Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Kosovo

One in every 7,177 babies in the world is born here: about 18,689 a year, 0.036 a minute.

Population: 1,576,876
Births a year: 18,689
Life expectancy: 78.1
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 8.7

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
80.3
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
76
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
8.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
≈ 6
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
≈ 0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 26
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
≈ 9.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
≈ 7.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
1.9
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.54
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
4
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
≈ 95
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
≈ 100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
≈ 76
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 5.5
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$16,461
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
38
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
10
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
≈ 5.6
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
≈ 4
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
≈ 55
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
≈ 23
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
51
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
≈ 100
World: 91
Internet users (%)
89
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 6.41
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 48.7 → 2026: 77.2 → 2050: 82.6

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 450 → 2026: 8 → 2050: 2

World

Children per woman

1960: 6.4 → 2026: 1.5 → 2050: 1.5

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 19 → 2026: 50 → 2050: 62

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Kosovo comes up about once in every 7,177 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.