Countries

Kosovo

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Kosovo." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/kosovo.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Kosovo. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/kosovo

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-kosovo,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Kosovo},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/kosovo},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kosovo is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is Pristina. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Its international status remains partially recognised and disputed: as of this entry's writing (source accessed 2026-08-29), it has gained diplomatic recognition from at least 110 of the 193 United Nations member states, while Serbia and a number of other states, including Russia and China, do not recognise it as a sovereign state.

Facts

Capital

Pristina 1

Population

1,585,566 1

2024 census figure, from Kosovo's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2024 1

Area (sq km)

10,887 1

Independence or Founding Year

2008 1

Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Albania

Kosovo is bordered by Albania to the southwest.

Source Kosovo (Wikipedia)

Montenegro

Kosovo is bordered by Montenegro to the west.

Source Kosovo (Wikipedia)

North Macedonia

Kosovo is bordered by North Macedonia to the southeast.

Source Kosovo (Wikipedia)

Pristina

Source Pristina (Wikipedia)

Serbia

Kosovo is bordered by Serbia to the north and east; Serbia does not recognise Kosovo's independence.

Source Kosovo (Wikipedia)

The Balkans

Kosovo is a Balkan state, per its own Wikipedia lead.

Source Kosovo (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Pristina

Source Pristina (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

In the Other Atlases

Also in Political Atlas: Kosovo, the same subject.

Politics and foreign relations

Politics and foreign relations: this country's government, institutions, parties and foreign-policy positions are recorded on Political Atlas (section "Foreign relations and policy," ruling 722), linked here by a same-as edge. Geography mints and owns none of that content. Kosovo.

Sources

1. Kosovo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital

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