Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Russia

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	5.31	2.52
1961	5.36	2.45
1962	5.42	2.36
1963	5.48	2.27
1964	5.43	2.18
1965	5.38	2.13
1966	5.32	2.1
1967	5.26	2.04
1968	5.18	1.99
1969	5.18	1.97
1970	5.2	1.99
1971	5.18	2.03
1972	5.14	2.04
1973	5.02	2.01
1974	4.89	2
1975	4.76	1.98
1976	4.68	1.97
1977	4.59	1.95
1978	4.53	1.92
1979	4.38	1.9
1980	4.22	1.89
1981	4.19	1.91
1982	4.2	2.04
1983	4.17	2.11
1984	4.2	2.06
1985	4.2	2.05
1986	4.22	2.15
1987	4.16	2.22
1988	4.03	2.12
1989	3.88	2.01
1990	3.63	1.89
1991	3.58	1.73
1992	3.52	1.55
1993	3.2	1.39
1994	2.9	1.4
1995	3.1	1.34
1996	2.8	1.27
1997	2.6	1.22
1998	2.7	1.23
1999	2.6	1.16
2000	2.4	1.2
2001	2.4	1.22
2002	2.4	1.29
2003	2.5	1.32
2004	2.6	1.34
2005	2.5	1.29
2006	2.7	1.31
2007	2.7	1.42
2008	2.8	1.5
2009	2.9	1.54
2010	3.1	1.57
2011	3.1	1.58
2012	3.2	1.69
2013	3.1	1.71
2014	3.2	1.75
2015	3.2	1.78
2016	3.1	1.76
2017	3	1.62
2018	3.3	1.58
2019	3.3	1.5
2020	3.1	1.51
2021	2.89	1.51
2022	2.8	1.42
2023	2.7	1.41
2024	2.68	1.42
2025	2.65	1.43
2026	2.63	1.43
2027	2.6	1.43
2028	2.57	1.44
2029	2.55	1.44
2030	2.53	1.45
2031	2.5	1.45
2032	2.47	1.45
2033	2.45	1.46
2034	2.43	1.46
2035	2.4	1.46
2036	2.38	1.47
2037	2.36	1.47
2038	2.35	1.47
2039	2.33	1.47
2040	2.31	1.48
2041	2.29	1.48
2042	2.28	1.48
2043	2.26	1.48
2044	2.24	1.49
2045	2.23	1.49
2046	2.21	1.49
2047	2.2	1.49
2048	2.18	1.5
2049	2.17	1.5
2050	2.15	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Russia
1960	38.6%	30.5%
1961	39.4%	30.9%
1962	40.1%	30.8%
1963	40.6%	30.6%
1964	40.9%	30.2%
1965	41.1%	29.5%
1966	41%	28.9%
1967	40.8%	28.3%
1968	40.7%	27.6%
1969	40.5%	26.9%
1970	40.3%	26.1%
1971	40.3%	25.4%
1972	40.2%	24.8%
1973	40.1%	24.2%
1974	39.9%	23.6%
1975	39.6%	23%
1976	39.4%	22.5%
1977	39.1%	22.1%
1978	38.8%	21.8%
1979	38.5%	21.7%
1980	38.2%	21.7%
1981	38%	21.7%
1982	37.8%	21.9%
1983	37.8%	22.1%
1984	37.7%	22.4%
1985	37.5%	22.6%
1986	37.5%	22.8%
1987	37.4%	22.9%
1988	37.5%	23%
1989	37.5%	23%
1990	37.5%	22.9%
1991	37.6%	22.7%
1992	37.6%	22.4%
1993	37.9%	22%
1994	38.2%	21.6%
1995	38%	21.2%
1996	37.6%	20.7%
1997	37.1%	20.2%
1998	36.4%	19.5%
1999	35.8%	18.8%
2000	35.2%	18%
2001	34.6%	17.3%
2002	33.9%	16.6%
2003	33.3%	16%
2004	32.7%	15.6%
2005	32.2%	15.2%
2006	31.7%	14.9%
2007	31.2%	14.8%
2008	30.7%	14.9%
2009	30.3%	15%
2010	30.3%	15.2%
2011	30.4%	15.4%
2012	30.8%	15.7%
2013	31.1%	16.1%
2014	31.5%	16.5%
2015	31.8%	16.9%
2016	32.1%	17.2%
2017	32.2%	17.5%
2018	32.3%	17.6%
2019	32.6%	17.6%
2020	32.9%	17.7%
2021	33%	17.7%
2022	32.9%	17.7%
2023	32.7%	17.5%
2024	32.3%	17.3%
2025	31.9%	17%
2026	31.4%	16.7%
2027	31%	16.3%
2028	30.5%	15.9%
2029	30%	15.5%
2030	29.5%	15%
2031	28.9%	14.6%
2032	28.5%	14.2%
2033	27.9%	14%
2034	27.4%	13.8%
2035	27%	13.7%
2036	26.6%	13.6%
2037	26.4%	13.6%
2038	26.2%	13.6%
2039	26.1%	13.7%
2040	25.9%	13.9%
2041	25.8%	14%
2042	25.7%	14.2%
2043	25.7%	14.4%
2044	25.6%	14.6%
2045	25.5%	14.8%
