Kosovo: People & Society#
| Population | 1,883,018 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovac (Serbian) adjective: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovski (Serbian) note: Kosovan, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective |
| Ethnic groups | Albanians 92.9%, Bosniaks 1.6%, Serbs 1.5%, Turk 1.1%, Ashkali 0.9%, Egyptian 0.7%, Gorani 0.6%, Roma 0.5%, other/unspecified 0.2% note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Roma, 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 Roma communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% note: in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.07%, none 0.07%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 25.39% (male 248,366/female 229,732) 15-24 years: 17.38% (male 171,363/female 155,928) 25-54 years: 42.43% (male 421,620/female 377,362) 55-64 years: 7.65% (male 72,444/female 71,659) 65 years and over: 7.15% (male 56,407/female 78,137) (2016 est.) |
| Median age | total: 28.7 years male: 28.3 years female: 29 years (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | pockets of agglomeration exist throughout the country, the largest being in the east in and around the capital of Pristina |
| Major urban areas - population | PRISTINA (capital) 207,062 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.6% female: 87.5% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 55.3% male: 52% female: 63.8% (2012 est.) |