Fertility & birth rates in Estonia and Kyrgyzstan

Fertility rate in Estonia vs Kyrgyzstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Estonia was 1.31 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 Estonia 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
	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	1.98	5.31
1961	1.98	5.36
1962	1.95	5.42
1963	1.89	5.48
1964	1.94	5.43
1965	1.88	5.38
1966	1.87	5.32
1967	1.9	5.26
1968	2.03	5.18
1969	2.13	5.18
1970	2.17	5.2
1971	2.19	5.18
1972	2.13	5.14
1973	2.06	5.02
1974	2.07	4.89
1975	2.04	4.76
1976	2.07	4.68
1977	2.06	4.59
1978	2.02	4.53
1979	2	4.38
1980	2.02	4.22
1981	2.07	4.19
1982	2.07	4.2
1983	2.16	4.17
1984	2.17	4.2
1985	2.13	4.2
1986	2.18	4.22
1987	2.27	4.16
1988	2.27	4.03
1989	2.22	3.88
1990	2.05	3.63
1991	1.8	3.58
1992	1.71	3.52
1993	1.49	3.2
1994	1.42	2.9
1995	1.38	3.1
1996	1.37	2.8
1997	1.32	2.6
1998	1.28	2.7
1999	1.3	2.6
2000	1.36	2.4
2001	1.32	2.4
2002	1.36	2.4
2003	1.37	2.5
2004	1.47	2.6
2005	1.52	2.5
2006	1.58	2.7
2007	1.69	2.7
2008	1.72	2.8
2009	1.7	2.9
2010	1.72	3.1
2011	1.61	3.1
2012	1.56	3.2
2013	1.52	3.1
2014	1.54	3.2
2015	1.58	3.2
2016	1.6	3.1
2017	1.59	3
2018	1.67	3.3
2019	1.66	3.3
2020	1.58	3.1
2021	1.61	2.89
2022	1.41	2.8
2023	1.31	2.7
2024	1.32	2.68
2025	1.33	2.65
2026	1.34	2.63
2027	1.35	2.6
2028	1.36	2.57
2029	1.37	2.55
2030	1.38	2.53
2031	1.39	2.5
2032	1.39	2.47
2033	1.4	2.45
2034	1.4	2.43
2035	1.41	2.4
2036	1.41	2.38
2037	1.42	2.36
2038	1.42	2.35
2039	1.42	2.33
2040	1.43	2.31
2041	1.43	2.29
2042	1.44	2.28
2043	1.44	2.26
2044	1.44	2.24
2045	1.45	2.23
2046	1.45	2.21
2047	1.46	2.2
2048	1.46	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
	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	23.1%	38.6%
1961	23.3%	39.4%
1962	23.3%	40.1%
1963	23.2%	40.6%
1964	23%	40.9%
1965	22.8%	41.1%
1966	22.6%	41%
1967	22.3%	40.8%
1968	22.2%	40.7%
1969	22.1%	40.5%
1970	22.1%	40.3%
1971	22%	40.3%
1972	22%	40.2%
1973	21.9%	40.1%
1974	21.8%	39.9%
1975	21.6%	39.6%
1976	21.6%	39.4%
1977	21.5%	39.1%
1978	21.5%	38.8%
1979	21.6%	38.5%
1980	21.7%	38.2%
1981	21.8%	38%
1982	21.9%	37.8%
1983	22%	37.8%
1984	22.1%	37.7%
1985	22.1%	37.5%
1986	22.1%	37.5%
1987	22.2%	37.4%
1988	22.2%	37.5%
1989	22.3%	37.5%
1990	22.3%	37.5%
1991	22.1%	37.6%
1992	21.8%	37.6%
1993	21.4%	37.9%
1994	21.1%	38.2%
1995	20.7%	38%
1996	20.3%	37.6%
1997	19.8%	37.1%
1998	19.2%	36.4%
1999	18.4%	35.8%
2000	17.6%	35.2%
2001	17.2%	34.6%
2002	16.6%	33.9%
2003	16.1%	33.3%
2004	15.6%	32.7%
2005	15.2%	32.2%
2006	15%	31.7%
2007	14.9%	31.2%
2008	14.9%	30.7%
2009	15%	30.3%
2010	15.2%	30.3%
2011	15.4%	30.4%
2012	15.6%	30.8%
2013	15.7%	31.1%
2014	15.9%	31.5%
2015	16%	31.8%
2016	16.2%	32.1%
2017	16.3%	32.2%
2018	16.4%	32.3%
2019	16.4%	32.6%
2020	16.4%	32.9%
2021	16.4%	33%
2022	16.2%	32.9%
2023	16%	32.7%
2024	15.6%	32.3%
2025	15.3%	31.9%
2026	14.9%	31.4%
2027	14.6%	31%
2028	14.3%	30.5%
2029	14%	30%
2030	13.7%	29.5%
2031	13.4%	28.9%
2032	13.1%	28.5%
2033	12.8%	27.9%
2034	12.4%	27.4%
2035	12.2%	27%
2036	12%	26.6%
2037	11.8%	26.4%
2038	11.8%	26.2%
2039	11.9%	26.1%
2040	11.9%	25.9%
2041	12%	25.8%
2042	12.1%	25.7%
2043	12.2%	25.7%
2044	12.3%	25.6%
2045	12.5%	25.5%
2046	12.6%	25.4%
2047	12.8%	25.3%
2048	12.9%	25.2%
2049	13%	25.1%
2050	13.1%	24.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.6% of the population in Estonia and 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan in 2024, compared to 22.3% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Estonia and Kyrgyzstan compared.

