Urban population growth in Kosovo

The urban population of Kosovo changed by 0.09% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kosovo, 2025 0.09% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +3.05percentage points 2024: -2.96%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 178th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban 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.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period KosovoWorld
2025 0.09% 1.36%
2024 -2.96% 1.40%
2023 -2.25% 1.35%
2022 1.75% 1.33%
2021 2.55% 1.48%
2020 2.82% 1.52%
2019 2.22% 1.74%
2018 2.89% 1.85%
2017 3.13% 1.90%
2016 1.53% 2.02%
2015 0.47% 2.14%
2014 1.17% 2.09%
2013 1.64% 2.20%
2012 1.38% 2.13%
2011 0.43% 2.56%
2010 -0.12% 1.97%
2009 -0.16% 2.22%
2008 -0.19% 2.19%
2007 -0.20% 2.34%
2006 -0.18% 2.31%
2005 -0.15% 2.27%
2004 -0.12% 2.32%
2003 -0.09% 2.41%
2002 0.59% 2.41%
2001 1.03% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.05 percentage points from -2.96% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.47%, the figure has changed by −0.38 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kosovo has the 178th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.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 Urbanization Prospects