Codex Populi
Country · XKX

Kosovo

1.7M
Population · 2023 · UN 2024
-1.07%
Growth rate · 2023 · UN 2024
1.55
Fertility rate · 2023 · UN 2024
78.0 yrs
Life expectancy · 2023 · UN 2024

Population projection

Kosovo1950198020102040207021001M1.5M2Mpeople
UN · release 2026.08.5

What forecasters project

Each forecaster’s central projection for Kosovo, alongside earlier UN revisions. The newest vintage from each forecaster is shown; older revisions are in the legend.

Population: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024Census 2025UN 20222000202020402060208021001M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2Mpeople

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.1M, projected); Census 2025 (2024–2100, latest 2M, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 944.5k, projected).

UN · Census · release 2026.08.5
Kosovo population, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
UN 20221.67M945k
Census 20252.24M2.02M
UN 2024 (current)1.64M1.09M

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Kosovo are not listed.

Total fertility rate: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024Census 2025UN 2022replacement2000202020402060208021001.601.802.002.202.402.602.80

3 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.56, projected); Census 2025 (2024–2100, latest 1.70, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 1.61, projected).

UN · Census · release 2026.08.5
Kosovo total fertility rate, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
UN 20221.551.61
Census 20251.711.70
UN 2024 (current)1.511.56

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Kosovo are not listed. UN revisions from 2010 to 2019 publish fertility as five-year period averages (e.g. 2045–2050), with no single-year value; their paths are in the chart above. Wittgenstein Centre values are five-year period averages shown at the period's first year (2050 = 2050–2055).

Sources, licenses, and attribution for every forecaster are listed in the methodology.