Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Nepal

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Nepal 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 1.98 in Nepal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs Nepal population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kyrgyzstan	Nepal
1960	5.31	6.07
1961	5.36	6.09
1962	5.42	6.08
1963	5.48	6.06
1964	5.43	6.04
1965	5.38	6.01
1966	5.32	5.98
1967	5.26	5.95
1968	5.18	5.94
1969	5.18	5.89
1970	5.2	5.87
1971	5.18	5.85
1972	5.14	5.8
1973	5.02	5.7
1974	4.89	5.75
1975	4.76	5.73
1976	4.68	5.72
1977	4.59	5.69
1978	4.53	5.68
1979	4.38	5.64
1980	4.22	5.6
1981	4.19	5.58
1982	4.2	5.55
1983	4.17	5.54
1984	4.2	5.51
1985	4.2	5.46
1986	4.22	5.4
1987	4.16	5.35
1988	4.03	5.31
1989	3.88	5.26
1990	3.63	5.21
1991	3.58	5.15
1992	3.52	5.07
1993	3.2	5.04
1994	2.9	4.96
1995	3.1	4.87
1996	2.8	4.67
1997	2.6	4.44
1998	2.7	4.28
1999	2.6	4.13
2000	2.4	3.98
2001	2.4	3.79
2002	2.4	3.6
2003	2.5	3.44
2004	2.6	3.28
2005	2.5	3.12
2006	2.7	2.97
2007	2.7	2.86
2008	2.8	2.74
2009	2.9	2.63
2010	3.1	2.54
2011	3.1	2.46
2012	3.2	2.42
2013	3.1	2.36
2014	3.2	2.32
2015	3.2	2.27
2016	3.1	2.23
2017	3	2.17
2018	3.3	2.12
2019	3.3	2.08
2020	3.1	2.05
2021	2.89	2.03
2022	2.8	2
2023	2.7	1.98
2024	2.68	1.96
2025	2.65	1.94
2026	2.63	1.92
2027	2.6	1.9
2028	2.57	1.89
2029	2.55	1.88
2030	2.53	1.86
2031	2.5	1.85
2032	2.47	1.84
2033	2.45	1.83
2034	2.43	1.82
2035	2.4	1.81
2036	2.38	1.8
2037	2.36	1.79
2038	2.35	1.79
2039	2.33	1.78
2040	2.31	1.78
2041	2.29	1.77
2042	2.28	1.77
2043	2.26	1.76
2044	2.24	1.76
2045	2.23	1.75
2046	2.21	1.75
2047	2.2	1.74
2048	2.18	1.74
2049	2.17	1.74
2050	2.15	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Nepal
1960	38.6%	40.7%
1961	39.4%	40.7%
1962	40.1%	40.6%
1963	40.6%	40.5%
1964	40.9%	40.4%
1965	41.1%	40.4%
1966	41%	40.4%
1967	40.8%	40.3%
1968	40.7%	40.3%
1969	40.5%	40.3%
1970	40.3%	40.3%
1971	40.3%	40.4%
1972	40.2%	40.4%
1973	40.1%	40.5%
1974	39.9%	40.5%
1975	39.6%	40.6%
1976	39.4%	40.7%
1977	39.1%	40.7%
1978	38.8%	40.8%
1979	38.5%	40.8%
1980	38.2%	40.9%
1981	38%	40.9%
1982	37.8%	40.9%
1983	37.8%	41%
1984	37.7%	41%
1985	37.5%	41.1%
1986	37.5%	41.2%
1987	37.4%	41.3%
1988	37.5%	41.4%
1989	37.5%	41.5%
1990	37.5%	41.5%
1991	37.6%	41.5%
1992	37.6%	41.4%
1993	37.9%	41.3%
1994	38.2%	41.4%
1995	38%	41.4%
1996	37.6%	41.5%
1997	37.1%	41.4%
1998	36.4%	41.3%
1999	35.8%	41.1%
2000	35.2%	40.9%
2001	34.6%	40.7%
2002	33.9%	40.4%
2003	33.3%	40%
2004	32.7%	39.6%
2005	32.2%	39.2%
2006	31.7%	38.7%
2007	31.2%	38.1%
2008	30.7%	37.5%
2009	30.3%	36.7%
2010	30.3%	36%
2011	30.4%	35.3%
2012	30.8%	34.7%
2013	31.1%	34.2%
2014	31.5%	33.6%
2015	31.8%	33%
2016	32.1%	32.5%
2017	32.2%	32.1%
2018	32.3%	31.6%
2019	32.6%	30.9%
2020	32.9%	30.1%
2021	33%	29.4%
2022	32.9%	28.9%
2023	32.7%	28.7%
2024	32.3%	28.4%
2025	31.9%	28.1%
2026	31.4%	27.7%
2027	31%	27.3%
2028	30.5%	26.8%
2029	30%	26.4%
2030	29.5%	26%
2031	28.9%	25.6%
2032	28.5%	25.2%
2033	27.9%	24.8%
2034	27.4%	24.5%
2035	27%	24.1%
2036	26.6%	23.8%
2037	26.4%	23.4%
2038	26.2%	23%
2039	26.1%	22.7%
2040	25.9%	22.4%
2041	25.8%	22.1%
2042	25.7%	21.7%
2043	25.7%	21.4%
2044	25.6%	21.1%
2045	25.5%	20.8%
2046	25.4%	20.5%
2047	25.3%	20.3%
2048	25.2%	20%
2049	25.1%	19.7%
2050	24.9%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 28.4% in Nepal in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Nepal compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Nepal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +1.37% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	54,920	203,374
1961	57,176	209,917
1962	58,827	215,368
1963	60,145	219,586
1964	59,657	227,948
1965	59,163	233,726
1966	59,346	241,716
1967	59,793	249,240
1968	60,670	258,259
1969	63,396	264,560
1970	66,485	272,439
1971	68,902	280,752
1972	70,852	286,708
1973	71,500	288,750
1974	71,925	303,078
1975	72,255	312,479
1976	73,280	323,222
1977	74,296	332,843
1978	76,137	345,765
1979	76,489	355,597
1980	72,092	364,254
1981	77,955	374,145
1982	81,716	385,741
1983	84,139	399,103
1984	89,356	411,122
1985	92,084	423,240
1986	98,263	434,802
1987	101,232	449,400
1988	97,415	463,581
1989	99,934	478,771
1990	97,485	495,202
1991	97,753	512,233
1992	95,275	533,029
1993	81,754	561,549
1994	72,693	578,293
1995	80,264	591,283
1996	73,129	580,099
1997	67,159	565,882
1998	69,151	562,787
1999	71,155	557,847
2000	62,699	554,506
2001	65,275	542,118
2002	65,379	525,045
2003	69,598	516,575
2004	74,529	504,853
2005	72,793	489,093
2006	81,929	475,335
2007	85,348	464,780
2008	89,355	452,353
2009	99,709	441,290
2010	110,435	432,631
2011	114,260	429,957
2012	119,259	430,151
2013	121,898	424,804
2014	127,566	423,166
2015	130,464	410,565
2016	126,594	415,921
2017	122,350	406,219
2018	141,125	394,576
2019	143,007	387,113
2020	120,406	373,553
2021	113,730	351,165
2022	118,579	379,021
2023	115,016	368,450

