Population growth in Kosovo

The population of Kosovo changed by -1.10% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kosovo, 2025 -1.10% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +4.29percentage points 2024: -5.39%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 210th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Kosovo over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period KosovoWorld
2025 -1.10% 0.91%
2024 -5.39% 0.96%
2023 -4.95% 0.93%
2022 -1.01% 0.87%
2021 -0.23% 0.83%
2020 0.07% 0.98%
2019 -0.46% 1.05%
2018 0.34% 1.08%
2017 0.75% 1.13%
2016 -0.60% 1.16%
2015 -1.36% 1.18%
2014 -0.29% 1.21%
2013 0.61% 1.23%
2012 0.84% 1.26%
2011 0.18% 1.22%
2010 -0.33% 1.22%
2009 -0.34% 1.25%
2008 -0.35% 1.27%
2007 -0.33% 1.26%
2006 -0.29% 1.27%
2005 -0.24% 1.27%
2004 -0.20% 1.29%
2003 -0.17% 1.29%
2002 0.52% 1.31%
2001 0.97% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.29 percentage points from -5.39% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -1.36%, the figure has changed by +0.26 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kosovo has the 210th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Kosovo
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects