Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Kosovo

Population growth in Kosovo in 2025 — -1.1%. Ranked 210 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.76 pp.

2025 -1.1% +4.29 pp vs 2024
World rank 210of 217
Period maximum 3%1967
Period minimum -10.51%1999

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Kosovo, 1961–2025-15-10-50519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.66%1963: 2.46%1965: 2.71%1967: 3%1969: 1.41%1971: 1.86%1973: 2.25%1975: 2.5%1977: 2.72%1979: 2.83%1981: 2.57%1983: 2.12%1985: 2.21%1987: 2.35%1989: 1.47%1991: 1.59%1993: 1.6%1995: 1.52%1997: 1.31%1999: -10.51%2001: 0.97%2003: -0.17%2005: -0.24%2007: -0.33%2009: -0.34%2011: 0.18%2013: 0.61%2015: -1.36%2017: 0.75%2019: -0.46%2021: -0.23%2023: -4.95%2025: -1.1%
Change over the period: −3.76 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kosovo

Kosovo -1.1%
World 0.91%
Southern Europe computed 0.33%
Population growth — Kosovo, by year Kosovo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -1.1 +4.29 pp
2024 -5.39 −0.44 pp
2023 -4.95 −3.94 pp
2022 -1.01 −0.78 pp
2021 -0.23 −0.3 pp
2020 0.07 +0.53 pp
2019 -0.46 −0.8 pp
2018 0.34 −0.42 pp
2017 0.75 +1.35 pp
2016 -0.6 +0.76 pp
2015 -1.36 −1.07 pp
2014 -0.29 −0.9 pp
2013 0.61 −0.24 pp
2012 0.84 +0.66 pp
2011 0.18 +0.51 pp
2010 -0.33 +0.01 pp
2009 -0.34 +0 pp
2008 -0.35 −0.02 pp
2007 -0.33 −0.04 pp
2006 -0.29 −0.05 pp
2005 -0.24 −0.04 pp
2004 -0.2 −0.03 pp
2003 -0.17 −0.68 pp
2002 0.52 −0.45 pp
2001 0.97 +4.73 pp
2000 -3.76 +6.75 pp
1999 -10.51 −4.98 pp
1998 -5.54 −6.84 pp
1997 1.31 −0.14 pp
1996 1.45 −0.07 pp
1995 1.52 −0.04 pp
1994 1.56 −0.04 pp
1993 1.6 −0.1 pp
1992 1.7 +0.11 pp
1991 1.59 +0.19 pp
1990 1.4 −0.07 pp
1989 1.47 −0.49 pp
1988 1.96 −0.38 pp
1987 2.35 +0.09 pp
1986 2.25 +0.05 pp
1985 2.21 +0.04 pp
1984 2.16 +0.04 pp
1983 2.12 −0.08 pp
1982 2.2 −0.37 pp
1981 2.57 −0.28 pp
1980 2.85 +0.02 pp
1979 2.83 +0.04 pp
1978 2.79 +0.07 pp
1977 2.72 +0.09 pp
1976 2.63 +0.12 pp
1975 2.5 +0.13 pp
1974 2.37 +0.12 pp
1973 2.25 +0.03 pp
1972 2.22 +0.36 pp
1971 1.86 +0.4 pp
1970 1.46 +0.05 pp
1969 1.41 −0.8 pp
1968 2.21 −0.79 pp
1967 3 +0.15 pp
1966 2.85 +0.15 pp
1965 2.71 +0.15 pp
1964 2.56 +0.1 pp
1963 2.46 −0.04 pp
1962 2.49 −0.17 pp
1961 2.66

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.