Kosovo February 15, 2021 albanais , Albania , Balkan peninsula , Balkans , conflicts , Europe , European Union , Grande Albanie , KFOR , Kosovo , Kosovo-et-Métochie , landlocked country , langue albanaise , migrations , Mitrovica , NATO , poverty , Pristina , Republic , Serbia , South Europe , UN , UNMIK , wars , Yugoslavia Official name Republic of Kosovo Name in local language Republika e Kosovës (sq) ; Republika Kosovo (sr) Continent Europe Subcontinent Europe (outside the European Union) Population (ranking: 157e ) 1,768,673 inhabitants (2021) Population growth -0.76 % / year Area 10,905 km² Density 162.19 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 156e )7.926 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 4,418 $USD (2019) GDP growth 4.20 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 71.10 years (2014) Birth rate 12.20 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 2.06 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 5.30 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 8.70 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 94.30 % (2011) Official languages Albanian, Serbian Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: 98e )0.787 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic Head of State President Vjosa Osmani (interim) National Day 17 February (independence of 2008) ISO Codes KV, UNK Demonym Kosovar Tourists (ranking ) 86,032 people (2017)
Kosovo is a republic located in South-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans. It is a landlocked country . It is surrounded by Serbia to the north and east, from North Macedonia to the southeast, from Albania to the southwest, and from Montenegro to the west.
Pristina, capitale of Kosovo Pristina, capitale of Kosovo. Photo: Arben Llapashtica Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Pristina 504,165 inhabitants Prizren 191,565 inhabitants Ferizaj 103,003 inhabitants Pec 99,568 inhabitants Gjakova 95,340 inhabitants Mitrovica 88,933 inhabitants Podujevo 83,445 inhabitants Gjilan 80,162 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Districts Population Area Ferizaj (Uroševac) 186,252 inhabitants 1,021 km² Gjakovë (Đakovica) 200,956 inhabitants 1,235 km² Gjilan (Gnjilane) 176,700 inhabitants 1,209 km² Mitrovica (Mitrovicë, Kosovska Mitrovica) 231,548 inhabitants 2,051 km² Pejë (Peć) 177,266 inhabitants 1,366 km² Pristina (Prishtinë, Priština) 489,846 inhabitants 2,285 km² Prizren 342,376 inhabitants 1,739 km²
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