Indicator	Value
Total population	1,590,000–1,680,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 1,685,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 1,594,000 people
Median age	32.1 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	78.2 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024]
Ethnic groups	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 KosovoCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	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 KosovoCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	No authoritative open source found
Population growth	-5.39 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	11.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	5.97 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	50.3 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	No authoritative open source found