The migration of Kosovo’s citizens and the drop in the birth rate are reasons that are pushing citizens to think that the total number of the population will be lower in the new census that started on April 5 than in 2011, which according to statistics it turned out to be about 1 million 700 thousand.
Citizens who do not wish to join the registration process will face fines from 30 to 2 thousand euros, the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has warned.
while there will be a rewarding game for those who correctly guess the number of current residents in Kosovo.
Citizen Nehat Kekaj told KosovaPress that the number of residents will decrease by 10-15 thousand compared to 2011, since according to him, most of the citizens have migrated to foreign countries.
While Bexhet Neziri thinks that the population is increasing every year and does not believe that there will be a decrease.
Another citizen who did not want to be identified, says that the number of the population will be 1 million and 685 thousand, since this number would be very high if there was no migration.
In person, the interview for population registration must take place in the residential facility or in the vicinity of the respondent’s (citizen’s) apartment/house. The interview can take place in: apartment/house, entrance, corridor, in a bar near the apartment/house, if there is a garden, terrace, balcony or similar places.
Depending on the number of household members, age and gender, the interview in a household with 4 members is expected to last about 30 minutes.
Data is recommended to be obtained from each member of adult age (over 16 years) if he/she is present during the interview. In other cases, a member of the household may provide the data.
Data is collected through tablets. While filling in the questions, the citizen can see how all the fields in the application are being filled in, as well as he can see every answer he gives.
The usual questions that are asked in the registration are also applied in ReKos 2024. The questionnaires are in harmony with international recommendations, including recommendations from UNECE and Eurostat. The registration questionnaires have been published on the KAS website.
All citizens who stay in Kosovo between April 5 and May 17, 2024 must be registered.
For the population born in Kosovo or originating from Kosovo, but living outside Kosovo for more than 12 months (has a place of residence-other resident states), they are registered through an online application (www.ediaspora.rks-gov.net) during the entire registration period.
