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Population state · Declining

Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)

Europe · Southern Europe · XKX · XK

Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)'s population reached its series maximum in 1997. The current run began in 2021.

Population state
Declining
current run since 2021 · projected 2024
Fertility
1.54
78 of 237 with a TFR, lowest first
World population rank
153
of 237
Regional population rank
35
of 50 in Europe
Annual change
−12,262
29th-largest annual loss in the record
Migrant share
—
no IMS 2024 entity match
Peak population · 1997 Deaths exceed births · not in this year Working-age peak · 1997 Support ratio · 6.87 people 15–64 per person 65+
ANNUAL COMPONENTS · 2024 PROJECTED

What drives population change?

Births and deaths set natural change. Net migration can reinforce, reduce, or reverse that direction.

Migration contribution Reverses growth

Negative net migration is large enough to reverse natural growth.

Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244), 2024 projected: natural change +9,904 people, net migration −22,178, WPP adjustment +12, total population change −12,262. Negative net migration is large enough to reverse natural growth.

Exact reconciliation: WPP includes a +12-person statistical adjustment. Figures are rounded to whole people.

SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1 · migration-contribution-v1
Transformsite/src/lib/migration-contribution.ts
Raw file SHA-25698e34d9b65b53858cd08a57a566e45050b08093ad85ba5714fe6fbd78055ae6d
Measurement universeOne canonical country or area; annual natural change, net migration, WPP adjustment, and total population change use the same source row.
Reference time2024 projected annual components; estimates run through 2023.
UnitPeople per year.
Evidence status2024 WPP medium-variant projection.
AGE STRUCTURE · 2023
PROJECTED PATH · WPP 2024 MEDIUM VARIANT
YearPopulationAnnual changeFertility
20241.68m−12,2621.54
20501.64m−5,9891.51
20801.36m−12,5641.54
21001.09m−12,7151.56

Values after 2023 are medium-variant projections, not forecasts.

AGE BALANCE · 1950–2100

Youth and older population

Annual share of the population aged under 18 and aged 65+. The crossing shows when the older group first becomes larger in the annual source series.

First annual crossover
2044 · projected
Rule
65+ strictly exceeds under 18

Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 46.7% in 1950 to 26.3% in 2023 and 13.0% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 5.5% to 9.6% and 38.4%. First annual crossover: 2044 · projected. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024.

