The 2011 census states the number of Bosniaks in Kosovo is 27,553, with around 21,000 of them living in the municipalities of Prizren and Dragash.

The overwhelming majority of Bosniaks in Kosovo settled in the 18th, 19th and 20th century during the Ottoman era, mostly after the Congress of Berlin, but also after its fall during the First and Second World Wars.

They consist of Slavic-speaking Muslims who largely originate from Sandžak, but also from Montenegro (Plav and Gusinje in particular), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia.

[2] Another group includes Slavic Muslims who already resided in southern Kosovo, in the areas around Prizren, Gora and Župa.

Bosniaks encounter high unemployment and poor education in Kosovo due to a lack of schools conducting studies in the Bosnian language.