Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs New Zealand 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 1.56 in New Zealand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs New Zealand 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	New Zealand
1960	5.31	4.24
1961	5.36	4.31
1962	5.42	4.19
1963	5.48	4.05
1964	5.43	3.8
1965	5.38	3.54
1966	5.32	3.41
1967	5.26	3.35
1968	5.18	3.34
1969	5.18	3.28
1970	5.2	3.17
1971	5.18	3.18
1972	5.14	3
1973	5.02	2.76
1974	4.89	2.58
1975	4.76	2.37
1976	4.68	2.27
1977	4.59	2.21
1978	4.53	2.07
1979	4.38	2.12
1980	4.22	2.03
1981	4.19	2.01
1982	4.2	1.95
1983	4.17	1.92
1984	4.2	1.93
1985	4.2	1.93
1986	4.22	1.96
1987	4.16	2.03
1988	4.03	2.1
1989	3.88	2.12
1990	3.63	2.18
1991	3.58	2.09
1992	3.52	2.06
1993	3.2	2.04
1994	2.9	1.98
1995	3.1	1.98
1996	2.8	1.96
1997	2.6	1.96
1998	2.7	1.89
1999	2.6	1.97
2000	2.4	1.98
2001	2.4	1.97
2002	2.4	1.89
2003	2.5	1.93
2004	2.6	1.98
2005	2.5	1.97
2006	2.7	2.01
2007	2.7	2.18
2008	2.8	2.19
2009	2.9	2.13
2010	3.1	2.17
2011	3.1	2.09
2012	3.2	2.1
2013	3.1	2.01
2014	3.2	1.92
2015	3.2	1.99
2016	3.1	1.87
2017	3	1.81
2018	3.3	1.71
2019	3.3	1.72
2020	3.1	1.61
2021	2.89	1.64
2022	2.8	1.66
2023	2.7	1.56
2024	2.68	1.55
2025	2.65	1.54
2026	2.63	1.53
2027	2.6	1.53
2028	2.57	1.52
2029	2.55	1.52
2030	2.53	1.52
2031	2.5	1.52
2032	2.47	1.52
2033	2.45	1.51
2034	2.43	1.51
2035	2.4	1.51
2036	2.38	1.51
2037	2.36	1.51
2038	2.35	1.51
2039	2.33	1.51
2040	2.31	1.51
2041	2.29	1.51
2042	2.28	1.51
2043	2.26	1.51
2044	2.24	1.51
2045	2.23	1.51
2046	2.21	1.51
2047	2.2	1.51
2048	2.18	1.51
2049	2.17	1.51
2050	2.15	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	New Zealand
1960	38.6%	32.8%
1961	39.4%	33%
1962	40.1%	33%
1963	40.6%	32.9%
1964	40.9%	32.9%
1965	41.1%	32.7%
1966	41%	32.6%
1967	40.8%	32.5%
1968	40.7%	32.3%
1969	40.5%	32.2%
1970	40.3%	31.9%
1971	40.3%	31.7%
1972	40.2%	31.4%
1973	40.1%	31%
1974	39.9%	30.5%
1975	39.6%	30.1%
1976	39.4%	29.6%
1977	39.1%	29%
1978	38.8%	28.4%
1979	38.5%	27.8%
1980	38.2%	27.2%
1981	38%	26.7%
1982	37.8%	26.2%
1983	37.8%	25.6%
1984	37.7%	25.1%
1985	37.5%	24.6%
1986	37.5%	24.2%
1987	37.4%	23.8%
1988	37.5%	23.5%
1989	37.5%	23.3%
1990	37.5%	23.3%
1991	37.6%	23.2%
1992	37.6%	23.1%
1993	37.9%	23.1%
1994	38.2%	23.1%
1995	38%	23.1%
1996	37.6%	23%
1997	37.1%	23%
1998	36.4%	23%
1999	35.8%	22.9%
2000	35.2%	22.8%
2001	34.6%	22.6%
2002	33.9%	22.4%
2003	33.3%	22.1%
2004	32.7%	21.8%
2005	32.2%	21.5%
2006	31.7%	21.3%
2007	31.2%	21.1%
2008	30.7%	21%
2009	30.3%	20.9%
2010	30.3%	20.9%
2011	30.4%	20.8%
2012	30.8%	20.6%
2013	31.1%	20.4%
2014	31.5%	20.2%
2015	31.8%	19.9%
2016	32.1%	19.6%
2017	32.2%	19.5%
2018	32.3%	19.3%
2019	32.6%	19.2%
2020	32.9%	19%
2021	33%	18.9%
2022	32.9%	18.6%
2023	32.7%	18.4%
2024	32.3%	18.1%
2025	31.9%	17.9%
2026	31.4%	17.6%
2027	31%	17.4%
2028	30.5%	17.2%
2029	30%	17%
2030	29.5%	16.8%
2031	28.9%	16.6%
2032	28.5%	16.4%
2033	27.9%	16.3%
2034	27.4%	16.1%
2035	27%	16%
2036	26.6%	15.9%
2037	26.4%	15.8%
2038	26.2%	15.7%
2039	26.1%	15.6%
2040	25.9%	15.5%
2041	25.8%	15.4%
2042	25.7%	15.4%
2043	25.7%	15.4%
