Kosovo
Republic of Kosovo
Kosovo sits in Southeast Europe and uses EUR - Euro (€). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Pristina
227.5K
Prizren
187K
Ferizaj
180.6K
Population
1.6M
1,585,566 people
Area
10.9K km2
10,908 square kilometers
Density
145/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Pristina
42.67, 21.17
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Kosovo, officially listed here as Republic of Kosovo, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Kosovo, XK, UNK, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Kosovo is grouped under Europe, more specifically Southeast Europe, with Europe shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 1,585,566 people and a land area of 10,908 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 145 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 42.666667, 21.166667, while the capital coordinate reference is 42.67, 21.17. Kosovo shares listed land borders with ALB, MKD, MNE, SRB, and the landlocked value is recorded as yes. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Pristina (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Pristina, Prizren, Ferizaj, Pejë and Gjilan. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Kosovo, capital of Kosovo, and major urban areas in Kosovo. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary republic. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as yes. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Kosovo uses calling code +383, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC+01:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists EUR - Euro (€), while language records include Albanian and Serbian. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as RKS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 38.3 for 2022.
How to use this profile
This Kosovo profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
XK / UNK
Top-level domains
Not listed
Continents
Europe
Border countries
ALB, MKD, MNE, SRB
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
RKS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Kosovo is represented by the XK country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Pristina
Prishtinë
227,466
primary
#2
Prizren
Prizren
186,986
admin
#3
Ferizaj
Ferizaj
180,583
admin
#4
Pejë
Pejë
96,450
admin
#5
Gjilan
Gjilan
82,980
admin
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary republic
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
No
Landlocked
Yes
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+383
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Languages
Albanian, Serbian
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
38.3
2022