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Kosovo 🇽🇰

Kosovo is a country in Europe with a population of 1,761,985. Its capital is Pristina. The official currency is EUR, and the main languages are Albanian, Serbian.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Pristina
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 1,761,985
  • Area: 10,887 km²
  • Density: 162 people per km²
  • Currency: EUR
  • Languages: Albanian, Serbian
  • ISO code: XK

Where Kosovo sits

Kosovo 🇽🇰 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Pristina. It covers 10,887 square kilometres — 162nd in the world — and is home to about 1,761,985 people, 150th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Kosovo compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Kosovo sits closest to Equatorial Guinea and Latvia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Jamaica and Gambia.

At 162 people per square kilometre it is about 2.7 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

Albanian is an official language in 2 countries here, among them Albania. The EUR is shared with 25 other countries, including Andorra, Austria and Belgium, and 22 others.

To see Kosovo next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Kosovo

Pristina (also spelled Prishtina) is the capital and the largest city. The flag is easy to spot because it shows the country's own shape in gold, with six stars over it like a rainbow.

The flag of Kosovo: dark blue, gold and white

🇽🇰 The flag is a dark blue flag with a gold map of Kosovo in the centre and six white stars in an arc above it. Each of the six stars stands for one of Kosovo's main peoples: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma and Bosniaks.

Region and neighbours

Kosovo is a small landlocked country in the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It declared independence from Serbia in 2008, and many countries recognise it, but Serbia and some others do not. It shares land borders with 4 countries: Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Kosovo is landlocked, with no coast on the open ocean.

Three facts about Kosovo

  1. Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008, and 110 member states of the United Nations recognise it.
  2. Kosovo uses the euro as its money, even though it is not in the European Union.
  3. Its flag is one of only two national flags that show a map of the country. The other is the flag of Cyprus.

Sources: Wikipedia: Kosovo, Wikipedia: Flag of Kosovo, Wikipedia: Pristina, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Kosovo

Quizzes that include Kosovo

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Kosovo those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Kosovo flag?

The flag of Kosovo is a dark blue flag with a gold map of Kosovo in the centre and six white stars in an arc above it. Each of the six stars stands for one of Kosovo's main peoples: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma and Bosniaks.

Which countries border Kosovo?

Kosovo shares land borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

How can I remember the capital of Kosovo?

Pristina (also spelled Prishtina) is the capital and the largest city. The flag is easy to spot because it shows the country's own shape in gold, with six stars over it like a rainbow.