Kosovars

Kosovars

Total population
1,585,566 (in Kosovo)
Regions with significant populations
Kosovo, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, United Kingdom, United States
Languages
Albanian (majority), Serbian, Bosniak, Turkish, Romani, Gora dialect, Croatian
Religion
Islam (Sunni and Bektashi), Serbian Orthodox, Roman Catholic

Kosovars or Kosovans are the citizens of Kosovo. As a civic nationality, the designation encompasses all individuals who hold citizenship regardless of ethnic origin. Ethnic Albanians form the overwhelming majority of the population (approximately 92%), alongside constitutionally recognized minority communities including Serbs, Bosniaks, and others. Kosovar citizenship can be acquired through birth, naturalization, or other legal processes.

Ethnic groups

According to demographic sources, Kosovo has a population of around two million. Ethnic Albanians form the majority in Kosovo with 92.9% of the population being Albanian, making Kosovo one of Europe's most homogenous countries. The vast majority of Kosovar Albanians are Muslim, with a Catholic minority and speak the Albanian language. Other ethnic groups in Kosovo include Serbs, Romani people, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Bosniaks, Turks and Gorani people.

Diaspora

Nationality law

Kosovo provides citizenship to a person in the following circumstances:

• Being born to two Kosovar parents, or in some cases to one Kosovar parent
• Being born in Kosovo to stateless or unknown parents, or if they would otherwise be stateless
• Being adopted by Kosovar parents
• Naturalization after having lived in the country for at least 5 years, having married a Kosovar spouse, being a minor child of a person being naturalized, or being from the Kosovar diaspora

The country permits dual citizenship.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Kosovo.

• Demographics of Kosovo

References