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Kosovo — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Kosovo, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-1.10%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -141.4% since 1961
Population growth for Kosovo was -1.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.00% in 1967. The lowest was -10.51% in 1999 (about 9.5× the latest value).
Kosovo ranks 210 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Kosovo sits below it. It peaked in 1967 and has fallen 137% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 19%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-1.10%
First (1961)
2.66%
Change
-141.4%
Highest
3.00%
in 1967
Lowest
-10.51%
in 1999
Average
0.72%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | -5.39% |
| 2023 | -4.95% |
| 2022 | -1.01% |
| 2021 | -0.23% |
| 2020 | 0.07% |
| 2019 | -0.46% |
| 2018 | 0.34% |
| 2017 | 0.75% |
| 2016 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | -1.36% |
| 2014 | -0.29% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.