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title: "Kosovo — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Kosovo: capital Pristina, area 10,887 km², population 1,576,876 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/kosovo/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Kosovo

**Kosovo: Capital Pristina**

10,887 km² · 1,576,876 people (2025) · Euro

Landlocked and mostly upland, ringed by the Šar and Prokletije mountains, with peaks above 2,600 m. It has one of the youngest populations in Europe by median age. The Rugova canyon in the west runs about 25 km and is one of the longest gorges in the region.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Pristina
- **Area:** 10,887 km² — 4,203 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,576,876 (2025)
- **Density:** 144.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official languages:** Albanian, Serbian
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +383
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** XK · UNK
- **Continent:** Europe

> The political status of Kosovo is disputed; this page does not address it and covers only the geographic and statistical facts.

## How it compares

- **By area:** 163 of 200
- **By population:** 154 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gambia | 11,300 | 2,822,093 |
| Jamaica | 10,991 | 2,837,077 |
| Kosovo ← | 10,887 | 1,576,876 |
| Lebanon | 10,400 | 5,849,421 |
| Cyprus | 9,251 | 1,370,754 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Kosovo?

Pristina

### What currency does Kosovo use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Kosovo?

10,887 km², or 4,203 square miles — 163 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Kosovo drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Gambia](https://atoneplace.net/country/gambia/)
- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
- [Lebanon](https://atoneplace.net/country/lebanon/)
- [Cyprus](https://atoneplace.net/country/cyprus/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]