Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Kyrgyzstan

Fertility rate in Canada vs Kyrgyzstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Kyrgyzstan
1960	3.81	5.31
1961	3.75	5.36
1962	3.68	5.42
1963	3.61	5.48
1964	3.46	5.43
1965	3.12	5.38
1966	2.75	5.32
1967	2.53	5.26
1968	2.39	5.18
1969	2.33	5.18
1970	2.26	5.2
1971	2.14	5.18
1972	1.98	5.14
1973	1.89	5.02
1974	1.84	4.89
1975	1.82	4.76
1976	1.8	4.68
1977	1.78	4.59
1978	1.77	4.53
1979	1.75	4.38
1980	1.74	4.22
1981	1.7	4.19
1982	1.69	4.2
1983	1.68	4.17
1984	1.65	4.2
1985	1.67	4.2
1986	1.68	4.22
1987	1.68	4.16
1988	1.68	4.03
1989	1.77	3.88
1990	1.83	3.63
1991	1.72	3.58
1992	1.71	3.52
1993	1.69	3.2
1994	1.69	2.9
1995	1.67	3.1
1996	1.63	2.8
1997	1.57	2.6
1998	1.56	2.7
1999	1.55	2.6
2000	1.51	2.4
2001	1.54	2.4
2002	1.52	2.4
2003	1.55	2.5
2004	1.56	2.6
2005	1.58	2.5
2006	1.63	2.7
2007	1.67	2.7
2008	1.7	2.8
2009	1.69	2.9
2010	1.65	3.1
2011	1.63	3.1
2012	1.63	3.2
2013	1.61	3.1
2014	1.61	3.2
2015	1.6	3.2
2016	1.59	3.1
2017	1.55	3
2018	1.51	3.3
2019	1.47	3.3
2020	1.41	3.1
2021	1.44	2.89
2022	1.33	2.8
2023	1.26	2.7
2024	1.25	2.68
2025	1.24	2.65
2026	1.24	2.63
2027	1.23	2.6
2028	1.24	2.57
2029	1.23	2.55
2030	1.24	2.53
2031	1.24	2.5
2032	1.24	2.47
2033	1.25	2.45
2034	1.25	2.43
2035	1.25	2.4
2036	1.26	2.38
2037	1.26	2.36
2038	1.26	2.35
2039	1.27	2.33
2040	1.27	2.31
2041	1.27	2.29
2042	1.28	2.28
2043	1.28	2.26
2044	1.28	2.24
2045	1.28	2.23
2046	1.29	2.21
2047	1.29	2.2
2048	1.29	2.18
2049	1.3	2.17
2050	1.3	2.15

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Kyrgyzstan
1960	33.8%	38.6%
1961	33.9%	39.4%
1962	33.9%	40.1%
1963	33.9%	40.6%
1964	33.7%	40.9%
1965	33.3%	41.1%
1966	32.9%	41%
1967	32.3%	40.8%
1968	31.6%	40.7%
1969	31%	40.5%
1970	30.2%	40.3%
1971	29.3%	40.3%
1972	28.6%	40.2%
1973	27.8%	40.1%
1974	27%	39.9%
1975	26.2%	39.6%
1976	25.5%	39.4%
1977	24.7%	39.1%
1978	24%	38.8%
1979	23.4%	38.5%
1980	22.8%	38.2%
1981	22.3%	38%
1982	22%	37.8%
1983	21.8%	37.8%
1984	21.6%	37.7%
1985	21.3%	37.5%
1986	21.1%	37.5%
1987	20.9%	37.4%
1988	20.8%	37.5%
1989	20.8%	37.5%
1990	20.7%	37.5%
1991	20.7%	37.6%
1992	20.7%	37.6%
1993	20.7%	37.9%
1994	20.6%	38.2%
1995	20.4%	38%
1996	20.2%	37.6%
1997	20%	37.1%
1998	19.8%	36.4%
1999	19.5%	35.8%
2000	19.2%	35.2%
2001	18.9%	34.6%
2002	18.6%	33.9%
2003	18.3%	33.3%
2004	18%	32.7%
2005	17.7%	32.2%
2006	17.4%	31.7%
2007	17.1%	31.2%
2008	16.9%	30.7%
2009	16.7%	30.3%
2010	16.6%	30.3%
2011	16.4%	30.4%
2012	16.3%	30.8%
2013	16.3%	31.1%
2014	16.2%	31.5%
2015	16.2%	31.8%
2016	16.2%	32.1%
2017	16.2%	32.2%
2018	16.1%	32.3%
2019	16%	32.6%
2020	15.9%	32.9%
2021	15.7%	33%
2022	15.5%	32.9%
2023	15.3%	32.7%
2024	15.1%	32.3%
2025	15%	31.9%
2026	14.9%	31.4%
2027	14.7%	31%
2028	14.6%	30.5%
2029	14.5%	30%
2030	14.4%	29.5%
2031	14.3%	28.9%
2032	14.2%	28.5%
2033	14.1%	27.9%
2034	14%	27.4%
2035	13.9%	27%
2036	13.9%	26.6%
2037	13.8%	26.4%
2038	13.8%	26.2%
2039	13.7%	26.1%
2040	13.7%	25.9%
2041	13.6%	25.8%
2042	13.6%	25.7%
2043	13.6%	25.7%
2044	13.5%	25.6%
2045	13.5%	25.5%
2046	13.5%	25.4%
2047	13.5%	25.3%
2048	13.5%	25.2%
2049	13.5%	25.1%
2050	13.5%	24.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Kyrgyzstan compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Kyrgyzstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Kyrgyzstan
1960	338,487	54,920
1961	334,360	57,176
1962	325,745	58,827
1963	318,595	60,145
1964	307,268	59,657
1965	269,589	59,163
1966	236,566	59,346
1967	220,450	59,793
1968	211,589	60,670
1969	216,588	63,396
1970	215,372	66,485
1971	208,640	68,902
1972	188,857	70,852
1973	184,432	71,500
1974	182,464	71,925
1975	196,718	72,255
1976	196,979	73,280
1977	199,297	74,296
1978	194,102	76,137
1979	203,293	76,489
1980	203,480	72,092
1981	206,005	77,955
1982	200,935	81,716
1983	202,931	84,139
1984	204,856	89,356
1985	204,153	92,084
1986	190,532	98,263
1987	190,416	101,232
1988	192,901	97,415
1989	207,304	99,934
1990	213,222	97,485
1991	207,477	97,753
1992	204,273	95,275
1993	186,451	81,754
1994	179,804	72,693
1995	167,023	80,264
1996	153,973	73,129
1997	134,577	67,159
1998	126,651	69,151
1999	118,565	71,155
2000	110,469	62,699
2001	114,777	65,275
2002	106,621	65,379
2003	110,749	69,598
2004	111,786	74,529
2005	116,074	72,793
2006	130,285	81,929
2007	134,845	85,348
2008	142,963	89,355
2009	144,609	99,709
2010	139,425	110,435
2011	133,923	114,260
2012	135,382	119,259
2013	129,799	121,898
2014	127,563	127,566
2015	117,825	130,464
2016	115,555	126,594
2017	98,672	122,350
2018	88,974	141,125
2019	86,523	143,007
2020	53,241	120,406
2021	57,360	113,730
2022	15,574	118,579
2023	28,058	115,016

