Kosovo — Population
Population, Total for Kosovo, 1960–2025.
Population for Kosovo was 1.58 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.20 million in 1997. The lowest was 984,846 in 1960 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.73% per year.
Kosovo ranks 153 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Kosovo sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 44 of 58 economies; Cyprus (1.37 million) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 10% in 1999. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1990. Doubling roughly every 96 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 137th of 216 in 1960 → 139th of 216 in 1970 → 139th of 216 in 1980 → 140th of 217 in 1990 → 146th of 217 in 2000 → 148th of 217 in 2010 → 151st of 217 in 2020 → 153rd of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,576,876 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,594,353 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 1,682,668 | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,768,096 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,786,079 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,790,151 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,788,891 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,797,086 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,791,019 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,777,568 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,788,274 | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,812,788 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,818,119 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,807,126 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,791,949 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,788,743 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,794,681 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1,800,858 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,807,094 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,813,079 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,818,354 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,822,773 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,826,434 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,829,462 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,820,009 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,802,493 | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,871,524 | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 2,078,964 | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 2,197,284 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 2,168,753 | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 2,137,514 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 2,105,256 | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,072,664 | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 2,039,723 | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 2,005,362 | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,973,790 | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 1,946,339 | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 1,917,882 | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 1,880,590 | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1,836,972 | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 1,796,018 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,756,818 | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 1,719,245 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1,683,166 | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 1,646,565 | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1,604,818 | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,559,787 | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 1,516,249 | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 1,474,457 | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 1,434,880 | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,397,686 | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 1,363,123 | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 1,331,176 | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 1,301,579 | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 1,273,021 | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,249,555 | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 1,231,460 | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 1,214,208 | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,187,667 | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 1,152,586 | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 1,120,168 | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 1,090,270 | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,062,737 | +2.5% |
| 1962 | 1,036,950 | +2.5% |
| 1961 | 1,011,421 | +2.7% |
| 1960 | 984,846 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kosovo’s Population in 1961?
1,011,421 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kosovo’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Kosovo’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +60.1% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,576,876; 2024: 1,594,353; 2023: 1,682,668; 2022: 1,768,096; 2021: 1,786,079. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.