Fertility & birth rates in China and Kyrgyzstan

Fertility rate in China vs Kyrgyzstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 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 China 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
	China	Kyrgyzstan
1960	4.45	5.31
1961	3.86	5.36
1962	6.09	5.42
1963	7.51	5.48
1964	6.67	5.43
1965	6.61	5.38
1966	6.31	5.32
1967	5.81	5.26
1968	6.51	5.18
1969	6.18	5.18
1970	6.09	5.2
1971	5.52	5.18
1972	5.11	5.14
1973	4.73	5.02
1974	4.17	4.89
1975	3.57	4.76
1976	3.24	4.68
1977	2.84	4.59
1978	2.72	4.53
1979	2.75	4.38
1980	2.74	4.22
1981	2.79	4.19
1982	2.97	4.2
1983	2.56	4.17
1984	2.61	4.2
1985	2.63	4.2
1986	2.72	4.22
1987	2.76	4.16
1988	2.54	4.03
1989	2.52	3.88
1990	2.51	3.63
1991	1.93	3.58
1992	1.78	3.52
1993	1.69	3.2
1994	1.63	2.9
1995	1.59	3.1
1996	1.55	2.8
1997	1.53	2.6
1998	1.52	2.7
1999	1.53	2.6
2000	1.63	2.4
2001	1.56	2.4
2002	1.57	2.4
2003	1.57	2.5
2004	1.61	2.6
2005	1.62	2.5
2006	1.64	2.7
2007	1.67	2.7
2008	1.7	2.8
2009	1.71	2.9
2010	1.69	3.1
2011	1.67	3.1
2012	1.8	3.2
2013	1.71	3.1
2014	1.77	3.2
2015	1.67	3.2
2016	1.77	3.1
2017	1.8	3
2018	1.54	3.3
2019	1.5	3.3
2020	1.24	3.1
2021	1.12	2.89
2022	1.03	2.8
2023	1	2.7
2024	1.01	2.68
2025	1.02	2.65
2026	1.03	2.63
2027	1.04	2.6
2028	1.05	2.57
2029	1.05	2.55
2030	1.06	2.53
2031	1.07	2.5
2032	1.08	2.47
2033	1.08	2.45
2034	1.09	2.43
2035	1.1	2.4
2036	1.1	2.38
2037	1.11	2.36
2038	1.12	2.35
2039	1.12	2.33
2040	1.13	2.31
2041	1.13	2.29
2042	1.14	2.28
2043	1.15	2.26
2044	1.15	2.24
2045	1.16	2.23
2046	1.16	2.21
2047	1.17	2.2
2048	1.17	2.18
2049	1.18	2.17
2050	1.18	2.15

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Kyrgyzstan
1960	40.3%	38.6%
1961	40%	39.4%
1962	40%	40.1%
1963	40.6%	40.6%
1964	41.2%	40.9%
1965	41.5%	41.1%
1966	41.5%	41%
1967	41.3%	40.8%
1968	41%	40.7%
1969	41%	40.5%
1970	40.8%	40.3%
1971	40.7%	40.3%
1972	40.4%	40.2%
1973	40.1%	40.1%
1974	40.2%	39.9%
1975	40.2%	39.6%
1976	40.3%	39.4%
1977	39.8%	39.1%
1978	38.6%	38.8%
1979	37.2%	38.5%
1980	36.1%	38.2%
1981	35.1%	38%
1982	34.3%	37.8%
1983	33.3%	37.8%
1984	32.2%	37.7%
1985	31.2%	37.5%
1986	30.4%	37.5%
1987	29.8%	37.4%
1988	29.3%	37.5%
1989	28.9%	37.5%
1990	28.8%	37.5%
1991	28.6%	37.6%
1992	28.4%	37.6%
1993	28.2%	37.9%
1994	27.8%	38.2%
1995	27.4%	38%
1996	27%	37.6%
1997	26.3%	37.1%
1998	25.7%	36.4%
1999	25.2%	35.8%
2000	24.5%	35.2%
2001	23.8%	34.6%
2002	22.9%	33.9%
2003	22%	33.3%
2004	21.2%	32.7%
2005	20.3%	32.2%
2006	19.6%	31.7%
2007	19.2%	31.2%
2008	18.9%	30.7%
2009	18.6%	30.3%
2010	18.5%	30.3%
2011	18.3%	30.4%
2012	18.3%	30.8%
2013	18.3%	31.1%
2014	18.3%	31.5%
2015	18.3%	31.8%
2016	18.3%	32.1%
2017	18.4%	32.2%
2018	18.3%	32.3%
2019	18.2%	32.6%
2020	18%	32.9%
2021	17.6%	33%
2022	17.1%	32.9%
2023	16.6%	32.7%
2024	16%	32.3%
2025	15.4%	31.9%
2026	14.8%	31.4%
2027	14.1%	31%
2028	13.5%	30.5%
2029	12.8%	30%
2030	12.1%	29.5%
2031	11.5%	28.9%
2032	10.8%	28.5%
2033	10.3%	27.9%
2034	9.83%	27.4%
2035	9.53%	27%
2036	9.37%	26.6%
2037	9.31%	26.4%
2038	9.31%	26.2%
2039	9.34%	26.1%
2040	9.38%	25.9%
2041	9.43%	25.8%
2042	9.49%	25.7%
2043	9.56%	25.7%
2044	9.63%	25.6%
2045	9.71%	25.5%
2046	9.78%	25.4%
2047	9.85%	25.3%
2048	9.9%	25.2%
2049	9.93%	25.1%
2050	9.94%	24.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Kyrgyzstan compared.

