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Albania vs Kosovo
How Albania and Kosovo compare on 29 measures, from 1912 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Albania was higher: 79.6 years against 78 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Albania was higher: $6,877 against $5,899
- Population · In 2023, Albania was higher: 2.81 million people against 1.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Albania was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 1.85% of GDP
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Kosovo was higher: 0.63 of 1 against 0.48 of 1
Every measure
Health
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Kosovo: 1.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Kosovo: -1.07% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Kosovo: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Kosovo: 50.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Kosovo: 31.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Kosovo: 9.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Kosovo: -16.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Kosovo: 1.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Kosovo: $217M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Kosovo: $140 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Kosovo: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Kosovo: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Kosovo: 8 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, World Bank, IMF, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6 and ITU. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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