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Kosovo
Community
Area 10,887 square kilometres (land area 10,887 square kilometres)
Population,
947,000 (1960)
1,219,000 (1970) +28.7%
1,521,000 (1980) +24.8%
1,862,000 (1990) +22.4%
1,700,000 (2000) -8.7%
1,776,000 (2010) +4.5%
1,775,400 (2020) -0.0%
Ethnicity, %, Kosovo�s large Albanian population wants union between Kosovo and Albania; this is resisted by Kosovan Serbs and others. The Serbs are mainly resident in northern Kosovo. The 2011 census excluded the Serbian-inhabited region of northern Kosovo and was boycotted by Serbs in southern Kosovo.
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|
Albanian |
Bosnian |
Montenegrin |
Roma |
Serb |
Turkish |
|
1948 |
68.5 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
|
23.6 |
0.2 |
|
1953 |
64.9 |
0.8 |
3.9 |
|
23.5 |
5.4 |
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1961 |
67.1 |
0.8 |
3.9 |
|
23.5 |
2.7 |
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1971 |
73.7 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
|
18.4 |
1.0 |
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1981 |
77.4 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
|
13.2 |
0.8 |
|
1991 |
81.6 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
|
9.9 |
0.5 |
|
2011 |
92.9 |
1.6 |
|
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
Religion,
Christian,15.0% (2011)
Muslim, 85.6% (2011)
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
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Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1950 |
7.8 |
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1975 |
|
35.0 |
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|
|
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|
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1981 |
4.6 |
31.0 (+22.8) |
|
8.2 |
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|
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1990 |
3.9 |
30.0 (+23.3) |
|
6.7 |
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|
|
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2000 |
3.0 |
23.0 (+16.0) |
|
7.0 |
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|
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2010 |
2.3 |
18.5 (+11.4) |
69.0 |
7.1 |
27.7 |
6.7 |
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2014 |
2.1 |
17.4 (+10.4) |
|
7.0 |
26.3 |
6.9 |
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2015 |
2.1 |
17.1 (+10.1) |
|
7.0 |
|
6.8 |
|
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2017 |
2.0 |
16.4 (+9.4) |
|
7.0 |
|
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Life expectancy,
65.9 (1980); 63.8 (M), 68.0 (F)
67.7 (1990); 65.7 (M), 69.9 (F)
68.0 (2000); 66.0 (M), 70.0 (F)
69.9 (2010): 67.9 (M), 72.0 (F)
71.3 (2015); 69.2 (M), 73.6 (F)
Population of principal cities
PRISTINA, MA = Metropolitan Area
24,200 (1953)
242,000 (1997)
564,800 (2002) MA
504,165 (2016) MA
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
2000 |
1,850 |
0.02 |
1,087 |
2.98 |
|
2005 |
3,737 |
0.03 |
2,190 |
4.94 |
|
2010 |
5,830 |
0.04 |
3,280 |
6.78 |
|
2015 |
6,440 |
0.04 |
3,575 |
6.36 |
|
2016 |
6,450 |
0.03 |
3,660 |
6.37 |
GDP by primary sector
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|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
2010 |
12.9 |
23.6 |
22.6 |
|
64.5 |
|
|
2013 |
|
5.9 |
|
16.8 |
|
77.3 |
Communications
Language, %, Official; Albanian
|
|
Albanian |
Bosnian |
Serbian |
Romani |
Turkish |
|
2011 |
94.5 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
Literacy
94.2% (2010); Male 97.3%, Female 91.3%
Physical communications � roads and railways
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Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
2003 |
|
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|
|
333 |
|
2004 |
1,926 |
1,668 |
234,297 |
|
|
|
|
2014 |
2,003 |
1,883 |
|
|
|
333 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1974
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|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
2003 |
101,059 |
315,000 |
|
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|
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2006 |
106,300 |
500,000 |
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2011 |
|
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|
|
|
377,000 |
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2016 |
831,470 |
562,000 |
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562,000 |