581	344,970	349,520	354,068	351,396	361,232	372,615	391,155	403,640	415,407	429,439	441,867	454,260	472,145	454,214	478,108	492,412	506,408	521,049	535,873	549,826	543,799	537,773	531,747	525,719	519,692	513,664	507,639	501,613	495,586	489,559	483,531	477,507	471,479	465,452	475,454	486,248	483,078	479,210	478,783	485,648	489,345		Total female 15–49 years
10-14	83,276	35,000	37,653	39,751	41,848	41,788	41,727	41,667	40,741	60,000	42,500	46,850	51,199	50,000	56,667	55,000	65,000	75,000	50,000	90,000	70,000	63,333	70,716	70,000	80,000	60,000	85,000	86,667	80,000	90,000	91,250	92,500	94,930	106,667	83,333	90,909	100,000	100,000	270,000	100,000	103,000	112,455	110,164	100,000	108,000	109,000	100,000	100,000	114,286	112,220	110,154	108,088	106,022	103,956	101,890	99,824	97,758	95,692	93,626	91,560	89,494	87,428	85,362	87,196	89,176	79,313	78,678	78,607	72,411	72,962		10-14
15-19	76,337	36,638	38,011	39,387	40,763	40,730	40,698	40,665	39,835	39,929	40,173	41,245	42,318	42,037	44,434	47,608	48,617	50,797	52,746	54,369	57,664	58,797	60,996	64,950	66,265	67,822	69,858	72,014	74,049	76,538	77,502	78,465	81,938	84,123	86,555	90,576	93,141	95,228	97,878	99,772	100,798	103,898	101,331	105,113	107,101	108,471	109,159	109,274	109,505	107,712	105,920	104,127	102,334	100,541	98,748	96,956	95,163	93,370	91,577	89,784	87,992	86,199	84,406	86,220	88,177	84,204	83,529	83,455	83,204	83,837		15-19
20-24	68,375	27,923	30,469	33,015	35,561	36,687	37,812	38,938	38,462	38,353	38,235	39,129	40,023	39,030	39,347	39,608	41,921	41,964	42,873	43,923	45,873	47,200	48,713	51,347	54,174	57,175	59,563	62,336	64,691	66,050	66,719	67,388	66,357	69,079	72,683	77,195	80,172	82,502	85,275	87,487	90,053	93,334	88,356	92,643	94,819	96,591	99,475	102,807	104,923	102,942	100,962	98,981	97,000	95,020	93,039	91,059	89,078	87,098	85,117	83,137	81,156	79,176	77,195	78,854	80,644	81,054	80,405	80,333	78,390	78,987		20-24
25-29	59,106	23,191	24,690	26,188	27,687	29,436	31,184	32,933	32,910	33,661	34,883	36,186	37,489	37,593	37,684	37,570	39,295	39,324	39,935	40,611	41,401	40,633	39,161	40,946	42,459	44,221	46,503	48,806	51,088	53,922	55,652	57,382	53,010	55,939	57,684	60,723	63,510	66,519	70,008	73,514	76,702	80,233	76,516	80,450	82,686	85,273	87,645	89,840	92,442	90,749	89,056	87,363	85,670	83,977	82,284	80,591	78,898	77,206	75,513	73,820	72,127	70,434	68,741	70,218	71,812	72,623	72,042	71,977	72,661	73,214		25-29
30-34	51,370	17,638	18,844	20,049	21,255	22,261	23,267	24,273	25,055	26,414	28,053	29,925	31,798	32,130	33,079	34,286	36,328	37,227	38,472	39,374	38,969	37,998	37,985	37,903	38,209	38,628	39,085	39,544	40,632	42,172	43,450	44,728	44,868	45,646	47,341	50,159	51,908	54,136	56,599	58,308	60,293	63,509	62,265	67,057	70,347	73,163	75,572	77,821	80,220	79,233	78,247	77,260	76,273	75,286	74,299	73,313	72,326	71,339	70,352	69,365	68,379	67,392	66,405	67,832	69,372	65,963	65,435	65,377	66,155	66,659		30-34
35-39	44,978	20,985	20,418	19,850	19,283	19,234	19,186	19,137	19,234	20,204	21,329	21,695	22,061	24,417	25,918	27,575	29,628	31,432	32,875	34,273	35,138	35,047	34,723	36,641	37,122	37,407	37,652	37,557	37,556	37,866	37,686	37,507	37,081	37,812	38,817	40,744	42,793	44,586	46,115	47,767	49,723	51,827	49,250	53,152	55,159	57,630	60,414	63,570	66,767	66,610	66,453	66,297	66,140	65,983	65,826	65,669	65,513	65,356	65,199	65,042	64,886	64,729	64,572	65,959	67,457	63,459	62,951	62,895	64,083	64,571		35-39
