Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Namibia

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	5.31	6.24
1961	5.36	6.29
1962	5.42	6.35
1963	5.48	6.41
1964	5.43	6.43
1965	5.38	6.45
1966	5.32	6.47
1967	5.26	6.49
1968	5.18	6.5
1969	5.18	6.51
1970	5.2	6.52
1971	5.18	6.52
1972	5.14	6.53
1973	5.02	6.54
1974	4.89	6.55
1975	4.76	6.53
1976	4.68	6.49
1977	4.59	6.44
1978	4.53	6.38
1979	4.38	6.31
1980	4.22	6.24
1981	4.19	6.16
1982	4.2	6.08
1983	4.17	6
1984	4.2	5.94
1985	4.2	5.88
1986	4.22	5.79
1987	4.16	5.7
1988	4.03	5.61
1989	3.88	5.52
1990	3.63	5.4
1991	3.58	5.29
1992	3.52	5.11
1993	3.2	4.91
1994	2.9	4.68
1995	3.1	4.42
1996	2.8	4.2
1997	2.6	4.17
1998	2.7	4.18
1999	2.6	4.14
2000	2.4	3.99
2001	2.4	3.83
2002	2.4	3.69
2003	2.5	3.58
2004	2.6	3.55
2005	2.5	3.57
2006	2.7	3.6
2007	2.7	3.61
2008	2.8	3.62
2009	2.9	3.63
2010	3.1	3.66
2011	3.1	3.66
2012	3.2	3.68
2013	3.1	3.65
2014	3.2	3.64
2015	3.2	3.6
2016	3.1	3.57
2017	3	3.51
2018	3.3	3.46
2019	3.3	3.4
2020	3.1	3.35
2021	2.89	3.3
2022	2.8	3.25
2023	2.7	3.21
2024	2.68	3.21
2025	2.65	3.17
2026	2.63	3.13
2027	2.6	3.09
2028	2.57	3.06
2029	2.55	3.02
2030	2.53	2.98
2031	2.5	2.94
2032	2.47	2.91
2033	2.45	2.88
2034	2.43	2.84
2035	2.4	2.81
2036	2.38	2.78
2037	2.36	2.75
2038	2.35	2.72
2039	2.33	2.68
2040	2.31	2.66
2041	2.29	2.63
2042	2.28	2.6
2043	2.26	2.58
2044	2.24	2.56
2045	2.23	2.53
2046	2.21	2.51
2047	2.2	2.49
2048	2.18	2.47
2049	2.17	2.45
2050	2.15	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Namibia
1960	38.6%	42.2%
1961	39.4%	42.4%
1962	40.1%	42.6%
1963	40.6%	42.7%
1964	40.9%	42.9%
1965	41.1%	43%
1966	41%	43.2%
1967	40.8%	43.3%
1968	40.7%	43.5%
1969	40.5%	43.6%
1970	40.3%	43.8%
1971	40.3%	43.9%
1972	40.2%	44.1%
1973	40.1%	44.3%
1974	39.9%	44.6%
1975	39.6%	44.8%
1976	39.4%	45%
1977	39.1%	45.3%
1978	38.8%	45.9%
1979	38.5%	46.3%
1980	38.2%	46.6%
1981	38%	47.1%
1982	37.8%	47.2%
1983	37.8%	46.9%
1984	37.7%	46.6%
1985	37.5%	46.2%
1986	37.5%	45.8%
1987	37.4%	45.3%
1988	37.5%	44.8%
1989	37.5%	43.4%
1990	37.5%	42.3%
1991	37.6%	42.2%
1992	37.6%	42.2%
1993	37.9%	42.2%
1994	38.2%	42.2%
1995	38%	42.1%
1996	37.6%	42%
1997	37.1%	41.9%
1998	36.4%	41.8%
1999	35.8%	41.7%
2000	35.2%	41.5%
2001	34.6%	41.3%
2002	33.9%	41%
2003	33.3%	40.5%
2004	32.7%	40%
2005	32.2%	39.4%
2006	31.7%	38.7%
2007	31.2%	38.1%
2008	30.7%	37.5%
2009	30.3%	37.1%
2010	30.3%	36.8%
2011	30.4%	36.7%
2012	30.8%	36.6%
2013	31.1%	36.6%
2014	31.5%	36.5%
2015	31.8%	36.5%
2016	32.1%	36.5%
2017	32.2%	36.7%
2018	32.3%	36.8%
2019	32.6%	37%
2020	32.9%	37.1%
2021	33%	37.4%
2022	32.9%	37.5%
2023	32.7%	37.3%
2024	32.3%	37%
2025	31.9%	36.7%
2026	31.4%	36.3%
2027	31%	35.9%
2028	30.5%	35.5%
2029	30%	35.1%
2030	29.5%	34.6%
2031	28.9%	34%
2032	28.5%	33.5%
2033	27.9%	32.9%
2034	27.4%	32.4%
2035	27%	31.8%
2036	26.6%	31.1%
2037	26.4%	30.6%
2038	26.2%	30.3%
2039	26.1%	30%
2040	25.9%	29.7%
2041	25.8%	29.5%
2042	25.7%	29.2%
2043	25.7%	29%
