Kosovars

{{Infobox nationality | group = Kosovars | image = Map of the Kosovar Diaspora in the World.svg | languages = Albanian (majority), Serbian, Bosniak, Turkish, Romani, Gora dialect, Croatian | rels = Islam (Sunni and Bektashi), Serbian Orthodox, Roman Catholic | popplace = Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pragueprocess.eu/en/countries/870-kosovo|title=Kosovo}}</ref> | population = 1,586,659 }} A '''Kosovar''' or '''Kosovan''' is a person who holds citizenship in Kosovo. As it is a nationality term, there is no Kosovar ethnic group. While the majority of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians (92%), the country is home to other ethnic communities as well, including Serbs, Bosniaks, and others. Kosovar citizenship can be acquired through birth, naturalization, or other legal processes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIGJ PËR SHTETËSINË E KOSOVËS |url=http://old.kuvendikosoves.org/common/docs/ligjet/Ligji%20per%20Shtetesine%20e%20Kosoves.pdf |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Dual Citizenship Report, Kosovo |url=https://www.dualcitizenshipreport.org/dual-citizenship/kosovo/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Dual Citizenship |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Ethnic groups== {{main|Ethnic groups in Kosovo}} 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. The vast majority of Kosovar Albanians are Muslim and speak the Albanian language.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=Kosovo (unrecognized state) - World Directory of Minorities & Indigenous Peoples |url=https://minorityrights.org/country/kosovo/#:~:text=Smaller%20communities%20include%20Roma%2C%20Ashkalia,Albanians%20are%20effectively%20a%20minority. |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Minority Rights Group |language=en-GB}}</ref> Other ethnic groups in Kosovo include Serbs, Romani people, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Bosniaks, Turks and Gorani people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minorityrights.org/country/kosovo-unrecognized-state/|title=Kosovo (unrecognized state)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/kosovo/104221.htm|title=Kosovo (04/08) - State.gov}}</ref>

==Diaspora== {{main|Emigration from Kosovo}}

== Nationality law == Kosovo provides citizenship to a person in the following circumstances:<ref>{{Cite web |title=ON CITIZENSHIP OF KOSOVO |url=https://old.kuvendikosoves.org/common/docs/ligjet/Law%20on%20Citizenship%20of%20Kosovo.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001055555/https://old.kuvendikosoves.org/common/docs/ligjet/Law%20on%20Citizenship%20of%20Kosovo.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=28 September 2025 |website=old.kuvendikosoves.org}}</ref>

* 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kosovo |url=https://www.dualcitizenshipreport.org/dual-citizenship/kosovo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219020134/https://www.dualcitizenshipreport.org/dual-citizenship/kosovo/ |archive-date=19 February 2020 |access-date=28 September 2025 |website=Dual Citizenship Report |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also== {{commonscat}} *Demographics of Kosovo

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Kosovan people