Youth and older population in Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244), 1950 to 2100 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 46.7% in 1950 to 26.3% in 2023 and 13.0% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 5.5% to 9.6% and 38.4%. First annual crossover: 2044 · projected. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 1950 1975 2000 2023 2050 2075 2100 ESTIMATES · THROUGH 2023 WPP MEDIUM PROJECTION UNDER 18 · 13.0% 65+ · 38.4%
1950
Under 18 · 46.7%65+ · 5.5%
2023 observed
Under 18 · 26.3%65+ · 9.6%
2100 projected
Under 18 · 13.0%65+ · 38.4%
Annual evidence · 151 source rows
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) under-18 and 65+ population history
YearEvidenceUnder 18Share65+Share
1950 observed 363,498 46.7% 42,652 5.5%
1951 observed 370,987 46.7% 41,819 5.3%
1952 observed 378,822 46.7% 41,323 5.1%
1953 observed 387,155 46.7% 41,111 5.0%
1954 observed 396,197 46.7% 41,088 4.8%
1955 observed 405,891 46.8% 41,240 4.8%
1956 observed 415,939 46.8% 41,429 4.7%
1957 observed 426,280 46.8% 41,539 4.6%
1958 observed 436,921 46.8% 41,602 4.5%
1959 observed 448,219 46.8% 41,646 4.3%
1960 observed 460,496 46.8% 41,755 4.2%
1961 observed 473,675 46.8% 42,009 4.2%
1962 observed 485,890 46.9% 42,388 4.1%
1963 observed 497,174 46.8% 43,051 4.1%
1964 observed 509,153 46.7% 43,986 4.0%
1965 observed 521,572 46.6% 45,124 4.0%
1966 observed 534,161 46.3% 46,501 4.0%
1967 observed 547,360 46.1% 48,013 4.0%
1968 observed 564,111 46.5% 49,505 4.1%
1969 observed 584,746 47.5% 50,888 4.1%
1970 observed 606,647 48.5% 52,330 4.2%
1971 observed 622,945 48.9% 53,905 4.2%
1972 observed 633,390 48.7% 55,545 4.3%
1973 observed 644,187 48.4% 57,287 4.3%
1974 observed 655,898 48.1% 59,060 4.3%
1975 observed 668,599 47.8% 60,844 4.4%
1976 observed 681,526 47.5% 62,592 4.4%
1977 observed 693,954 47.1% 64,217 4.4%
1978 observed 705,846 46.6% 65,724 4.3%
1979 observed 717,798 46.0% 67,036 4.3%
1980 observed 730,346 45.5% 68,248 4.3%
1981 observed 742,279 45.1% 69,350 4.2%
1982 observed 753,155 44.7% 70,207 4.2%
1983 observed 764,036 44.4% 70,913 4.1%
1984 observed 774,999 44.1% 71,623 4.1%
1985 observed 785,275 43.7% 72,312 4.0%
1986 observed 794,863 43.3% 73,092 4.0%
1987 observed 805,190 42.8% 74,198 3.9%
1988 observed 821,872 42.9% 76,300 4.0%
1989 observed 844,126 43.4% 79,141 4.1%
1990 observed 864,603 43.8% 81,795 4.1%
1991 observed 876,679 43.7% 84,057 4.2%
1992 observed 878,097 43.0% 86,465 4.2%
1993 observed 874,407 42.2% 89,652 4.3%
1994 observed 869,465 41.3% 93,433 4.4%
1995 observed 865,283 40.5% 97,465 4.6%
1996 observed 862,496 39.8% 101,496 4.7%
1997 observed 858,957 39.1% 105,491 4.8%
1998 observed 830,106 39.9% 106,224 5.1%
1999 observed 787,656 42.1% 104,766 5.6%
2000 observed 767,277 42.6% 106,841 5.9%
2001 observed 758,633 41.7% 111,491 6.1%
2002 observed 742,140 40.6% 115,299 6.3%
2003 observed 718,141 39.3% 117,865 6.5%
2004 observed 695,152 38.1% 119,827 6.6%
2005 observed 673,544 37.0% 121,180 6.7%
2006 observed 654,050 36.1% 121,912 6.7%
2007 observed 637,651 35.3% 122,134 6.8%
2008 observed 624,557 34.7% 122,109 6.8%
2009 observed 614,916 34.3% 121,955 6.8%
2010 observed 608,717 34.0% 121,476 6.8%
2011 observed 602,709 33.6% 122,533 6.8%
2012 observed 595,688 33.0% 125,493 6.9%
2013 observed 588,008 32.4% 128,553 7.1%
2014 observed 577,057 31.9% 131,433 7.3%
2015 observed 562,008 31.6% 134,092 7.5%
2016 observed 548,328 31.1% 137,314 7.8%
2017 observed 537,516 30.4% 141,298 8.0%
2018 observed 523,607 29.6% 145,493 8.2%
2019 observed 505,697 28.8% 149,875 8.5%
2020 observed 490,182 28.0% 152,751 8.7%
2021 observed 476,010 27.3% 154,814 8.9%
2022 observed 460,964 26.8% 158,722 9.2%
2023 observed 447,496 26.3% 163,946 9.6%
2024 projected 434,010 25.8% 169,727 10.1%
2025 projected 420,612 25.1% 175,950 10.5%
2026 projected 407,771 24.5% 182,529 10.9%
2027 projected 395,218 23.8% 189,272 11.4%
2028 projected 382,647 23.0% 196,130 11.8%
2029 projected 370,908 22.3% 203,248 12.2%
2030 projected 360,703 21.7% 210,586 12.7%
2031 projected 351,353 21.1% 218,012 13.1%
