Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and South Korea

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	5.31	5.99
1961	5.36	5.8
1962	5.42	5.56
1963	5.48	5.33
1964	5.43	5.07
1965	5.38	4.89
1966	5.32	4.78
1967	5.26	4.62
1968	5.18	4.51
1969	5.18	4.45
1970	5.2	4.53
1971	5.18	4.54
1972	5.14	4.12
1973	5.02	4.07
1974	4.89	3.77
1975	4.76	3.43
1976	4.68	3
1977	4.59	2.99
1978	4.53	2.64
1979	4.38	2.9
1980	4.22	2.82
1981	4.19	2.57
1982	4.2	2.39
1983	4.17	2.06
1984	4.2	1.74
1985	4.2	1.66
1986	4.22	1.58
1987	4.16	1.53
1988	4.03	1.55
1989	3.88	1.56
1990	3.63	1.57
1991	3.58	1.71
1992	3.52	1.76
1993	3.2	1.65
1994	2.9	1.66
1995	3.1	1.63
1996	2.8	1.57
1997	2.6	1.54
1998	2.7	1.46
1999	2.6	1.43
2000	2.4	1.48
2001	2.4	1.31
2002	2.4	1.18
2003	2.5	1.19
2004	2.6	1.16
2005	2.5	1.09
2006	2.7	1.13
2007	2.7	1.26
2008	2.8	1.19
2009	2.9	1.15
2010	3.1	1.23
2011	3.1	1.24
2012	3.2	1.3
2013	3.1	1.19
2014	3.2	1.21
2015	3.2	1.24
2016	3.1	1.17
2017	3	1.05
2018	3.3	0.98
2019	3.3	0.92
2020	3.1	0.84
2021	2.89	0.81
2022	2.8	0.78
2023	2.7	0.72
2024	2.68	0.73
2025	2.65	0.75
2026	2.63	0.76
2027	2.6	0.78
2028	2.57	0.79
2029	2.55	0.8
2030	2.53	0.82
2031	2.5	0.83
2032	2.47	0.84
2033	2.45	0.85
2034	2.43	0.86
2035	2.4	0.88
2036	2.38	0.89
2037	2.36	0.9
2038	2.35	0.91
2039	2.33	0.92
2040	2.31	0.93
2041	2.29	0.95
2042	2.28	0.96
2043	2.26	0.96
2044	2.24	0.97
2045	2.23	0.98
2046	2.21	0.99
2047	2.2	1
2048	2.18	1.01
2049	2.17	1.02
2050	2.15	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	South Korea
1960	38.6%	41.3%
1961	39.4%	41.8%
1962	40.1%	42.3%
1963	40.6%	42.7%
1964	40.9%	43.1%
1965	41.1%	43.3%
1966	41%	43.5%
1967	40.8%	43.3%
1968	40.7%	43.1%
1969	40.5%	42.7%
1970	40.3%	42.1%
1971	40.3%	41.5%
1972	40.2%	41%
1973	40.1%	40.3%
1974	39.9%	39.5%
1975	39.6%	38.5%
1976	39.4%	37.5%
1977	39.1%	36.5%
1978	38.8%	35.6%
1979	38.5%	34.8%
1980	38.2%	34%
1981	38%	33.3%
1982	37.8%	32.7%
1983	37.8%	32%
1984	37.7%	31.2%
1985	37.5%	30.2%
1986	37.5%	29.2%
1987	37.4%	28.2%
1988	37.5%	27.3%
1989	37.5%	26.5%
1990	37.5%	25.8%
1991	37.6%	25.2%
1992	37.6%	24.7%
1993	37.9%	24.2%
1994	38.2%	23.7%
1995	38%	23.1%
1996	37.6%	22.5%
1997	37.1%	22%
1998	36.4%	21.6%
1999	35.8%	21.2%
2000	35.2%	21%
2001	34.6%	20.8%
2002	33.9%	20.5%
2003	33.3%	20.1%
2004	32.7%	19.7%
2005	32.2%	19.2%
2006	31.7%	18.7%
2007	31.2%	18.1%
2008	30.7%	17.5%
2009	30.3%	16.9%
2010	30.3%	16.4%
2011	30.4%	15.8%
2012	30.8%	15.2%
2013	31.1%	14.7%
2014	31.5%	14.2%
2015	31.8%	13.8%
2016	32.1%	13.4%
2017	32.2%	13%
2018	32.3%	12.7%
2019	32.6%	12.4%
2020	32.9%	12.1%
2021	33%	11.8%
2022	32.9%	11.4%
2023	32.7%	11%
2024	32.3%	10.6%
2025	31.9%	10.2%
2026	31.4%	9.82%
2027	31%	9.42%
2028	30.5%	9.06%
2029	30%	8.75%
2030	29.5%	8.43%
2031	28.9%	8.15%
2032	28.5%	7.94%
2033	27.9%	7.79%
2034	27.4%	7.7%
2035	27%	7.66%
2036	26.6%	7.65%
2037	26.4%	7.66%
2038	26.2%	7.68%
2039	26.1%	7.71%
2040	25.9%	7.73%
