Demographics of Kosovo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	21 Apr 2025

As of 2025, the population of Kosovo is projected at 1.67 million, compared to 1.68 million in 2024. It ranks 153rd in the world by population and 35th in Europe. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at -0.54 percent, the 202th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 0.82 million males and 0.85 million females in Kosovo. The percentage of the male population is 49.19%, compared to 50.81% of the female population. Kosovo has 27k more females than males. The sex ratio in Kosovo in 2025 will be 96.802 males per 100 females. Kosovo is in the 83th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Kosovo population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	386,714	391,766	778,481	2.04	98.710
1955	434,749	433,299	868,048	2.32	100.335
1960	496,935	487,910	984,846	2.77	101.850
1965	567,330	552,838	1,120,168	2.78	102.621
1970	628,718	620,837	1,249,555	1.47	101.269
1975	701,321	696,365	1,397,686	2.57	100.712
1980	810,124	794,694	1,604,818	2.86	101.942
1985	908,907	887,112	1,796,018	2.22	102.457
1990	994,940	978,850	1,973,790	1.39	101.644
1995	1,077,784	1,059,729	2,137,514	1.51	101.704
2000	908,135	894,357	1,802,493	0.74	101.541
2005	908,019	910,335	1,818,354	-0.27	99.746
2010	879,571	909,172	1,788,743	-0.32	96.744
2015	874,685	904,335	1,779,020	-2.21	96.721
2020	861,774	889,643	1,751,417	0.54	96.867
2021	856,743	884,702	1,741,446	-1.69	96.840
2022	845,077	872,869	1,717,946	-1.02	96.816
2023	836,211	863,820	1,700,031	-1.07	96.804
2024	828,679	856,111	1,684,790	-0.73	96.796
2025	823,461	850,664	1,674,125	-0.54	96.802

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	43.497	18.593	6.953
1955	45.790	18.632	6.741
1960	48.702	18.747	6.359
1965	52.003	18.766	6.035
1970	54.002	17.740	5.624
1975	57.311	18.082	5.283
1980	60.297	19.194	4.658
1985	61.216	19.980	4.197
1990	66.508	19.992	3.666
1995	68.782	21.588	2.524
2000	71.321	21.124	2.698
2005	73.437	23.084	2.623
2010	74.609	25.208	2.223
2015	76.024	27.243	1.763
2020	74.212	29.731	1.567
2021	74.981	30.201	1.561
2022	77.623	30.808	1.555
2023	78.033	31.430	1.545
2024	78.222	32.050	1.538
2025	78.422	32.643	1.525

Total
Crude

Kosovo death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	18,848	34,712	24.211	44.590
1955	18,610	38,815	21.439	44.715
1960	18,326	42,378	18.608	43.030
1965	18,069	46,779	16.131	41.761
1970	18,635	48,730	14.913	38.998
1975	17,088	51,814	12.226	37.071
1980	16,504	55,132	10.284	34.354
1985	17,380	58,294	9.677	32.457
1990	14,363	57,568	7.277	29.166
1995	12,694	45,673	5.939	21.367
2000	10,130	32,657	5.620	18.117
2005	10,187	36,506	5.603	20.077
2010	9,993	33,682	5.587	18.830
2015	9,943	26,193	5.589	14.723
2020	14,980	21,603	8.553	12.335
2021	12,645	21,849	7.261	12.546
2022	10,110	21,088	5.885	12.275
2023	9,981	20,514	5.871	12.067
2024	10,063	19,967	5.973	11.852
2025	10,239	19,558	6.116	11.683

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Kosovo population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	50,202	46,614	96,816	5.78	107.697
05-09	54,520	49,403	103,922	6.21	110.358
10-14	70,227	63,633	133,859	8.00	110.363
15-19	71,380	69,675	141,055	8.43	102.447
20-24	72,667	71,379	144,046	8.60	101.804
25-29	64,669	62,667	127,337	7.61	103.195
30-34	63,230	61,008	124,237	7.42	103.642
35-39	62,591	59,904	122,495	7.32	104.486
40-44	56,411	57,121	113,532	6.78	98.757
45-49	51,714	58,813	110,527	6.60	87.930
50-54	48,465	56,892	105,356	6.29	85.188
55-59	43,358	50,733	94,090	5.62	85.463
60-64	37,727	43,173	80,900	4.83	87.386
65-69	29,953	34,564	64,517	3.85	86.660
70-74	21,227	26,840	48,066	2.87	79.087
75-79	13,313	18,906	32,219	1.92	70.417
80-84	7,861	12,017	19,878	1.19	65.416
85-89	3,181	5,439	8,620	0.51	58.485
90-94	695	1,631	2,326	0.14	42.612
95-99	70	247	317	0.02	28.340
100+	1	6	6	0.00	16.667
Total	823,462	850,665	1,674,121		96.802