2044	25.6%	28.8%
2045	25.5%	28.5%
2046	25.4%	28.3%
2047	25.3%	28.1%
2048	25.2%	27.9%
2049	25.1%	27.7%
2050	24.9%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	54,920	14,307
1961	57,176	14,936
1962	58,827	15,656
1963	60,145	16,430
1964	59,657	17,134
1965	59,163	17,902
1966	59,346	18,635
1967	59,793	19,498
1968	60,670	20,470
1969	63,396	21,387
1970	66,485	22,414
1971	68,902	23,467
1972	70,852	24,606
1973	71,500	25,754
1974	71,925	26,844
1975	72,255	27,882
1976	73,280	28,785
1977	74,296	29,241
1978	76,137	29,821
1979	76,489	28,930
1980	72,092	28,142
1981	77,955	27,938
1982	81,716	27,474
1983	84,139	28,307
1984	89,356	29,395
1985	92,084	30,575
1986	98,263	31,764
1987	101,232	33,340
1988	97,415	34,798
1989	99,934	37,715
1990	97,485	43,956
1991	97,753	44,523
1992	95,275	43,945
1993	81,754	42,861
1994	72,693	41,316
1995	80,264	39,119
1996	73,129	37,177
1997	67,159	37,256
1998	69,151	37,500
1999	71,155	37,233
2000	62,699	35,280
2001	65,275	32,942
2002	65,379	31,947
2003	69,598	31,115
2004	74,529	31,478
2005	72,793	32,909
2006	81,929	34,690
2007	85,348	36,430
2008	89,355	38,147
2009	99,709	39,942
2010	110,435	42,046
2011	114,260	43,557
2012	119,259	46,204
2013	121,898	47,801
2014	127,566	49,581
2015	130,464	50,846
2016	126,594	52,228
2017	122,350	52,975
2018	141,125	53,970
2019	143,007	54,769
2020	120,406	55,034
2021	113,730	50,160
2022	118,579	54,534
2023	115,016	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Namibia
1985	81	354
1986	76	348
1987	74	336
1988	73	342
1989	71	306
1990	72	325
1991	71	337
1992	74	346
1993	78	354
1994	88	367
1995	92	369
1996	91	387
1997	85	383
1998	79	396
1999	75	371
2000	72	384
2001	72	376
2002	74	313
2003	75	290
2004	74	282
2005	74	344
2006	76	408
2007	75	489
2008	73	537
2009	71	547
2010	71	531
2011	70	498
2012	67	439
2013	64	402
2014	62	369
2015	58	307
2016	53	250
2017	49	213
2018	49	198
2019	47	175
2020	55	143
2021	70	254
2022	44	127
2023	42	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1967	-	9.66%
1968	-	9.64%
1969	-	9.65%
1970	-	9.65%
1971	-	9.67%
1972	-	9.68%
1973	-	9.73%
1974	-	9.79%
1975	11.5%	9.89%
1976	11.2%	10%
1977	10.9%	10.2%
1978	10.6%	10.3%
1979	10.3%	10.3%
1980	9.92%	10.3%
1981	9.56%	10.2%
1982	9.17%	9.93%
1983	8.75%	9.61%
1984	8.34%	9.22%
1985	7.92%	8.81%
1986	7.54%	8.43%
1987	7.18%	8.09%
1988	6.87%	7.81%
1989	6.64%	7.57%
1990	6.52%	7.39%
1991	6.47%	7.24%
1992	6.47%	7.14%
1993	6.49%	7.1%
1994	6.48%	7.13%
1995	6.36%	7.24%
1996	6.17%	7.39%
1997	5.92%	7.56%
1998	5.63%	7.7%
1999	5.35%	7.79%
2000	5.08%	7.79%
2001	4.81%	7.71%
2002	4.57%	7.61%
2003	4.33%	7.51%
2004	4.12%	7.41%
2005	3.93%	7.05%
2006	3.76%	6.49%
2007	3.57%	6.06%
2008	3.37%	5.64%
2009	3.16%	5.29%
2010	2.96%	5.08%
2011	2.77%	5.16%
2012	2.6%	5.51%
2013	2.47%	5.4%
2014	2.35%	5.31%
2015	2.22%	5.5%
2016	2.11%	5.42%
2017	2%	5.19%
2018	1.91%	5.01%
2019	1.84%	4.78%
2020	1.78%	4.57%
2021	1.75%	4.38%
2022	1.72%	4.2%
2023	1.7%	4.07%