2032 projected 343,054 20.6% 225,529 13.6%
2033 projected 336,613 20.2% 233,258 14.0%
2034 projected 332,402 19.9% 241,233 14.5%
2035 projected 329,553 19.7% 249,275 14.9%
2036 projected 327,262 19.6% 257,286 15.4%
2037 projected 325,413 19.5% 265,374 15.9%
2038 projected 323,583 19.3% 273,493 16.3%
2039 projected 321,763 19.2% 281,682 16.8%
2040 projected 320,040 19.1% 290,141 17.3%
2041 projected 318,279 19.0% 298,599 17.8%
2042 projected 316,418 18.9% 306,553 18.3%
2043 projected 314,392 18.8% 313,855 18.8%
2044 projected 311,957 18.7% 320,706 19.2%
2045 projected 308,997 18.5% 327,437 19.6%
2046 projected 305,519 18.4% 334,152 20.1%
2047 projected 301,638 18.2% 340,781 20.5%
2048 projected 297,297 18.0% 347,143 21.0%
2049 projected 292,552 17.7% 353,241 21.4%
2050 projected 287,498 17.5% 359,323 21.9%
2051 projected 282,076 17.2% 365,597 22.3%
2052 projected 276,469 17.0% 372,103 22.8%
2053 projected 270,683 16.7% 378,633 23.3%
2054 projected 264,775 16.4% 385,041 23.8%
2055 projected 258,977 16.1% 391,337 24.3%
2056 projected 253,184 15.8% 397,426 24.8%
2057 projected 247,513 15.6% 403,024 25.3%
2058 projected 242,180 15.3% 408,011 25.8%
2059 projected 237,311 15.1% 412,470 26.2%
2060 projected 232,856 14.9% 416,561 26.6%
2061 projected 228,773 14.7% 420,494 27.0%
2062 projected 225,168 14.5% 424,179 27.4%
2063 projected 221,912 14.4% 427,471 27.8%
2064 projected 219,005 14.3% 431,009 28.2%
2065 projected 216,422 14.2% 436,298 28.7%
2066 projected 214,175 14.2% 443,581 29.4%
2067 projected 212,251 14.1% 450,758 30.0%
2068 projected 210,452 14.1% 456,269 30.6%
2069 projected 208,759 14.1% 460,612 31.1%
2070 projected 207,204 14.1% 464,590 31.6%
2071 projected 205,715 14.1% 468,474 32.1%
2072 projected 204,144 14.1% 472,424 32.6%
2073 projected 202,380 14.1% 476,741 33.1%
2074 projected 200,461 14.0% 481,619 33.7%
2075 projected 198,505 14.0% 487,169 34.4%
2076 projected 196,487 14.0% 492,268 35.0%
2077 projected 194,287 14.0% 496,109 35.6%
2078 projected 191,912 13.9% 499,377 36.2%
2079 projected 189,348 13.8% 501,879 36.7%
2080 projected 186,607 13.8% 502,722 37.1%
2081 projected 183,804 13.7% 501,479 37.3%
2082 projected 180,952 13.6% 498,937 37.5%
2083 projected 178,007 13.5% 495,885 37.6%
2084 projected 175,020 13.4% 492,374 37.7%
2085 projected 172,092 13.3% 488,531 37.8%
2086 projected 169,202 13.2% 484,453 37.9%
2087 projected 166,395 13.1% 480,111 37.9%
2088 projected 163,688 13.1% 475,392 38.0%
2089 projected 161,078 13.0% 470,374 38.0%
2090 projected 158,632 12.9% 465,221 38.0%
2091 projected 156,354 12.9% 460,098 38.0%
2092 projected 154,295 12.9% 455,063 38.0%
2093 projected 152,397 12.9% 450,142 38.0%
2094 projected 150,628 12.8% 445,350 38.0%
2095 projected 149,003 12.9% 440,701 38.0%
2096 projected 147,512 12.9% 436,204 38.1%
2097 projected 146,189 12.9% 431,874 38.1%
2098 projected 144,973 12.9% 427,720 38.2%
2099 projected 143,832 13.0% 423,755 38.3%
2100 projected 142,712 13.0% 419,990 38.4%
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 · SINGLE-AGE POPULATION CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulaunder18-vs-65plus-annual-history-v1
Transformpipeline.derive.age_structure_history
Raw file SHA-2566de949eb0d6bf3277959da88c7591c608ad5fd995a17b4f120c11245a351dfb1 · d9c962d7e0beb731d3450cfabba8499a1449411e3c8aec3aeced06a7a2955b6e
Measurement universeall 237 WPP country and area records in the canonical Register
Reference time1950–2023 estimates; 2024–2100 WPP Medium projection
UnitPeople and percentage of same-year single-age population.
Evidence statusAnnual estimates through 2023; WPP Medium projection thereafter. No interpolation.
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1
Transformreproducible canonical pipeline
Measurement universeDe facto population: all residents in the country or area, regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Reference timePopulation is measured at 1 July 2024; annual flows cover the source year.
UnitPeople; the source workbook's thousands are converted to whole people for display.
Evidence status2024 medium-variant projection; estimates run through 2023.