Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan 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 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan 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	Pakistan
1960	5.31	6.8
1961	5.36	6.8
1962	5.42	6.8
1963	5.48	6.8
1964	5.43	6.8
1965	5.38	6.8
1966	5.32	6.8
1967	5.26	6.8
1968	5.18	6.8
1969	5.18	6.8
1970	5.2	6.8
1971	5.18	6.8
1972	5.14	6.81
1973	5.02	6.81
1974	4.89	6.81
1975	4.76	6.81
1976	4.68	6.81
1977	4.59	6.8
1978	4.53	6.78
1979	4.38	6.76
1980	4.22	6.73
1981	4.19	6.7
1982	4.2	6.67
1983	4.17	6.64
1984	4.2	6.62
1985	4.2	6.59
1986	4.22	6.55
1987	4.16	6.52
1988	4.03	6.48
1989	3.88	6.43
1990	3.63	6.36
1991	3.58	6.29
1992	3.52	6.21
1993	3.2	6.11
1994	2.9	6.01
1995	3.1	5.89
1996	2.8	5.77
1997	2.6	5.64
1998	2.7	5.51
1999	2.6	5.46
2000	2.4	5.35
2001	2.4	5.18
2002	2.4	5.01
2003	2.5	4.89
2004	2.6	4.68
2005	2.5	4.6
2006	2.7	4.59
2007	2.7	4.55
2008	2.8	4.51
2009	2.9	4.47
2010	3.1	4.4
2011	3.1	4.31
2012	3.2	4.2
2013	3.1	4.13
2014	3.2	4.06
2015	3.2	3.99
2016	3.1	3.9
2017	3	3.9
2018	3.3	3.86
2019	3.3	3.81
2020	3.1	3.77
2021	2.89	3.72
2022	2.8	3.66
2023	2.7	3.61
2024	2.68	3.55
2025	2.65	3.5
2026	2.63	3.44
2027	2.6	3.39
2028	2.57	3.34
2029	2.55	3.3
2030	2.53	3.25
2031	2.5	3.21
2032	2.47	3.16
2033	2.45	3.12
2034	2.43	3.08
2035	2.4	3.04
2036	2.38	3.01
2037	2.36	2.97
2038	2.35	2.94
2039	2.33	2.9
2040	2.31	2.87
2041	2.29	2.83
2042	2.28	2.8
2043	2.26	2.77
2044	2.24	2.74
2045	2.23	2.71
2046	2.21	2.69
2047	2.2	2.66
2048	2.18	2.63
2049	2.17	2.61
2050	2.15	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Pakistan
1960	38.6%	41.3%
1961	39.4%	41.4%
1962	40.1%	41.6%
1963	40.6%	41.8%
1964	40.9%	42.2%
1965	41.1%	42.7%
1966	41%	43%
1967	40.8%	43.3%
1968	40.7%	43.5%
1969	40.5%	43.7%
1970	40.3%	43.9%
1971	40.3%	44%
1972	40.2%	44.1%
1973	40.1%	44.1%
1974	39.9%	44.1%
1975	39.6%	44.1%
1976	39.4%	44%
1977	39.1%	43.9%
1978	38.8%	43.8%
1979	38.5%	43.7%
1980	38.2%	43.3%
1981	38%	43.1%
1982	37.8%	43%
1983	37.8%	43.1%
1984	37.7%	43.3%
1985	37.5%	43.5%
1986	37.5%	43.6%
1987	37.4%	43.7%
1988	37.5%	43.8%
1989	37.5%	44%
1990	37.5%	44.1%
1991	37.6%	44.1%
1992	37.6%	44.3%
1993	37.9%	44.5%
1994	38.2%	44.5%
1995	38%	44.5%
1996	37.6%	44.3%
1997	37.1%	44.1%
1998	36.4%	43.9%
1999	35.8%	43.6%
2000	35.2%	43.3%
2001	34.6%	42.9%
2002	33.9%	42.6%
2003	33.3%	42.3%
2004	32.7%	41.8%
2005	32.2%	41.3%
2006	31.7%	40.9%
2007	31.2%	40.4%
2008	30.7%	40%
2009	30.3%	39.6%
2010	30.3%	39.3%
2011	30.4%	39.1%
2012	30.8%	39%
2013	31.1%	38.9%
2014	31.5%	38.9%
2015	31.8%	38.8%
2016	32.1%	38.6%
2017	32.2%	38.5%
2018	32.3%	38.3%
2019	32.6%	38.1%
2020	32.9%	37.9%
2021	33%	37.6%
2022	32.9%	37.3%
2023	32.7%	37%
2024	32.3%	36.7%
2025	31.9%	36.2%
2026	31.4%	35.8%
2027	31%	35.3%
2028	30.5%	34.9%
2029	30%	34.5%
2030	29.5%	34.2%
2031	28.9%	33.8%
2032	28.5%	33.5%
2033	27.9%	33.3%
2034	27.4%	33%
2035	27%	32.7%
2036	26.6%	32.5%
2037	26.4%	32.2%
2038	26.2%	32%
2039	26.1%	31.7%
2040	25.9%	31.5%
2041	25.8%	31.3%
2042	25.7%	31%
2043	25.7%	30.8%
2044	25.6%	30.5%
2045	25.5%	30.3%
2046	25.4%	30%
2047	25.3%	29.7%
2048	25.2%	29.5%
2049	25.1%	29.2%
2050	24.9%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +2.23% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	54,920	1,217,147
