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
See also