2046	25.4%	15%
2047	25.3%	15.2%
2048	25.2%	15.4%
2049	25.1%	15.5%
2050	24.9%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	54,920	1,962,834
1961	57,176	1,810,538
1962	58,827	1,573,701
1963	60,145	1,436,077
1964	59,657	1,233,520
1965	59,163	1,059,335
1966	59,346	989,279
1967	59,793	854,554
1968	60,670	787,621
1969	63,396	753,088
1970	66,485	785,554
1971	68,902	854,999
1972	70,852	872,050
1973	71,500	846,561
1974	71,925	883,186
1975	72,255	843,850
1976	73,280	852,237
1977	74,296	832,932
1978	76,137	812,766
1979	76,489	690,135
1980	72,092	681,149
1981	77,955	713,700
1982	81,716	830,855
1983	84,139	906,676
1984	89,356	756,548
1985	92,084	762,447
1986	98,263	985,279
1987	101,232	977,583
1988	97,415	778,343
1989	99,934	576,112
1990	97,485	325,533
1991	97,753	103,876
1992	95,275	-222,808
1993	81,754	-757,140
1994	72,693	-920,129
1995	80,264	-845,742
1996	73,129	-785,248
1997	67,159	-769,159
1998	69,151	-694,053
1999	71,155	-927,453
2000	62,699	-967,540
2001	65,275	-963,445
2002	65,379	-944,492
2003	69,598	-896,822
2004	74,529	-792,370
2005	72,793	-846,761
2006	81,929	-686,638
2007	85,348	-471,257
2008	89,355	-356,856
2009	99,709	-257,014
2010	110,435	-242,844
2011	114,260	-128,716
2012	119,259	0
2013	121,898	28,761
2014	127,566	28,848
2015	130,464	43,392
2016	126,594	0
2017	122,350	-130,764
2018	141,125	-232,637
2019	143,007	-319,997
2020	120,406	-697,177
2021	113,730	-1,027,702
2022	118,579	-576,948
2023	115,016	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Russia
1985	81	81
1986	76	69
1987	74	65
1988	73	63
1989	71	61
1990	72	58
1991	71	57
1992	74	62
1993	78	76
1994	88	85
1995	92	82
1996	91	69
1997	85	59
1998	79	53
1999	75	53
2000	72	51
2001	72	48
2002	74	47
2003	75	45
2004	74	41
2005	74	38
2006	76	32
2007	75	29
2008	73	27
2009	71	24
2010	71	23
2011	70	19
2012	67	18
2013	64	16
2014	62	16
2015	58	15
2016	53	14
2017	49	12
2018	49	12
2019	47	12
2020	55	19
2021	70	21
2022	44	13
2023	42	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	-	3.23%
1967	-	3.11%
1968	-	3.02%
1969	-	2.94%
1970	-	2.88%
1971	-	2.84%
1972	-	2.81%
1973	-	2.78%
1974	-	2.77%
1975	11.5%	2.76%
1976	11.2%	2.76%
1977	10.9%	2.76%
1978	10.6%	2.76%
1979	10.3%	2.75%
1980	9.92%	2.73%
1981	9.56%	2.7%
1982	9.17%	2.66%
1983	8.75%	2.62%
1984	8.34%	2.56%
1985	7.92%	2.5%
1986	7.54%	2.42%
1987	7.18%	2.34%
1988	6.87%	2.26%
1989	6.64%	2.2%
1990	6.52%	2.17%
1991	6.47%	2.16%
1992	6.47%	2.17%
1993	6.49%	2.19%
1994	6.48%	2.2%
1995	6.36%	2.2%
1996	6.17%	2.17%
1997	5.92%	2.13%
1998	5.63%	2.08%
1999	5.35%	2.02%
2000	5.08%	1.94%
2001	4.81%	1.84%
2002	4.57%	1.73%
2003	4.33%	1.61%
2004	4.12%	1.5%
2005	3.93%	1.39%
2006	3.76%	1.29%
2007	3.57%	1.2%
2008	3.37%	1.13%
2009	3.16%	1.07%
2010	2.96%	1.04%
2011	2.77%	1.02%
2012	2.6%	0.99%
2013	2.47%	0.95%
2014	2.35%	0.89%
2015	2.22%	0.82%
2016	2.11%	0.75%
2017	2%	0.69%
2018	1.91%	0.63%
2019	1.84%	0.58%
2020	1.78%	0.54%
2021	1.75%	0.51%
2022	1.72%	0.47%
2023	1.7%	0.45%