40-44	38,771	20,441	20,389	20,338	20,286	20,222	20,158	20,094	18,896	17,826	17,245	17,488	17,730	18,664	19,726	20,842	21,641	22,046	23,554	24,274	27,193	28,478	29,080	30,857	32,214	33,389	34,100	35,064	36,232	36,737	36,418	36,098	36,085	35,300	35,742	36,758	37,031	37,182	38,054	39,088	40,283	42,645	41,597	43,562	45,308	47,185	48,668	50,701	52,800	53,034	53,267	53,501	53,734	53,968	54,201	54,435	54,669	54,902	55,136	55,369	55,603	55,836	56,070	57,275	58,575	60,920	60,433	60,379	63,864	64,350		40-44
45-49	33,182	17,280	17,056	16,833	16,610	17,148	17,687	18,225	18,204	18,954	19,441	18,286	17,131	18,278	17,368	16,837	16,154	17,335	18,537	20,232	21,033	20,807	19,392	21,241	22,897	24,754	26,850	28,976	30,333	31,685	32,093	32,500	32,057	33,333	33,793	35,000	35,085	35,254	35,510	35,931	36,408	36,699	34,899	36,131	36,992	38,095	40,116	41,860	43,169	43,519	43,868	44,218	44,568	44,917	45,267	45,616	45,966	46,315	46,665	47,014	47,364	47,713	48,063	49,096	50,211	54,855	54,415	54,367	57,291	57,727		45-49
50-54	28,362	14,420	14,667	14,915	15,162	15,261	15,359	15,458	15,263	15,362	17,742	17,527	17,313	18,844	18,289	18,750	17,686	16,567	15,593	17,264	14,955	15,439	16,652	17,945	18,913	19,487	19,737	19,655	21,333	22,727	24,364	26,000	27,058	28,000	29,167	31,667	30,769	31,765	32,727	33,871	34,118	34,776	34,187	33,945	34,400	34,667	34,426	34,483	35,294	35,654	36,014	36,375	36,735	37,095	37,455	37,815	38,175	38,535	38,895	39,256	39,616	39,976	40,336	41,203	42,138	46,829	46,454	46,412	48,832	49,204		50-54
General,specific and total fertility rates	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	General,specific and total fertility rates
General fertility rate	111.06	214.64	172.47	202.77	190.66	207.82	193.36	194.68	177.36	201.11	187.42	204.12	194.49	194.84	190.87	189.71	186.52	176.70	176.72	173.61	173.91	165.44	174.26	168.88	162.66	164.30	157.23	158.36	148.99	142.12	137.69	150.10	136.91	146.35	133.23	141.23	133.60	131.24	130.92	127.38	118.12	116.86	115.06	92.90	89.62	85.80	85.93	85.92	78.06	76.78	74.42	72.75	71.16	69.53	62.29	69.07	74.20	68.98	67.64	71.14	71.71	71.59	59.35	58.35	60.31	53.67	51.32	48.91	48.19	46.51		General fertility rate
Under 15	0.12	0.20	0.16	0.18	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.24	0.27	0.10	0.40	0.41	0.21	0.20	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.47	0.40	0.30	0.20	0.40	0.30	0.30	0.40	0.39	0.40	0.27	0.30	0.30	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.02	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.06	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.04		Under 15
15-19	33.98	46.10	37.13	43.56	54.16	60.49	57.61	58.65	60.60	70.20	69.50	75.43	70.11	76.60	66.30	60.20	62.20	66.50	63.00	61.80	62.50	58.20	60.50	59.80	59.70	59.70	56.50	56.10	53.10	52.00	50.60	50.80	44.69	45.60	38.90	45.10	39.80	39.40	34.40	39.40	35.08	36.23	33.80	27.97	27.04	27.86	26.64	25.88	23.04	23.17	22.59	11.50	11.31	11.12	8.32	11.85	12.98	11.55	10.46	14.33	15.12	11.50	9.85	12.75	9.72	10.95	9.87	8.41	9.15	8.31		15-19
20-24	176.02	329.30	252.17	282.93	275.37	297.80	275.01	278.88	267.30	292.10	273.60	297.89	271.69	284.40	281.70	290.70	288.40	274.40	276.40	273.50	283.00	270.00	283.67	279.90	266.40	263.40	254.00	251.70	239.40	230.90	227.12	239.70	225.59	237.80	211.70	228.90	215.00	208.20	214.80	209.47	191.02	192.71	192.28	158.62	153.45	145.22	144.77	143.23	130.01	131.08	128.10	99.68	98.35	96.98	84.18	104.29	112.07	101.18	97.70	113.41	111.52	106.06	85.49	88.48	88.50	74.66	71.77	64.89	61.67	56.47		20-24
