Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Kyrgyzstan

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Kyrgyzstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Kyrgyzstan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Kyrgyzstan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Kyrgyzstan
1960	6.7	5.31
1961	6.7	5.36
1962	6.69	5.42
1963	6.69	5.48
1964	6.68	5.43
1965	6.68	5.38
1966	6.67	5.32
1967	6.67	5.26
1968	6.66	5.18
1969	6.66	5.18
1970	6.65	5.2
1971	6.64	5.18
1972	6.64	5.14
1973	6.63	5.02
1974	6.62	4.89
1975	6.62	4.76
1976	6.62	4.68
1977	6.61	4.59
1978	6.58	4.53
1979	6.55	4.38
1980	6.51	4.22
1981	6.46	4.19
1982	6.4	4.2
1983	6.34	4.17
1984	6.26	4.2
1985	6.18	4.2
1986	6.1	4.22
1987	6	4.16
1988	5.88	4.03
1989	5.76	3.88
1990	5.6	3.63
1991	5.45	3.58
1992	5.27	3.52
1993	5.07	3.2
1994	4.87	2.9
1995	4.62	3.1
1996	4.37	2.8
1997	4.09	2.6
1998	3.85	2.7
1999	3.61	2.6
2000	3.38	2.4
2001	3.19	2.4
2002	3.01	2.4
2003	2.87	2.5
2004	2.78	2.6
2005	2.73	2.5
2006	2.66	2.7
2007	2.59	2.7
2008	2.48	2.8
2009	2.36	2.9
2010	2.25	3.1
2011	2.15	3.1
2012	2.07	3.2
2013	2	3.1
2014	1.92	3.2
2015	1.84	3.2
2016	1.74	3.1
2017	1.62	3
2018	1.52	3.3
2019	1.45	3.3
2020	1.5	3.1
2021	1.49	2.89
2022	1.48	2.8
2023	1.46	2.7
2024	1.45	2.68
2025	1.44	2.65
2026	1.43	2.63
2027	1.42	2.6
2028	1.42	2.57
2029	1.42	2.55
2030	1.42	2.53
2031	1.42	2.5
2032	1.42	2.47
2033	1.42	2.45
2034	1.42	2.43
2035	1.42	2.4
2036	1.43	2.38
2037	1.43	2.36
2038	1.43	2.35
2039	1.43	2.33
2040	1.43	2.31
2041	1.44	2.29
2042	1.44	2.28
2043	1.44	2.26
2044	1.44	2.24
2045	1.44	2.23
2046	1.45	2.21
2047	1.45	2.2
2048	1.45	2.18
2049	1.46	2.17
2050	1.46	2.15