2044	25.6%	15.3%
2045	25.5%	15.3%
2046	25.4%	15.3%
2047	25.3%	15.3%
2048	25.2%	15.3%
2049	25.1%	15.2%
2050	24.9%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	54,920	41,791
1961	57,176	43,482
1962	58,827	42,865
1963	60,145	42,027
1964	59,657	39,375
1965	59,163	36,982
1966	59,346	36,151
1967	59,793	37,974
1968	60,670	37,594
1969	63,396	38,098
1970	66,485	37,101
1971	68,902	40,000
1972	70,852	38,244
1973	71,500	35,239
1974	71,925	33,896
1975	72,255	31,355
1976	73,280	29,456
1977	74,296	28,020
1978	76,137	26,156
1979	76,489	26,675
1980	72,092	23,658
1981	77,955	25,374
1982	81,716	24,207
1983	84,139	24,315
1984	89,356	26,043
1985	92,084	24,126
1986	98,263	25,549
1987	101,232	27,603
1988	97,415	29,846
1989	99,934	30,749
1990	97,485	33,298
1991	97,753	33,518
1992	95,275	32,067
1993	81,754	31,685
1994	72,693	30,372
1995	80,264	29,828
1996	73,129	28,997
1997	67,159	30,137
1998	69,151	29,146
1999	71,155	28,916
2000	62,699	29,897
2001	65,275	27,939
2002	65,379	25,941
2003	69,598	28,150
2004	74,529	29,634
2005	72,793	30,674
2006	81,929	30,924
2007	85,348	35,480
2008	89,355	35,143
2009	99,709	33,560
2010	110,435	35,458
2011	114,260	31,302
2012	119,259	31,077
2013	121,898	29,096
2014	127,566	26,196
2015	130,464	29,408
2016	126,594	28,237
2017	122,350	26,282
2018	141,125	24,797
2019	143,007	25,344
2020	120,406	24,993
2021	113,730	23,767
2022	118,579	20,264
2023	115,016	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs New Zealand

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 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	New Zealand
1985	81	19
1986	76	18
1987	74	19
1988	73	19
1989	71	18
1990	72	18
1991	71	16
1992	74	15
1993	78	14
1994	88	13
1995	92	14
1996	91	14
1997	85	13
1998	79	12
1999	75	12
2000	72	11
2001	72	10
2002	74	11
2003	75	11
2004	74	11
2005	74	11
2006	76	10
2007	75	10
2008	73	10
2009	71	10
2010	71	10
2011	70	10
2012	67	9
2013	64	8
2014	62	7
2015	58	8
2016	53	8
2017	49	8
2018	49	7
2019	47	8
2020	55	8
2021	70	8
2022	44	23
2023	42	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	-	2.58%
1963	-	2.48%
1964	-	2.39%
1965	-	2.31%
1966	-	2.25%
1967	-	2.2%
1968	-	2.16%
1969	-	2.12%
1970	-	2.08%
1971	-	2.03%
1972	-	1.98%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.88%
1975	11.5%	1.83%
1976	11.2%	1.77%
1977	10.9%	1.71%
1978	10.6%	1.66%
1979	10.3%	1.61%
1980	9.92%	1.56%
1981	9.56%	1.52%
1982	9.17%	1.48%
1983	8.75%	1.45%
1984	8.34%	1.41%
1985	7.92%	1.38%
1986	7.54%	1.34%
1987	7.18%	1.29%
1988	6.87%	1.24%
1989	6.64%	1.18%
1990	6.52%	1.12%
1991	6.47%	1.06%
1992	6.47%	1%
1993	6.49%	0.95%
1994	6.48%	0.91%
1995	6.36%	0.87%
1996	6.17%	0.84%
1997	5.92%	0.81%
1998	5.63%	0.78%
1999	5.35%	0.76%
2000	5.08%	0.74%
2001	4.81%	0.72%
2002	4.57%	0.7%
2003	4.33%	0.69%
2004	4.12%	0.67%
2005	3.93%	0.66%
2006	3.76%	0.65%
2007	3.57%	0.65%
2008	3.37%	0.64%
2009	3.16%	0.63%
2010	2.96%	0.62%
2011	2.77%	0.61%
2012	2.6%	0.6%
2013	2.47%	0.59%
2014	2.35%	0.57%
2015	2.22%	0.56%
2016	2.11%	0.55%
2017	2%	0.53%
2018	1.91%	0.52%
2019	1.84%	0.51%
2020	1.78%	0.5%
2021	1.75%	0.49%
2022	1.72%	0.48%
2023	1.7%	0.47%