Rural population in Kosovo in 2025 — 773,835 people. Ranked 140 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.9%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kosovo
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 773,835 | −18,217 | −2.3% |
| 2024 | 792,052 | −64,248 | −7.5% |
| 2023 | 856,300 | −66,643 | −7.22% |
| 2022 | 922,943 | −32,617 | −3.41% |
| 2021 | 955,560 | −24,962 | −2.55% |
| 2020 | 980,522 | −21,253 | −2.12% |
| 2019 | 1M | −25,479 | −2.48% |
| 2018 | 1.03M | −15,875 | −1.52% |
| 2017 | 1.04M | −9,576 | −0.91% |
| 2016 | 1.05M | −21,731 | −2.02% |
| 2015 | 1.07M | −27,850 | −2.53% |
| 2014 | 1.1M | −13,581 | −1.22% |
| 2013 | 1.12M | −400 | −0.04% |
| 2012 | 1.12M | +5,716 | +0.51% |
| 2011 | 1.11M | +277 | +0.02% |
| 2010 | 1.11M | −5,156 | −0.46% |
| 2009 | 1.12M | −5,094 | −0.45% |
| 2008 | 1.12M | −4,945 | −0.44% |
| 2007 | 1.13M | −4,628 | −0.41% |
| 2006 | 1.13M | −4,049 | −0.36% |
| 2005 | 1.13M | −3,404 | −0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.14M | −2,847 | −0.25% |
| 2003 | 1.14M | −2,393 | −0.21% |
| 2002 | 1.14M | +5,439 | +0.48% |
| 2001 | 1.14M | +10,490 | +0.93% |
| 2000 | 1.13M | −43,651 | −3.73% |
| 1999 | 1.17M | −130,344 | −10.02% |
| 1998 | 1.3M | −74,765 | −5.43% |
| 1997 | 1.38M | +17,019 | +1.25% |
| 1996 | 1.36M | +18,588 | +1.39% |
| 1995 | 1.34M | +19,074 | +1.44% |
| 1994 | 1.32M | +19,110 | +1.47% |
| 1993 | 1.3M | +19,136 | +1.49% |
| 1992 | 1.28M | +19,865 | +1.57% |
| 1991 | 1.26M | +17,181 | +1.38% |
| 1990 | 1.25M | +12,508 | +1.01% |
| 1989 | 1.23M | +11,391 | +0.93% |
| 1988 | 1.22M | +15,730 | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1.21M | +18,984 | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 1.19M | +16,876 | +1.44% |
| 1985 | 1.17M | +15,697 | +1.36% |
| 1984 | 1.15M | +14,914 | +1.31% |
| 1983 | 1.14M | +14,505 | +1.29% |
| 1982 | 1.13M | +15,757 | +1.42% |
| 1981 | 1.11M | +20,008 | +1.84% |
| 1980 | 1.09M | +22,590 | +2.12% |
| 1979 | 1.07M | +21,860 | +2.09% |
| 1978 | 1.04M | +20,931 | +2.04% |
| 1977 | 1.02M | +19,645 | +1.96% |
| 1976 | 1M | +18,206 | +1.85% |
| 1975 | 986,046 | +16,553 | +1.71% |
| 1974 | 969,493 | +14,868 | +1.56% |
| 1973 | 954,625 | +13,332 | +1.42% |
| 1972 | 941,293 | +12,725 | +1.37% |
| 1971 | 928,568 | +8,907 | +0.97% |
| 1970 | 919,661 | +4,536 | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 915,125 | +3,628 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 911,497 | +10,588 | +1.18% |
| 1967 | 900,909 | +17,387 | +1.97% |
| 1966 | 883,522 | +15,895 | +1.83% |
| 1965 | 867,627 | +14,612 | +1.71% |
| 1964 | 853,015 | +13,536 | +1.61% |
| 1963 | 839,479 | +13,031 | +1.58% |
| 1962 | 826,448 | +13,800 | +1.7% |
| 1961 | 812,648 | +15,746 | +1.98% |
| 1960 | 796,902 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
