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The 2011 Kosovo population census was largely boycotted by the Kosovo Serbs, especially in North Kosovo. That left the Serb population underrepresented. [44] The International Monitoring Operation said that questions complied with international standards: respondents can declare their ethnicity and religion but are not obliged to do so. [45]
In 2007, the US International Religious Freedom Report said that "the last credible census was taken in the 1980s", and that the religious demographics had to be estimated. [12] The Report found that Islam was the predominant faith in Kosovo, "professed by most of the majority ethnic Albanian population, the Bosniak , Gorani , and Turkish ...
In 1897, the Ottoman authorities ordered a religious census for Kosovo, which found that there were 633,765 Muslims and 333,406 Christians in Kosovo at the time, meaning that Christians formed 35% of the population. [64]
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.
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]
The second most influential religion in the region of Klina is Catholicism with 6 churches located in Jagode/Jagoda, Zllakuqan/Zlakucane, Budisalc/Budiavci, Poterq i Ulet/Donji Petric and Doberdol/Dobridol. [27] The statistical Agency of Kosovo reported a population of 96,450 in Peja, 39,289 in Istog, and 38,496 in Klina. [28]