Menurut sensus Yugoslavia 1991, yang diboikot oleh suku Albania, terdapat 1.596.072 etnis Albania di Kosovo atau 81,6% penduduk. Menurut perkiraan pada tahun 2000, terdapat sekitar 1.584.000 dan 1.733.600 suku Albania di Kosovo atau 88% penduduk; per 2011,[11] mereka meliputi 92,93%.
↑Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo (1999). World music: the rough guide. Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. hlm.5. ISBN978-1-85828-635-8. Diakses tanggal 13 July 2013. Most of the ethnic Albanians that live outside the country are Ghegs, although there is a small Tosk population clustered around the shores of lakes Presp and Ohrid in the south of Macedonia.