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Nepal

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 142 deaths in Nepal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Nepal
1985	81	1,186
1986	76	1,143
1987	74	1,088
1988	73	1,038
1989	71	973
1990	72	920
1991	71	850
1992	74	768
1993	78	703
1994	88	657
1995	92	625
1996	91	584
1997	85	550
1998	79	522
1999	75	512
2000	72	480
2001	72	443
2002	74	414
2003	75	387
2004	74	364
2005	74	344
2006	76	318
2007	75	309
2008	73	302
2009	71	299
2010	71	297
2011	70	286
2012	67	272
2013	64	258
2014	62	245
2015	58	236
2016	53	214
2017	49	197
2018	49	183
2019	47	170
2020	55	153
2021	70	173
2022	44	139
2023	42	142

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 2.65% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	-	32.8%
1961	-	32.4%
1962	-	31.9%
1963	-	31.3%
1964	-	30.7%
1965	-	30%
1966	-	29.4%
1967	-	28.7%
1968	-	28%
1969	-	27.3%
1970	-	26.7%
1971	-	26.2%
1972	-	25.6%
1973	-	25%
1974	-	24.5%
1975	11.5%	23.9%
1976	11.2%	23.3%
1977	10.9%	22.7%
1978	10.6%	22.1%
1979	10.3%	21.5%
1980	9.92%	20.8%
1981	9.56%	20.2%
1982	9.17%	19.5%
1983	8.75%	18.8%
1984	8.34%	18.2%
1985	7.92%	17.5%
1986	7.54%	16.8%
1987	7.18%	16.1%
1988	6.87%	15.3%
1989	6.64%	14.6%
1990	6.52%	13.9%
1991	6.47%	13.2%
1992	6.47%	12.5%
1993	6.49%	11.8%
1994	6.48%	11.2%
1995	6.36%	10.6%
1996	6.17%	10%
1997	5.92%	9.44%
1998	5.63%	8.91%
1999	5.35%	8.4%
2000	5.08%	7.92%
2001	4.81%	7.48%
2002	4.57%	7.06%
2003	4.33%	6.69%
2004	4.12%	6.35%
2005	3.93%	6.04%
2006	3.76%	5.76%
2007	3.57%	5.51%
2008	3.37%	5.27%
2009	3.16%	5.05%
2010	2.96%	4.83%
2011	2.77%	4.62%
2012	2.6%	4.41%
2013	2.47%	4.21%
2014	2.35%	4.01%
2015	2.22%	3.82%
2016	2.11%	3.64%
2017	2%	3.46%
2018	1.91%	3.3%
2019	1.84%	3.14%
2020	1.78%	2.99%
2021	1.75%	2.86%
2022	1.72%	2.75%
2023	1.7%	2.65%