25-29	213.83	342.80	269.05	308.39	326.84	342.98	308.16	313.67	292.40	338.40	302.30	324.69	308.61	307.90	304.40	309.50	297.90	288.30	293.40	292.80	302.60	287.60	309.69	306.40	293.60	294.70	283.70	290.70	269.20	258.30	247.88	265.90	268.28	276.80	256.90	271.20	263.80	260.30	266.10	249.53	236.11	228.16	220.45	178.82	175.47	166.90	167.78	168.61	155.46	156.64	153.01	161.83	159.59	157.26	144.17	156.74	173.57	157.38	158.40	161.77	166.61	168.87	142.75	138.28	144.09	125.02	119.59	115.76	116.20	111.72		25-29
30-34	156.01	348.50	272.55	311.43	261.65	278.73	253.82	258.52	218.00	242.60	235.70	246.19	246.46	258.70	259.20	254.10	246.70	233.00	231.70	229.90	230.90	218.80	236.22	233.20	227.80	238.40	227.20	230.40	215.30	202.60	194.15	209.80	194.50	205.80	189.90	200.90	186.60	178.90	172.00	165.33	151.36	154.15	152.88	120.54	114.02	106.72	107.50	108.21	98.08	98.23	95.34	114.50	112.16	109.75	102.80	108.91	116.31	115.41	114.04	114.85	116.50	121.26	100.58	95.97	101.36	95.05	92.19	89.62	90.59	88.61		30-34
35-39	91.42	250.80	215.39	269.32	211.38	236.41	225.59	220.67	189.30	215.80	188.90	206.92	177.71	158.70	166.10	170.70	166.60	157.10	172.20	167.80	162.90	158.90	164.11	153.00	144.90	145.80	139.70	144.50	137.90	127.90	125.18	136.40	124.69	124.30	112.40	119.70	111.00	106.40	99.10	90.92	83.06	78.58	78.03	58.70	54.08	50.72	47.82	49.52	46.52	46.12	44.31	54.77	53.10	51.41	45.06	46.18	48.09	48.45	47.65	47.18	48.77	54.19	46.76	43.11	48.35	45.90	42.55	42.23	42.03	43.85		35-39
40-44	37.78	156.40	131.00	159.68	123.22	137.91	131.70	121.53	95.10	116.40	119.80	131.64	129.98	116.80	106.00	98.60	83.50	73.80	72.60	71.60	70.90	70.30	76.41	67.70	67.30	66.40	63.90	62.60	56.80	51.80	47.68	51.00	44.89	43.40	41.80	43.80	38.40	36.20	33.40	31.80	24.75	24.77	23.80	18.25	16.09	14.03	13.89	14.26	11.25	11.08	10.58	16.97	16.34	15.71	14.63	13.01	12.23	12.49	12.08	11.10	11.21	12.63	11.11	9.52	10.86	10.06	10.02	9.85	9.65	9.40		40-44
45-49	11.03	66.90	56.65	69.76	72.32	78.11	72.11	61.07	45.10	47.80	37.60	44.52	47.14	42.40	41.80	44.90	48.10	39.40	32.80	30.20	24.20	16.10	17.46	13.70	10.70	12.20	12.70	12.70	12.00	8.90	8.96	10.00	7.00	8.10	5.80	5.80	5.90	5.90	4.90	4.62	4.12	4.22	2.98	2.74	2.46	2.10	1.72	1.72	1.83	1.80	1.72	1.90	1.82	1.74	1.46	1.08	1.42	1.21	1.31	1.60	1.35	1.57	1.00	1.14	0.92	1.20	1.10	0.97	1.05	1.13		45-49
50 and over	3.27	31.90	26.23	31.32	13.33	14.75	13.94	11.58	5.70	6.90	6.20	7.02	15.61	14.70	15.20	13.60	12.10	13.40	11.80	10.60	11.10	11.40	9.53	7.30	4.60	3.90	3.80	2.90	1.50	2.20	1.75	1.50	1.40	1.50	1.20	1.20	1.30	1.70	1.10	1.24	0.85	1.08	1.55	1.09	1.25	0.75	0.61	0.58	0.51	0.51	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.43	0.37	0.26	0.21	0.08	0.46	0.36	0.43	0.23	0.30	0.00	0.19	0.21	0.15	0.11	0.00	0.26		50 and over
Total fertility rate (15–49)	3.60	7.70	6.17	7.23	6.62	7.16	6.62	6.56	5.84	6.62	6.14	6.64	6.26	6.23	6.13	6.14	5.97	5.66	5.71	5.64	5.69	5.40	5.74	5.57	5.35	5.40	5.19	5.24	4.92	4.66	4.51	4.82	4.55	4.71	4.29	4.58	4.30	4.18	4.12	3.96	3.63	3.59	3.52	2.83	2.71	2.57	2.55	2.56	2.33	2.34	2.28	2.31	2.26	2.22	2.00	2.21	2.38	2.24	2.21	2.32	2.36	2.38	1.99	1.95	2.02	1.81	1.74	1.66	1.65	1.60		Total fertility rate (15–49)

