Urban population share in Kosovo
50.9% of people in Kosovo lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Kosovo, 2025
50.9%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
153rd of 217
Urban population share in Kosovo over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kosovo | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.9% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 50.3% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 49.1% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 47.8% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 46.5% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 45.2% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 44.0% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 42.8% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 41.8% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 40.8% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 39.9% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 39.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 38.6% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 38.2% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 37.9% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 37.8% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 37.8% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 37.7% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 37.7% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 37.6% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 37.6% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 37.6% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 37.5% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 37.5% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 50.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.9%, the figure has changed by +11.0 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kosovo has the 153rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Kosovo
All statistics for Kosovo
Population on 1 January
1,773,971 people
2022 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
1,773,971 people
2022 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
12.8 per 1,000 people
2021 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
7.3 per 1,000 people
2021 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.55 births per woman
2019 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
9.1%
2022 · Eurostat