Kosovo

Republic of Kosovo

Република КосовоRepublika e KosovësРепублика КосовоRepublika Kosovo

Special statusSouthern Europe, Europe

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Population

1.67 million

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$12.5 billion

2025 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$7,899

2025 · World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

78.6 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Kosovo is special status in Southern Europe, Europe.

UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). M49 statistical code 412. Not a UN member. ISO 3166-1 uses user-assigned XK/XKX; Natural Earth ADM0_A3 is KOS.

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ISO alpha-2: XK
ISO alpha-3: XKX
UN M49: 412
Wikidata: Q1246

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 1.67 million
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 1.67 million
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: −0.3 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 152.9 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s density is above the Southern Europe median of 105 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 33.2 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s median age is below the Southern Europe median of 45 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 96.8 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.5 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s tfr is above the Southern Europe median of 1.5 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 11.6 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −14,025
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −8.4 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 50.9%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s urban is below the Southern Europe median of 64.2% (16 profiles with 2025 data), and below the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 20%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 69.5%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 10.5%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s ages 65+ is below the Southern Europe median of 21.9% (16 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Kosovo. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	770,546	estimate
1960	971,204	estimate
1970	1.24 million	estimate
1980	1.58 million	estimate
1990	1.96 million	estimate
2000	1.8 million	estimate
2010	1.79 million	estimate
2020	1.75 million	estimate
2030	1.66 million	projection
2040	1.67 million	projection
2050	1.65 million	projection
2060	1.57 million	projection
2070	1.48 million	projection
2080	1.36 million	projection
2090	1.23 million	projection
2100	1.1 million	projection
2101	1.09 million	projection

Age structure of Kosovo as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	4.2% aged 65+	actual
1965	4% aged 65+	actual
1970	4.2% aged 65+	actual
1975	4.4% aged 65+	actual
1980	4.3% aged 65+	actual
1985	4% aged 65+	actual
1990	4.1% aged 65+	actual
1995	4.6% aged 65+	actual
2000	5.9% aged 65+	actual
2005	6.7% aged 65+	actual
2010	6.8% aged 65+	actual
2015	7.5% aged 65+	actual
2020	8.7% aged 65+	actual
2025	10.5% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $12.5 billion
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $7,899
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s gdp / capita is below the Southern Europe median of $27,026 (14 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of $7,411 among 181 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP, PPP: Int’l $30.4 billion
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita, PPP: Int’l $19,263
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s gdp / capita (ppp) is below the Southern Europe median of Int’l $48,105 (14 profiles with 2025 data), and below the median of Int’l $20,089 among 180 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP growth: 3.6 percent
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s gdp growth is above the Southern Europe median of 2.8 (14 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 3.2 among 181 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GNI per capita: $7,760
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s gni / capita is below the Southern Europe median of $25,360 (14 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of $7,360 among 179 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Inflation, consumer prices: 3.9 percent
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Kosovo’s inflation is above the Southern Europe median of 2.5 (13 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 3 among 162 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Trade: 118.2 percent of GDP
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
1999 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 89.4%
2018 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP of Kosovo in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
2008	$5.2 billion	actual
2009	$5.04 billion	actual
2010	$5.34 billion	actual
2011	$6.34 billion	actual
2012	$6.16 billion	actual
2013	$6.74 billion	actual
2014	$7.07 billion	actual
2015	$6.3 billion	actual
2016	$6.68 billion	actual
2017	$7.18 billion	actual
2018	$7.88 billion	actual
2019	$7.9 billion	actual
2020	$7.73 billion	actual
2021	$9.41 billion	actual
2022	$9.37 billion	actual
2023	$10.5 billion	actual
2024	$11.2 billion	actual
2025	$12.5 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 78.6 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s life expectancy is below the Southern Europe median of 82.4 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 6.3 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 76.4 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s life exp. male is below the Southern Europe median of 79.9 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 80.6 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s life exp. female is below the Southern Europe median of 84.7 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 8.3 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s infant mortality is above the Southern Europe median of 3.7 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 9.3 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Kosovo’s u5mr is above the Southern Europe median of 4.4 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Prevalence of undernourishment: No comparable data
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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School life expectancy: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Kosovo. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	43.5	estimate
1960	48.7	estimate
1970	54	estimate
1980	60.3	estimate
1990	66.5	estimate
2000	71.3	estimate
2010	74.6	estimate
2020	74.2	estimate
2030	79.3	projection
2040	81	projection
2050	82.6	projection
2060	84.1	projection
2070	85.4	projection
2080	86.6	projection
2090	87.7	projection
2100	88.7	projection

Geography

Region: Europe
Subregion: Southern Europe
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: KOS

Special status. UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). M49 statistical code 412. Not a UN member.

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Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Special status
Publication tier: Additional profile

UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). M49 statistical code 412. Not a UN member. ISO 3166-1 uses user-assigned XK/XKX; Natural Earth ADM0_A3 is KOS.

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
GDP, PPP (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
GDP per capita, PPP (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
GDP growth (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
GNI per capita (2025, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
Inflation, consumer prices (2025, actual; series FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG)
Trade (2025, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Access to electricity (1999, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2018, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Infant mortality rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
Alternate: Under-five mortality rate (2024, actual; series SH.DYN.MORT)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

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