Administrative divisions

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.[29]

Rank	English name (most common)	Albanian name	Serbian name	Population (2011)^[b]	Area (km2)	Density (km2)	Settlements
1	Pristina	Prishtinë	Priština	198,897	572	347.7	41
7	Podujevo	Besianë	Podujevo	88,499	663	133.5	76
11	Glogovac	Drenas	Glogovac	58,531	290	201.8	37
12	Lipljan	Lipjan	Lipljan	57,605	422	136.5	70
21	Kosovo Polje	Fushë Kosovë	Kosovo Polje	34,827	83	419.6	15
26	Obilić	Obiliq/Kastriot	Obilić	21,549	105	205.2	19
30	Gracanica	Graçanicë	Gračanica	10,675	131	81.5	16
33	Novo Brdo	Artana	Novo Brdo	6,729	204	33	24
—	Pristina District			477,312	2,470	193.2	298
2	Prizren	Prizren	Prizren	177,781	626	284	74
10	Theranda	Therandë	Suva Reka	59,722	306	178.5	42
14	Mališevo	Malishevë	Mališevo	54,613	361	165.4	43
22	Dragaš	Dragash	Dragaš	33,997	435	78.2	35
35	Mamuša	Mamushë	Mamuša	5,507	11	500.6	–
—	Prizren District			331,670	1,397	237.4	195
23	Kaçanik	Kaçanik	Kačanik	33,454	221	151.4	31
25	Shtime	Shtime	Štimlje	27,324	134	203.9	23
31	Elez Han	Hani i Elezit	Đeneral Janković	9,389	83	113.1	11
32	Štrpce	Shtërpcë	Štrpce	6,949	247	28.1	16
—	Ferizaj District			185,806	1,030	180.4	126
3	Ferizaj	Ferizaj	Uroševac	108,690	345	315	45
—	Pejë District			174,235	1,365	127.6	118
19	Klina	Klinë	Klina	38,496	308	125	54
4	Peć	Pejë	Peć	96,450	603	160	14
17	Istog	Istog	Istok	39,289	454	86.5	50
5	Gjakova	Gjakova	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
—	Gjakova District			194,672	1,129	172.4	170
8	Mitrovica	Mitrovicë	Mitrovica	71,909	350	205.5	45
9	Vučitrn	Vushtrri	Vučitrn	69,870	344	203.1	67
15	Skenderaj	Skënderaj	Srbica	50,858	378	134.5	49
24	North Mitrovica	Mitrovica Veriore	Severna Mitrovica	29,460	11	2,678.2	–
27	Leposavić	Albanik	Leposavić	18,600	539	34.5	42
28	Zvečan	Zveçan	Zvečan	16,650	122	136.5	35
29	Zubin Potok	Zubin Potoku	Zubin Potok	14,900	333	44.7	29
—	Mitrovica District			272,247	2,077	131.1	267
6	Gjilan	Gjilan	Gnjilane	90,015	385	233.8	54
16	Vitina	Viti	Vitina	46,959	278	168.9	39
20	Dardan	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
—	Gjilan District			180,783	1,206	149.9	287
Kosovo				1,816,675	10,908	170	1,339

