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Religious map of Kosovo in 2011 by settlements. According to the 2012 European Social Survey , the population of Kosovo was about 88% Muslim, 5.8% Catholic, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% irreligious, 0.1% Protestant and 0.4% another religion.
The results of the 2011 census gave the following religious affiliations for the population included in it: [49] Religious map of Kosovo in 2011 by settlements. The Serb-dominated gray area in the north is presumably majority Orthodox.
After the end of Communist period religion had a revival in Kosovo. [3] Today, 95.6% of Kosovo's population are Muslims, most of whom are ethnic Albanians. [4] There are also non-Albanian speaking Muslims, who define themselves as Bosniaks, Gorani and Turks.
As of December 2012 Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, had a population of 205,133 registered inhabitants. [2]The Rural Part of the municipality as well as the area near the center of Pristina, in terms of socio-economic processes is under the influence of population dynamics, both in terms of demographic regime, which is more expansive, and in addition mechanical population.
The population of Kosovo from 1921 to 2015. The Agency of Statistics estimated Kosovo's population in 2021 to be approximately 1,774,000. [227] In 2023, the overall life expectancy at birth is 79.68 years; 77.38 years for males and 81.87 years for females. [228] The estimated total fertility rate in 2023 is 1.88 children born per woman. [229]
Kosovo's government began Friday its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north, at a time when tensions with neighboring Serbia are high.
In contemporary Kosovo, the Diocese of Prizren remains an important religious institution. The community is estimated to make up about 3-5% of Kosovo's total population, translating to approximately 60,000 to 100,000 individuals. [37]
A map published by French ethnographer G. Lejean [45] in 1861 shows that Albanians lived on around 57% of Kosovo Vilayet while a similar map, published by British travellers G. M. Mackenzie and A. P. Irby [45] in 1867 shows slightly less; these maps don't show which population was larger overall. Nevethless, maps cannot be used to measure ...