Prije 2011. godine, popis je obavljan 1981, uz učešće svih zajednica, prema podacima kosovskog Ureda za statistiku, i u njemu je u to vrijeme prebrojano 1,6 miliona stanovnika.
Before 2001, the census was conducted in 1981 with the participation of all communities, according to the Kosovo Statistics Office, which counted 1.6 million residents at the time.