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 Kosovska 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.[7]

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
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
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
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

The results of the 2011 census of ethnic groups in municipalities are tabulated below.[30]

Ethnic groups by municipality
2011 Census		Albanians		Serbs		Turks		Bosniaks		Roma		Ashkali		Egyptians		Goran		Others		Not declared
Municipality	Total	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Deçan (Deçan / Dečani)	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 (Dragash / Dragaš)	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 (Ferizaj / Uroševac)	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 (Gjakova / Đakovica)	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 (Gjilan / Gnjilane)	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 (Gllogoc/Drenas / Glogovac)	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
Gračanica (Graçanica / Gračanica)	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 (Fushë Kosovë / Kosovo Polje)	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
Hani i Elezit (Elez Han)	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
Istog(Istok)	39,289	36,154	92.0	194	0.5	10	0.0	1,142	2.9	39	0.1	111	0.3	1,544	3.9	0	0.0	45	0.1	50	0.1
Junik	6,084	6,069	99.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.0	11	0.2
Kaçanik (Kačanik)	33,409	33,362	99.9	1	0.0	2	0.0	20	0.1	5	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	0.0	11	0.0
Kamenica (K. Kamenica)	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
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
Kllokot (Klokot)	2,556	1,362	53.3	1,777	46.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	9	0.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	0.2	1	0.0
Leposavić (Leposaviq / Leposavić)^[b]	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 (Lipljan)	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 (Malisheva / Mališevo)	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 (Mamusha / Mamuša)	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 (K. Mitrovica)	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^[b]	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 (Novobërdë / Novo Brdo)	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
Obilić(Obiliq/Kastriot / Obilić)	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	40	0.2
Parteš (Partesh / Parteš)	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
Peć (Peja / Peć)	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 (Besiane / Podujevo)	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 (Prishtina / Priština)	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
Rahovec (Orahovac)	56,208	55,166	98.1	134	0.2	0.2	0.0	10	0.0	84	0.1	404	0.7	299	0.5	0	0.0	11	0.0	98	0.2
Ranilug (Ranilug)	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
Štrpce (Shtërpcë / Štrpce)	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
Štimlje (Shtime/ Štimlje)	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
Skenderaj (Srbica)	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 (Suharekë / Suva Reka)	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 (Viti / Vitina)	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
Vučitrn (Vushtrri / Vučitrn)	69,870	68,840	98.5	384	0.5	278	0.4	33	0.0	68	0.1	143	0.2	1	0.0	3	0.1	50	0.1	70	0.1
Zubin Potok^[b]	14,900	1,000	6.7	13,900	93.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Zveçan (Zvečan)^[b]	16,650	350	2.1	16,000	96.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Kosovo	1,819,604	1,623,419	90.0	80,000^[b]	4.4	19,002	1.1	28,506	1.6	9,024	0.5	15,476	0.9	11,585	0.6	10,826	0.6	3,052	0.2	2,752	0.2