1961	57,176	1,273,772
1962	58,827	1,328,675
1963	60,145	1,384,934
1964	59,657	1,447,394
1965	59,163	1,496,050
1966	59,346	1,566,343
1967	59,793	1,626,737
1968	60,670	1,683,296
1969	63,396	1,733,601
1970	66,485	1,793,570
1971	68,902	1,695,374
1972	70,852	1,912,774
1973	71,500	1,971,909
1974	71,925	2,028,061
1975	72,255	2,099,811
1976	73,280	2,171,812
1977	74,296	2,257,849
1978	76,137	2,356,601
1979	76,489	2,461,311
1980	72,092	2,598,421
1981	77,955	2,790,454
1982	81,716	2,934,689
1983	84,139	3,052,738
1984	89,356	3,145,772
1985	92,084	3,233,315
1986	98,263	3,341,643
1987	101,232	3,448,813
1988	97,415	3,554,755
1989	99,934	3,648,132
1990	97,485	3,731,730
1991	97,753	3,822,363
1992	95,275	3,888,637
1993	81,754	3,915,776
1994	72,693	3,956,699
1995	80,264	3,977,175
1996	73,129	4,021,758
1997	67,159	4,043,912
1998	69,151	4,104,824
1999	71,155	4,228,026
2000	62,699	4,281,169
2001	65,275	4,304,297
2002	65,379	4,307,607
2003	69,598	4,340,688
2004	74,529	4,294,654
2005	72,793	4,294,393
2006	81,929	4,538,426
2007	85,348	4,690,187
2008	89,355	4,885,855
2009	99,709	5,028,132
2010	110,435	5,147,142
2011	114,260	5,189,412
2012	119,259	5,191,263
2013	121,898	5,176,590
2014	127,566	5,148,994
2015	130,464	5,113,507
2016	126,594	5,044,922
2017	122,350	5,090,200
2018	141,125	5,103,858
2019	143,007	5,127,011
2020	120,406	5,011,177
2021	113,730	5,065,913
2022	118,579	5,268,077
2023	115,016	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan

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 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Pakistan
1985	81	432
1986	76	436
1987	74	442
1988	73	441
1989	71	439
1990	72	434
1991	71	443
1992	74	459
1993	78	473
1994	88	479
1995	92	485
1996	91	482
1997	85	476
1998	79	456
1999	75	438
2000	72	419
2001	72	400
2002	74	380
2003	75	358
2004	74	333
2005	74	316
2006	76	284
2007	75	265
2008	73	254
2009	71	246
2010	71	240
2011	70	234
2012	67	227
2013	64	220
2014	62	211
2015	58	202
2016	53	193
2017	49	184
2018	49	178
2019	47	173
2020	55	178
2021	70	193
2022	44	160
2023	42	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 5.85% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	-	25%
1961	-	24.1%
1962	-	23.3%
1963	-	22.5%
1964	-	21.8%
1965	-	21.2%
1966	-	20.6%
1967	-	20.2%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	-	18.7%
1972	-	18.4%
1973	-	18.1%
1974	-	17.8%
1975	11.5%	17.6%
1976	11.2%	17.4%
1977	10.9%	17.1%
1978	10.6%	16.9%
1979	10.3%	16.7%
1980	9.92%	16.5%
1981	9.56%	16.3%
1982	9.17%	16.1%
1983	8.75%	15.8%
1984	8.34%	15.6%
1985	7.92%	15.3%
1986	7.54%	15%
1987	7.18%	14.8%
1988	6.87%	14.5%
1989	6.64%	14.2%
1990	6.52%	14%
1991	6.47%	13.7%
1992	6.47%	13.4%
1993	6.49%	13.1%
1994	6.48%	12.8%
1995	6.36%	12.5%
1996	6.17%	12.1%
1997	5.92%	11.8%
1998	5.63%	11.5%
1999	5.35%	11.1%
2000	5.08%	10.8%
2001	4.81%	10.5%
2002	4.57%	10.3%
2003	4.33%	10.1%
2004	4.12%	9.85%
2005	3.93%	9.65%
2006	3.76%	9.47%
2007	3.57%	9.29%
2008	3.37%	9.1%
2009	3.16%	8.91%
2010	2.96%	8.71%
2011	2.77%	8.49%
2012	2.6%	8.27%
2013	2.47%	8.04%
2014	2.35%	7.8%
2015	2.22%	7.56%
2016	2.11%	7.33%
2017	2%	7.1%
2018	1.91%	6.88%
2019	1.84%	6.67%
2020	1.78%	6.46%
2021	1.75%	6.25%
2022	1.72%	6.05%
2023	1.7%	5.85%