Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Malawi

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Malawi chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan was 2.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.65 in Malawi in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi
1960	5.31	7.04
1961	5.36	7.07
1962	5.42	7.1
1963	5.48	7.13
1964	5.43	7.11
1965	5.38	7.13
1966	5.32	7.17
1967	5.26	7.21
1968	5.18	7.26
1969	5.18	7.27
1970	5.2	7.3
1971	5.18	7.31
1972	5.14	7.33
1973	5.02	7.34
1974	4.89	7.34
1975	4.76	7.36
1976	4.68	7.39
1977	4.59	7.41
1978	4.53	7.43
1979	4.38	7.47
1980	4.22	7.52
1981	4.19	7.49
1982	4.2	7.45
1983	4.17	7.36
1984	4.2	7.27
1985	4.2	7.17
1986	4.22	7.07
1987	4.16	6.97
1988	4.03	6.88
1989	3.88	6.8
1990	3.63	6.74
1991	3.58	6.68
1992	3.52	6.63
1993	3.2	6.57
1994	2.9	6.49
1995	3.1	6.39
1996	2.8	6.29
1997	2.6	6.23
1998	2.7	6.21
1999	2.6	6.12
2000	2.4	6
2001	2.4	5.94
2002	2.4	5.9
2003	2.5	5.88
2004	2.6	5.86
2005	2.5	5.85
2006	2.7	5.8
2007	2.7	5.72
2008	2.8	5.61
2009	2.9	5.45
2010	3.1	5.26
2011	3.1	5.08
2012	3.2	4.9
2013	3.1	4.76
2014	3.2	4.57
2015	3.2	4.38
2016	3.1	4.22
2017	3	4.11
2018	3.3	4.02
2019	3.3	3.95
2020	3.1	3.88
2021	2.89	3.79
2022	2.8	3.72
2023	2.7	3.65
2024	2.68	3.59
2025	2.65	3.53
2026	2.63	3.45
2027	2.6	3.39
2028	2.57	3.33
2029	2.55	3.29
2030	2.53	3.23
2031	2.5	3.18
2032	2.47	3.13
2033	2.45	3.09
2034	2.43	3.05
2035	2.4	3.01
2036	2.38	2.97
2037	2.36	2.93
2038	2.35	2.89
2039	2.33	2.86
2040	2.31	2.82
2041	2.29	2.79
2042	2.28	2.76
2043	2.26	2.73
2044	2.24	2.7
2045	2.23	2.67
2046	2.21	2.64
2047	2.2	2.61
2048	2.18	2.59
2049	2.17	2.57
2050	2.15	2.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi
1960	38.6%	43.1%
1961	39.4%	42.9%
1962	40.1%	42.8%
1963	40.6%	42.9%
1964	40.9%	43%
1965	41.1%	43.2%
1966	41%	43.4%
1967	40.8%	43.7%
1968	40.7%	43.9%
1969	40.5%	44.2%
1970	40.3%	44.4%
1971	40.3%	44.6%
1972	40.2%	44.8%
1973	40.1%	44.9%
1974	39.9%	45.1%
1975	39.6%	45.2%
1976	39.4%	45.2%
1977	39.1%	45.3%
1978	38.8%	45.3%
1979	38.5%	45.3%
1980	38.2%	45.4%
1981	38%	45.4%
1982	37.8%	45.4%
1983	37.8%	45.5%
1984	37.7%	45.5%
1985	37.5%	45.4%
1986	37.5%	45.4%
1987	37.4%	45.1%
1988	37.5%	45%
1989	37.5%	45.2%
1990	37.5%	45.4%
1991	37.6%	45.6%
1992	37.6%	45.8%
1993	37.9%	46%
1994	38.2%	46.1%
1995	38%	46.1%
1996	37.6%	46.2%
1997	37.1%	46.2%
1998	36.4%	46.2%
1999	35.8%	46.2%
2000	35.2%	46.2%
2001	34.6%	46.1%
2002	33.9%	46.1%
2003	33.3%	46.1%
2004	32.7%	46%
2005	32.2%	46%
2006	31.7%	46.1%
2007	31.2%	46.1%
2008	30.7%	46.1%
2009	30.3%	46.2%
2010	30.3%	46.2%
2011	30.4%	46.2%
2012	30.8%	46.1%
2013	31.1%	46%
2014	31.5%	45.7%
2015	31.8%	45.4%
2016	32.1%	45.1%
2017	32.2%	44.6%
2018	32.3%	44.2%
2019	32.6%	43.7%
2020	32.9%	43.1%
2021	33%	42.5%
2022	32.9%	41.9%
2023	32.7%	41.3%
2024	32.3%	40.7%
2025	31.9%	40.1%
2026	31.4%	39.6%
2027	31%	39.1%
2028	30.5%	38.6%
2029	30%	38.1%
2030	29.5%	37.7%
2031	28.9%	37.4%
2032	28.5%	37%
2033	27.9%	36.7%
2034	27.4%	36.4%
2035	27%	36%
2036	26.6%	35.7%
2037	26.4%	35.3%
2038	26.2%	35%
2039	26.1%	34.6%
2040	25.9%	34.2%
2041	25.8%	33.9%
2042	25.7%	33.5%
2043	25.7%	33.1%
2044	25.6%	32.7%
2045	25.5%	32.3%
2046	25.4%	31.9%
2047	25.3%	31.5%
2048	25.2%	31.2%
2049	25.1%	30.8%
2050	24.9%	30.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 40.7% in Malawi in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Malawi compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Malawi by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +2.67% in Malawi. 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
	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi
1960	54,920	85,718
1961	57,176	89,091
1962	58,827	92,463
1963	60,145	95,933
1964	59,657	97,658
1965	59,163	100,040
1966	59,346	103,512
1967	59,793	106,668
1968	60,670	110,329
1969	63,396	113,120
1970	66,485	116,822
1971	68,902	121,015
1972	70,852	125,728
1973	71,500	131,529
1974	71,925	137,819
1975	72,255	145,254
1976	73,280	153,422
1977	74,296	161,930
1978	76,137	172,503
1979	76,489	182,123
1980	72,092	192,746
1981	77,955	199,436
1982	81,716	205,386
1983	84,139	209,422
1984	89,356	212,146
1985	92,084	216,179
1986	98,263	218,519
1987	101,232	220,566
1988	97,415	226,911
1989	99,934	237,967
1990	97,485	250,159
1991	97,753	260,193
1992	95,275	269,066
1993	81,754	276,538
1994	72,693	275,439
1995	80,264	266,745
1996	73,129	270,048
1997	67,159	277,433
1998	69,151	285,407
1999	71,155	295,629
2000	62,699	300,439
2001	65,275	310,833
2002	65,379	322,863
2003	69,598	341,133
2004	74,529	361,133
2005	72,793	381,130
2006	81,929	397,123
2007	85,348	410,290
2008	89,355	421,781
2009	99,709	434,811
2010	110,435	444,468
2011	114,260	454,149
2012	119,259	460,684
2013	121,898	470,293
2014	127,566	472,418
2015	130,464	472,484
2016	126,594	474,779
2017	122,350	484,655
2018	141,125	494,348
2019	143,007	506,104
2020	120,406	514,659
2021	113,730	517,400
2022	118,579	533,450
2023	115,016	549,096