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:

• 92% Albanians
• 8% others

A most comprehensive (October 2002) estimate (for the 1.9 million inhabitants) for these years:

• 92% Albanians
• 4% Serbs
• 4% Bosniaks, Turks, Romani and others

During the Kosovo War in 1999, over 700,000 ethnic Albanians,[31] around 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. The largest diaspora communities of Kosovo Albanians are in Germany and Switzerland 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.[32][33][34] The non-Albanian population in Kosovo is now about half of its pre-war total. The largest concentration of Serbs in the province is in the north, but many remain in Kosovo Serb enclaves surrounded by Albanian-populated areas.

Languages

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 resulted in being the second-largest language after Albanian. However, Serbian is de facto the second most spoken language in Kosovo.

Language	Native speakers[35]	%
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

Harvard Medical School and NATO published a study on the impact of the conflict on Kosovo health system in 2014.[36] The data in the table below are from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics.

Structure of group of diseases according to ICD-10 recorded in PHC in 2010
Group of diseases	Number	Percentage
Parasitic diseases	53,762	28
Tumors/cancers	2,943	1.5
Blood and homopotetic organ disease and immunity disorders	5,091	2.6
Endocrinic disorder of feeding and metabolism	25,212	13.1
Psychic and personality disorder	13,488	7
SQN diseases	15,490	8.1
Eye diseases	21,320	11.1
Ear and mastoid process diseases	18,989	9.9
Diseases of blood circulation system	5,139	2.7
Diseases of respiratory system	6,962	3.6
Diseases of digestive system	3,192	1.7
Dermic and hypodermic tissue diseases	1,453	0.8
Diseases of locomotor system and connective tissue	1,775	0.9
Disease of urogenital system	2,198	1.1
Pregnancy, delivery and maternity	5,737	3
Certain states resulting from perinatal periods	200	0.1
Inborn deformity, chromosomal deformities and anomalies	248	0.1
Symptoms, indications, analyses and clinical abnormal ascertainments	1,556	0.8
Injuries, poisoning, and other consequences caused by external factors	2,871	1.5
External factors of morbidity and mortality 579 0.3	579	0.3
Factors influencing on health conditions and contact with health services	3,948	2.1
Total	192,154

Migration

According to a 2015 report by Geoba.se, Kosovo's current net migration rate is at –3.72, ranking Kosovo 197th,[37] due to the ongoing political and economic crisis.

Religion

Main article: Religion 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.[38][39]

The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the Kosovo Serbs (who predominantly identify as Serbian Orthodox Christians), especially in North Kosovo,[40] leaving the Serb population underrepresented.[41] The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in the census:[42]

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 Catholic Orthodox	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%

These figures do not represent individual sects operating in Kosovo such as Sufism or Bektashism which are sometimes classified generally under the category of "Islam."[43]

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

According to the CIA, as of 2013, there were 17,300 internally displaced persons, most of whom are Serbs displaced during the Kosovo War.[44]

See also

• Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Yugoslavia § Demographics
• Demographics of Albania
• Demographics of Montenegro
• Demographics of North Macedonia
• Demographics of Serbia
• Albanians in Kosovo
• Bosniaks in Kosovo
• Montenegrins in Kosovo
• Serbs in Kosovo
• Turks in Kosovo
• Roma in Kosovo
• Gorani (ethnic group)
• Janjevci
• Ashkali
• History of the Jews in Kosovo

Notes and references

Notes

b.	^ 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.[45][46][47][48]

Annotations

1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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External links

• Statistical Office of Kosovo
• Filling the Vacuum: Ensuring Protection and Legal Remedies for Minorities in Kosovo by Minority Rights Group International (May 2009)
• Groups working with all demographics in Kosovo