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Kyrgyzstan
1960	42.3%	38.6%
1961	42.1%	39.4%
1962	41.9%	40.1%
1963	41.8%	40.6%
1964	41.8%	40.9%
1965	41.7%	41.1%
1966	41.7%	41%
1967	41.7%	40.8%
1968	41.8%	40.7%
1969	41.8%	40.5%
1970	41.8%	40.3%
1971	41.9%	40.3%
1972	42%	40.2%
1973	42.1%	40.1%
1974	42.2%	39.9%
1975	42.3%	39.6%
1976	42.4%	39.4%
1977	42.5%	39.1%
1978	42.6%	38.8%
1979	42.7%	38.5%
1980	42.8%	38.2%
1981	42.9%	38%
1982	43%	37.8%
1983	43.1%	37.8%
1984	43.1%	37.7%
1985	43.1%	37.5%
1986	43.1%	37.5%
1987	43.1%	37.4%
1988	43%	37.5%
1989	43%	37.5%
1990	42.9%	37.5%
1991	42.8%	37.6%
1992	42.6%	37.6%
1993	42.4%	37.9%
1994	42.1%	38.2%
1995	41.7%	38%
1996	41.3%	37.6%
1997	40.7%	37.1%
1998	40.1%	36.4%
1999	39.4%	35.8%
2000	38.6%	35.2%
2001	37.7%	34.6%
2002	36.6%	33.9%
2003	35.5%	33.3%
2004	34.3%	32.7%
2005	33.2%	32.2%
2006	32.4%	31.7%
2007	31.6%	31.2%
2008	30.8%	30.7%
2009	30.1%	30.3%
2010	29.4%	30.3%
2011	28.8%	30.4%
2012	28.3%	30.8%
2013	27.8%	31.1%
2014	27.4%	31.5%
2015	27%	31.8%
2016	26.5%	32.1%
2017	25.8%	32.2%
2018	25%	32.3%
2019	24.2%	32.6%
2020	23.4%	32.9%
2021	22.7%	33%
2022	22%	32.9%
2023	21.5%	32.7%
2024	20.9%	32.3%
2025	20.4%	31.9%
2026	19.8%	31.4%
2027	19.3%	31%
2028	18.7%	30.5%
2029	18.3%	30%
2030	17.9%	29.5%
2031	17.6%	28.9%
2032	17.4%	28.5%
2033	17.2%	27.9%
2034	17.1%	27.4%
2035	17%	27%
2036	16.9%	26.6%
2037	16.8%	26.4%
2038	16.6%	26.2%
2039	16.5%	26.1%
2040	16.3%	25.9%
2041	16.2%	25.8%
2042	16%	25.7%
2043	15.9%	25.7%
2044	15.7%	25.6%
2045	15.6%	25.5%
2046	15.4%	25.4%
2047	15.2%	25.3%
2048	15%	25.2%
2049	14.8%	25.1%
2050	14.6%	24.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Kyrgyzstan compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Kyrgyzstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bhutan	Kyrgyzstan
1960	4,888	54,920
1961	5,081	57,176
1962	5,297	58,827
1963	5,551	60,145
1964	5,818	59,657
1965	6,109	59,163
1966	6,418	59,346
1967	6,744	59,793
1968	7,085	60,670
1969	7,435	63,396
1970	7,791	66,485
1971	8,161	68,902
1972	8,549	70,852
1973	8,939	71,500
1974	9,324	71,925
1975	9,775	72,255
1976	10,228	73,280
1977	10,679	74,296
1978	11,133	76,137
1979	11,583	76,489
1980	12,016	72,092
1981	12,444	77,955
1982	12,872	81,716
1983	13,284	84,139
1984	13,688	89,356
1985	14,061	92,084
1986	14,516	98,263
1987	14,887	101,232
1988	15,212	97,415
1989	15,516	99,934
1990	15,704	97,485
1991	15,801	97,753
1992	15,594	95,275
1993	13,915	81,754
1994	13,536	72,693
1995	12,938	80,264
1996	12,153	73,129
1997	11,668	67,159
1998	11,320	69,151
1999	10,940	71,155
2000	10,142	62,699
2001	9,904	65,275
2002	9,464	65,379
2003	9,132	69,598
2004	9,056	74,529
2005	9,102	72,793
2006	9,197	81,929
2007	9,322	85,348
2008	9,200	89,355
2009	8,913	99,709
2010	8,598	110,435
2011	8,282	114,260
2012	7,967	119,259
2013	7,689	121,898
2014	7,290	127,566
2015	6,762	130,464
2016	6,164	126,594
2017	5,367	122,350
2018	4,909	141,125
2019	4,643	143,007
2020	5,142	120,406
2021	5,162	113,730
2022	5,204	118,579
2023	5,153	115,016

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Kyrgyzstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 42 deaths in Kyrgyzstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Kyrgyzstan
1985	969	81
1986	911	76
1987	857	74
1988	798	73
1989	747	71
1990	704	72
1991	671	71
1992	656	74
1993	578	78
1994	544	88
1995	498	92
1996	450	91
1997	415	85
1998	378	79
1999	346	75
2000	324	72
2001	286	72
2002	257	74
2003	229	75
2004	207	74
2005	186	74
2006	167	76
2007	149	75
2008	133	73
2009	121	71
2010	107	71
2011	96	70
2012	86	67
2013	79	64
2014	73	62
2015	68	58
2016	63	53
2017	58	49
2018	55	49
2019	52	47
2020	51	55
2021	50	70
2022	49	44
2023	47	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bhutan	Kyrgyzstan
1968	27.4%	-
1969	26.7%	-
1970	26.2%	-
1971	25.5%	-
1972	24.9%	-
1973	24.3%	-
1974	23.6%	-
1975	22.9%	11.5%
1976	22.3%	11.2%
1977	21.6%	10.9%
1978	20.9%	10.6%
1979	20.2%	10.3%
1980	19.5%	9.92%
1981	18.7%	9.56%
1982	18%	9.17%
1983	17.3%	8.75%
1984	16.6%	8.34%
1985	15.9%	7.92%
1986	15.3%	7.54%
1987	14.6%	7.18%
1988	14%	6.87%
1989	13.4%	6.64%
1990	12.8%	6.52%
1991	12.3%	6.47%
1992	11.8%	6.47%
1993	11.3%	6.49%
1994	10.8%	6.48%
1995	10.3%	6.36%
1996	9.75%	6.17%
1997	9.26%	5.92%
1998	8.77%	5.63%
1999	8.3%	5.35%
2000	7.85%	5.08%
2001	7.4%	4.81%
2002	6.96%	4.57%
2003	6.54%	4.33%
2004	6.12%	4.12%
2005	5.71%	3.93%
2006	5.32%	3.76%
2007	4.96%	3.57%
2008	4.62%	3.37%
2009	4.31%	3.16%
2010	4.03%	2.96%
2011	3.77%	2.77%
2012	3.56%	2.6%
2013	3.38%	2.47%
2014	3.22%	2.35%
2015	3.08%	2.22%
2016	2.96%	2.11%
2017	2.85%	2%
2018	2.74%	1.91%
2019	2.65%	1.84%
2020	2.55%	1.78%
2021	2.47%	1.75%
2022	2.39%	1.72%
2023	2.31%	1.7%