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Kyrgyzstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 42 deaths in Kyrgyzstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Kyrgyzstan
1985	7	81
1986	7	76
1987	7	74
1988	7	73
1989	8	71
1990	7	72
1991	8	71
1992	8	74
1993	8	78
1994	8	88
1995	8	92
1996	9	91
1997	8	85
1998	9	79
1999	9	75
2000	9	72
2001	10	72
2002	10	74
2003	10	75
2004	10	74
2005	11	74
2006	11	76
2007	11	75
2008	12	73
2009	12	71
2010	11	71
2011	11	70
2012	11	67
2013	11	64
2014	12	62
2015	11	58
2016	12	53
2017	12	49
2018	13	49
2019	12	47
2020	17	55
2021	14	70
2022	15	44
2023	12	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Kyrgyzstan
1960	3.26%	-
1961	3.15%	-
1962	3.05%	-
1963	2.94%	-
1964	2.82%	-
1965	2.71%	-
1966	2.6%	-
1967	2.5%	-
1968	2.4%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.19%	-
1971	2.09%	-
1972	1.99%	-
1973	1.89%	-
1974	1.79%	-
1975	1.7%	11.5%
1976	1.6%	11.2%
1977	1.51%	10.9%
1978	1.42%	10.6%
1979	1.33%	10.3%
1980	1.25%	9.92%
1981	1.18%	9.56%
1982	1.12%	9.17%
1983	1.06%	8.75%
1984	1.01%	8.34%
1985	0.98%	7.92%
1986	0.94%	7.54%
1987	0.91%	7.18%
1988	0.88%	6.87%
1989	0.85%	6.64%
1990	0.82%	6.52%
1991	0.8%	6.47%
1992	0.77%	6.47%
1993	0.74%	6.49%
1994	0.72%	6.48%
1995	0.69%	6.36%
1996	0.67%	6.17%
1997	0.65%	5.92%
1998	0.64%	5.63%
1999	0.63%	5.35%
2000	0.62%	5.08%
2001	0.62%	4.81%
2002	0.62%	4.57%
2003	0.62%	4.33%
2004	0.61%	4.12%
2005	0.61%	3.93%
2006	0.6%	3.76%
2007	0.6%	3.57%
2008	0.59%	3.37%
2009	0.58%	3.16%
2010	0.57%	2.96%
2011	0.56%	2.77%
2012	0.56%	2.6%
2013	0.55%	2.47%
2014	0.54%	2.35%
2015	0.54%	2.22%
2016	0.53%	2.11%
2017	0.52%	2%
2018	0.52%	1.91%
2019	0.51%	1.84%
2020	0.51%	1.78%
2021	0.51%	1.75%
2022	0.51%	1.72%
2023	0.51%	1.7%