Population
The 2000 Living Standard Measurement Survey by Statistical Office of Kosovo (rejected by Belgrade): Total population estimated between 1.8-2.0 million. From 2000, AMSJ (confirmed by Kosovo Statistical Office in 2003), estimating a 1,900,000 strong population.
Kosovo currently has the youngest population in Europe, with a fertility estimated by the Census Bureau of 2.4 children per woman. As recently as 1990, Kosovo's population structure resembled those of countries like Haiti, and was in stark contrast to the rest of Serbia and other European countries. In recent years, however, Kosovo's population growth rate has begun to slow and its birth rate has decreased.
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