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Malawi

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 42 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kyrgyzstan, compared to 225 deaths in Malawi.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi
1985	81	1,115
1986	76	1,118
1987	74	1,123
1988	73	1,154
1989	71	1,136
1990	72	1,112
1991	71	1,080
1992	74	1,042
1993	78	1,000
1994	88	912
1995	92	782
1996	91	713
1997	85	672
1998	79	658
1999	75	576
2000	72	506
2001	72	447
2002	74	404
2003	75	346
2004	74	304
2005	74	283
2006	76	286
2007	75	333
2008	73	430
2009	71	512
2010	71	517
2011	70	486
2012	67	447
2013	64	410
2014	62	367
2015	58	354
2016	53	312
2017	49	284
2018	49	267
2019	47	260
2020	55	256
2021	70	286
2022	44	239
2023	42	225

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 3.83% in Malawi. 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
	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi
1961	-	35.9%
1962	-	35.8%
1963	-	35.7%
1964	-	35.5%
1965	-	35.4%
1966	-	35.3%
1967	-	35.1%
1968	-	35%
1969	-	34.7%
1970	-	34.4%
1971	-	33.9%
1972	-	33.2%
1973	-	32.4%
1974	-	31.5%
1975	11.5%	30.6%
1976	11.2%	29.7%
1977	10.9%	28.7%
1978	10.6%	27.6%
1979	10.3%	26.5%
1980	9.92%	25.6%
1981	9.56%	24.9%
1982	9.17%	24.5%
1983	8.75%	24.5%
1984	8.34%	24.8%
1985	7.92%	25.1%
1986	7.54%	25.4%
1987	7.18%	25.5%
1988	6.87%	25.3%
1989	6.64%	24.9%
1990	6.52%	24.3%
1991	6.47%	23.6%
1992	6.47%	22.8%
1993	6.49%	22%
1994	6.48%	21.3%
1995	6.36%	20.7%
1996	6.17%	20.2%
1997	5.92%	19.7%
1998	5.63%	19.2%
1999	5.35%	18.4%
2000	5.08%	17.3%
2001	4.81%	16%
2002	4.57%	14.6%
2003	4.33%	13.2%
2004	4.12%	11.9%
2005	3.93%	11%
2006	3.76%	10.3%
2007	3.57%	9.83%
2008	3.37%	9.31%
2009	3.16%	8.81%
2010	2.96%	8.3%
2011	2.77%	7.67%
2012	2.6%	6.98%
2013	2.47%	6.4%
2014	2.35%	6.02%
2015	2.22%	5.67%
2016	2.11%	5.35%
2017	2%	5.06%
2018	1.91%	4.75%
2019	1.84%	4.55%
2020	1.78%	4.31%
2021	1.75%	4.15%
2022	1.72%	3.99%
2023	1.7%	3.83%