Country page · Europe & Central Asia
If you were born in Kosovo
1 in 7,178 babies · 0.01% of births · about 18,689 a year
Right now, about 0.01% of the world's babies are born in Kosovo — 1 in 7,178, or roughly 18,689 a year and 51 a day. Life expectancy there is 78.2 years.
How the 1 in 7,178 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Kosovo has about 18,689 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.01% — 1 in 7,178. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Kosovo, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 80.3 · men 76.0 | 78.2 years | 48th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 8.7 / 1,000 | 0.9% | 56th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 8.0 / 1,000 | 0.8% | 60th lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | — | — |
| Children per woman | 1.54 | 55th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | — | — |
| Tertiary enrollment | — | — |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $19,263 | 84th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 38.30 | 58th highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 50.9% | 121st highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | — | — |
| People using the internet | 89.4% | 53rd highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 1.9 | 68th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | — | — |
| Adults living with HIV | — | — |
| People who smoke | — | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Kosovo compared with Europe & Central Asia
Life expectancy in Kosovo is 78.2 years, against a Europe & Central Asia average of 78.6. The under-5 death rate is 0.9%, versus 0.7% across the region. Income per person is $19,263, against $53,288 regionally; expected schooling is 0.0 years against 15.9. 50.9% of people live in cities, against 67.9% in the region.
| Indicator | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.2 yrs | 78.6 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.9% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $19,263 | $53,288 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | — | 15.9 yrs | 13.0 yrs |
| People in cities | 50.9% | 67.9% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 78.2 years on average, with roughly 8.7 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 0.0 years of school, and income per person is around $19,263. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Kosovo
The game draws Kosovo in about 1 of every 7,178 births. From there the life runs year by year: 78.2 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.9% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $19,263 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Lithuania — 1 in 7,036
- Chance of being born in Slovenia — 1 in 7,968
- Chance of being born in Albania — 1 in 5,636
- All 172 countries
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated 24 Oct 2026.