2041	25.8%	7.75%
2042	25.7%	7.76%
2043	25.7%	7.77%
2044	25.6%	7.78%
2045	25.5%	7.79%
2046	25.4%	7.8%
2047	25.3%	7.81%
2048	25.2%	7.82%
2049	25.1%	7.82%
2050	24.9%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	54,920	728,010
1961	57,176	730,173
1962	58,827	712,590
1963	60,145	685,824
1964	59,657	655,501
1965	59,163	641,090
1966	59,346	623,534
1967	59,793	692,169
1968	60,670	684,487
1969	63,396	694,227
1970	66,485	747,987
1971	68,902	789,185
1972	70,852	740,469
1973	71,500	699,115
1974	71,925	673,030
1975	72,255	603,300
1976	73,280	530,558
1977	74,296	578,947
1978	76,137	499,084
1979	76,489	623,068
1980	72,092	583,294
1981	77,955	631,189
1982	81,716	605,626
1983	84,139	514,844
1984	89,356	436,384
1985	92,084	416,219
1986	98,263	395,651
1987	101,232	378,758
1988	97,415	399,297
1989	99,934	403,266
1990	97,485	411,546
1991	97,753	467,594
1992	95,275	494,352
1993	81,754	477,302
1994	72,693	473,200
1995	80,264	468,967
1996	73,129	446,142
1997	67,159	422,773
1998	69,151	393,436
1999	71,155	368,272
2000	62,699	390,167
2001	65,275	312,643
2002	65,379	247,752
2003	69,598	244,251
2004	74,529	225,988
2005	72,793	187,920
2006	81,929	203,441
2007	85,348	248,286
2008	89,355	215,841
2009	99,709	197,231
2010	110,435	213,083
2011	114,260	214,728
2012	119,259	215,859
2013	121,898	166,415
2014	127,566	167,464
2015	130,464	163,248
2016	126,594	122,923
2017	122,350	71,907
2018	141,125	30,951
2019	143,007	10,353
2020	120,406	-31,101
2021	113,730	-56,947
2022	118,579	-124,014
2023	115,016	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	South Korea
1985	81	38
1986	76	35
1987	74	34
1988	73	31
1989	71	29
1990	72	28
1991	71	28
1992	74	26
1993	78	24
1994	88	23
1995	92	22
1996	91	20
1997	85	19
1998	79	18
1999	75	17
2000	72	15
2001	72	14
2002	74	13
2003	75	13
2004	74	12
2005	74	11
2006	76	10
2007	75	10
2008	73	9
2009	71	9
2010	71	8
2011	70	8
2012	67	8
2013	64	7
2014	62	7
2015	58	6
2016	53	6
2017	49	6
2018	49	5
2019	47	5
2020	55	12
2021	70	5
2022	44	7
2023	42	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	11.5%	4.61%
1976	11.2%	4.42%
1977	10.9%	4.23%
1978	10.6%	4.04%
1979	10.3%	3.84%
1980	9.92%	3.63%
1981	9.56%	3.4%
1982	9.17%	3.17%
1983	8.75%	2.93%
1984	8.34%	2.7%
1985	7.92%	2.46%
1986	7.54%	2.25%
1987	7.18%	2.05%
1988	6.87%	1.87%
1989	6.64%	1.71%
1990	6.52%	1.57%
1991	6.47%	1.44%
1992	6.47%	1.33%
1993	6.49%	1.23%
1994	6.48%	1.14%
1995	6.36%	1.05%
1996	6.17%	0.98%
1997	5.92%	0.91%
1998	5.63%	0.85%
1999	5.35%	0.8%
2000	5.08%	0.75%
2001	4.81%	0.71%
2002	4.57%	0.68%
2003	4.33%	0.64%
2004	4.12%	0.6%
2005	3.93%	0.56%
2006	3.76%	0.52%
2007	3.57%	0.48%
2008	3.37%	0.45%
2009	3.16%	0.43%
2010	2.96%	0.41%
2011	2.77%	0.4%
2012	2.6%	0.38%
2013	2.47%	0.37%
2014	2.35%	0.36%
2015	2.22%	0.35%
2016	2.11%	0.34%
2017	2%	0.33%
2018	1.91%	0.32%
2019	1.84%	0.31%
2020	1.78%	0.3%
2021	1.75%	0.29%
2022	1.72%	0.28%
2023	1.7%	0.28%