Natural population change in Estonia vs Kyrgyzstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	7,511	54,920
1961	7,228	57,176
1962	6,457	58,827
1963	6,043	60,145
1964	6,897	59,657
1965	5,437	59,163
1966	4,842	59,346
1967	5,012	59,793
1968	5,592	60,670
1969	5,515	63,396
1970	6,257	66,485
1971	7,160	68,902
1972	6,267	70,852
1973	5,623	71,500
1974	5,956	71,925
1975	4,717	72,255
1976	4,319	73,280
1977	4,931	74,296
1978	4,088	76,137
1979	3,818	76,489
1980	3,989	72,092
1981	4,612	77,955
1982	5,244	81,716
1983	5,884	84,139
1984	5,163	89,356
1985	4,281	92,084
1986	6,160	98,263
1987	6,829	101,232
1988	6,404	97,415
1989	5,803	99,934
1990	2,825	97,485
1991	-312	97,753
1992	-1,993	95,275
1993	-5,976	81,754
1994	-8,044	72,693
1995	-7,327	80,264
1996	-5,662	73,129
1997	-6,018	67,159
1998	-7,208	69,151
1999	-6,117	71,155
2000	-5,309	62,699
2001	-5,830	65,275
2002	-5,380	65,379
2003	-5,072	69,598
2004	-3,679	74,529
2005	-2,981	72,793
2006	-2,559	81,929
2007	-1,608	85,348
2008	-668	89,355
2009	-400	99,709
2010	0	110,435
2011	-531	114,260
2012	-1,455	119,259
2013	-1,713	121,898
2014	-1,972	127,566
2015	-1,315	130,464
2016	-1,316	126,594
2017	-1,713	122,350
2018	-1,322	141,125
2019	-1,327	143,007
2020	-2,659	120,406
2021	-5,324	113,730
2022	-5,665	118,579
2023	-5,070	115,016

Maternal mortality chart: Estonia vs Kyrgyzstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Estonia, compared to 42 deaths in Kyrgyzstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan
1985	56	81
1986	46	76
1987	42	74
1988	43	73
1989	48	71
1990	44	72
1991	42	71
1992	40	74
1993	46	78
1994	60	88
1995	45	92
1996	36	91
1997	31	85
1998	32	79
1999	28	75
2000	27	72
2001	25	72
2002	22	74
2003	18	75
2004	15	74
2005	15	74
2006	13	76
2007	13	75
2008	11	73
2009	10	71
2010	8	71
2011	9	70
2012	8	67
2013	6	64
2014	7	62
2015	6	58
2016	7	53
2017	5	49
2018	5	49
2019	6	47
2020	6	55
2021	8	70
2022	7	44
2023	5	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan
1975	-	11.5%
1976	-	11.2%
1977	-	10.9%
1978	-	10.6%
1979	-	10.3%
1980	2.24%	9.92%
1981	2.16%	9.56%
1982	2.09%	9.17%
1983	2.02%	8.75%
1984	1.96%	8.34%
1985	1.91%	7.92%
1986	1.86%	7.54%
1987	1.83%	7.18%
1988	1.81%	6.87%
1989	1.79%	6.64%
1990	1.77%	6.52%
1991	1.75%	6.47%
1992	1.73%	6.47%
1993	1.69%	6.49%
1994	1.64%	6.48%
1995	1.57%	6.36%
1996	1.48%	6.17%
1997	1.39%	5.92%
1998	1.29%	5.63%
1999	1.2%	5.35%
2000	1.1%	5.08%
2001	1.01%	4.81%
2002	0.93%	4.57%
2003	0.85%	4.33%
2004	0.78%	4.12%
2005	0.71%	3.93%
2006	0.65%	3.76%
2007	0.59%	3.57%
2008	0.54%	3.37%
2009	0.5%	3.16%
2010	0.46%	2.96%
2011	0.42%	2.77%
2012	0.39%	2.6%
2013	0.36%	2.47%
2014	0.34%	2.35%
2015	0.32%	2.22%
2016	0.3%	2.11%
2017	0.28%	2%
2018	0.27%	1.91%
2019	0.25%	1.84%
2020	0.24%	1.78%
2021	0.23%	1.75%
2022	0.22%	1.72%
2023	0.21%	1.7%