Dolno Kosovrasti () is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Demographics Dolno Kosovrasti (Dolna Kostobrast) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 16 households and the anthroponymy attested was Slavic-Albanian in character, with a predominance of Slavic names while Albanian anthroponyms comprised around a quarter of those attested.
In the 1901 Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet, produced by the Sofia Cartography Institute, Dolno Kosovrati part of the Sanjak of Dibra—is depicted as a village of 64 households with a mixed population of Bulgarians, Pomaks, Albanians, and Turks.Етнографска карта на Битолскиот вилает (каталози на населби, забелешки и карта во четири дела). Скопје, Каламус,2017. . с. 44.
Dolno Kosovrasti has traditionally been inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian and Torbeš population.
As of the 2021 census, Dolno Kosovrasti had 752 residents with the following ethnic composition: Turks 286 Macedonians 282 Others (including Torbeš) 96 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 85 Albanians 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 813 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89. Macedonians 388 Turks 224 Albanians 4 Others 197
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