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Country Resource - Kosovo

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Kosovo

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  • Population.......................................................................1,932,774 (July 2020 est.)
  • Population growth rate ................................................................0.66% (2020 est.)
  • Birth rate..................................................15.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Death rate.................................................7 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Net migration rate..............................-1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Ethnic groups*..........Albanians 92.9%, Bosniaks 1.6%, Serbs 1.5%, Turk 1.1%, Ashkali 0.9%, Egyptian 0.7%, Gorani 0.6%, Romani 0.5%, other/unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

Ethnic group note: estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo

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