Natural population change in China vs Kyrgyzstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China 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
	China	Kyrgyzstan
1960	-3,048,510	54,920
1961	2,496,047	57,176
1962	17,969,132	58,827
1963	22,742,225	60,145
1964	19,302,532	59,657
1965	20,296,950	59,163
1966	19,282,187	59,346
1967	19,263,662	59,793
1968	21,206,083	60,670
1969	20,760,332	63,396
1970	21,137,076	66,485
1971	19,622,980	68,902
1972	19,102,585	70,852
1973	18,423,727	71,500
1974	15,738,118	71,925
1975	14,378,237	72,255
1976	11,782,472	73,280
1977	11,378,068	74,296
1978	11,473,980	76,137
1979	11,250,148	76,489
1980	11,647,260	72,092
1981	14,461,027	77,955
1982	15,815,318	81,716
1983	13,599,789	84,139
1984	13,561,671	89,356
1985	14,987,830	92,084
1986	16,609,920	98,263
1987	18,005,821	101,232
1988	17,328,640	97,415
1989	16,824,495	99,934
1990	16,335,313	97,485
1991	14,937,124	97,753
1992	13,548,601	95,275
1993	13,493,138	81,754
1994	13,360,470	72,693
1995	12,711,220	80,264
1996	12,686,872	73,129
1997	12,374,554	67,159
1998	11,351,286	69,151
1999	10,247,372	71,155
2000	9,570,849	62,699
2001	8,839,358	65,275
2002	8,258,580	65,379
2003	7,743,284	69,598
2004	7,607,960	74,529
2005	7,678,911	72,793
2006	6,922,185	81,929
2007	6,813,465	85,348
2008	6,729,247	89,355
2009	6,483,236	99,709
2010	6,407,607	110,435
2011	8,245,065	114,260
2012	10,075,174	119,259
2013	8,043,116	121,898
2014	9,205,180	127,566
2015	6,788,911	130,464
2016	9,062,269	126,594
2017	7,790,880	122,350
2018	5,302,433	141,125
2019	4,673,713	143,007
2020	2,046,095	120,406
2021	480,203	113,730
2022	-847,305	118,579
2023	-2,087,851	115,016

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Kyrgyzstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 42 deaths in Kyrgyzstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Kyrgyzstan
1985	125	81
1986	120	76
1987	114	74
1988	108	73
1989	104	71
1990	102	72
1991	92	71
1992	86	74
1993	80	78
1994	76	88
1995	71	92
1996	67	91
1997	63	85
1998	60	79
1999	58	75
2000	56	72
2001	52	72
2002	50	74
2003	47	75
2004	45	74
2005	42	74
2006	40	76
2007	38	75
2008	38	73
2009	35	71
2010	34	71
2011	33	70
2012	32	67
2013	30	64
2014	28	62
2015	26	58
2016	25	53
2017	24	49
2018	22	49
2019	21	47
2020	20	55
2021	21	70
2022	18	44
2023	16	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China 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
	China	Kyrgyzstan
1969	11.9%	-
1970	11.3%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.2%	-
1973	9.61%	-
1974	9.05%	-
1975	8.5%	11.5%
1976	7.97%	11.2%
1977	7.47%	10.9%
1978	7.01%	10.6%
1979	6.62%	10.3%
1980	6.28%	9.92%
1981	6%	9.56%
1982	5.78%	9.17%
1983	5.61%	8.75%
1984	5.5%	8.34%
1985	5.43%	7.92%
1986	5.4%	7.54%
1987	5.4%	7.18%
1988	5.4%	6.87%
1989	5.39%	6.64%
1990	5.37%	6.52%
1991	5.31%	6.47%
1992	5.22%	6.47%
1993	5.08%	6.49%
1994	4.93%	6.48%
1995	4.75%	6.36%
1996	4.56%	6.17%
1997	4.36%	5.92%
1998	4.14%	5.63%
1999	3.91%	5.35%
2000	3.67%	5.08%
2001	3.42%	4.81%
2002	3.15%	4.57%
2003	2.89%	4.33%
2004	2.64%	4.12%
2005	2.4%	3.93%
2006	2.19%	3.76%
2007	2.01%	3.57%
2008	1.85%	3.37%
2009	1.71%	3.16%
2010	1.58%	2.96%
2011	1.46%	2.77%
2012	1.35%	2.6%
2013	1.25%	2.47%
2014	1.15%	2.35%
2015	1.07%	2.22%
2016	0.99%	2.11%
2017	0.92%	2%
2018	0.86%	1.91%
2019	0.8%	1.84%
2020	0.75%	1.78%
2021	0.7%	1.75%
2022	0.66%	1.72%
2023	0.62%	1.7%