Kosovars

Kosovar or Kosovan refers to the nationality of persons who hold citizenship in Kosovo. As it is a nationality term, there is no Kosovar ethnic group. While the majority of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians, 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.

Ethnic groups

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. Other ethnic groups in Kosovo include Serbs, Romani people, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Bosniaks, Turks and Gorani people.

Kosovo provides citizenship to a person in the following circumstances:

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