Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	5.31	6.38
1961	5.36	6.42
1962	5.42	6.38
1963	5.48	6.34
1964	5.43	6.29
1965	5.38	6.22
1966	5.32	6.15
1967	5.26	6.06
1968	5.18	5.96
1969	5.18	5.87
1970	5.2	5.78
1971	5.18	5.67
1972	5.14	5.55
1973	5.02	5.41
1974	4.89	5.24
1975	4.76	5.09
1976	4.68	4.93
1977	4.59	4.78
1978	4.53	4.69
1979	4.38	4.58
1980	4.22	4.45
1981	4.19	4.35
1982	4.2	4.21
1983	4.17	4.06
1984	4.2	3.91
1985	4.2	3.78
1986	4.22	3.66
1987	4.16	3.54
1988	4.03	3.45
1989	3.88	3.34
1990	3.63	3.11
1991	3.58	3
1992	3.52	2.94
1993	3.2	2.92
1994	2.9	2.87
1995	3.1	2.84
1996	2.8	2.78
1997	2.6	2.74
1998	2.7	2.71
1999	2.6	2.63
2000	2.4	2.49
2001	2.4	2.39
2002	2.4	2.27
2003	2.5	2.2
2004	2.6	2.2
2005	2.5	2.2
2006	2.7	2.19
2007	2.7	2.16
2008	2.8	2.15
2009	2.9	2.1
2010	3.1	2.08
2011	3.1	2.05
2012	3.2	2.11
2013	3.1	2.11
2014	3.2	2.19
2015	3.2	2.16
2016	3.1	2.11
2017	3	2.08
2018	3.3	2
2019	3.3	1.89
2020	3.1	1.77
2021	2.89	1.71
2022	2.8	1.63
2023	2.7	1.51
2024	2.68	1.51
2025	2.65	1.5
2026	2.63	1.5
2027	2.6	1.5
2028	2.57	1.5
2029	2.55	1.5
2030	2.53	1.5
2031	2.5	1.5
2032	2.47	1.5
2033	2.45	1.5
2034	2.43	1.5
2035	2.4	1.5
2036	2.38	1.5
2037	2.36	1.5
2038	2.35	1.5
2039	2.33	1.5
2040	2.31	1.5
2041	2.29	1.5
2042	2.28	1.5
2043	2.26	1.5
2044	2.24	1.5
2045	2.23	1.5
2046	2.21	1.5
2047	2.2	1.5
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	Turkey
1960	38.6%	42%
1961	39.4%	42.2%
1962	40.1%	42.4%
1963	40.6%	42.5%
1964	40.9%	42.7%
1965	41.1%	42.8%
1966	41%	42.8%
1967	40.8%	42.9%
1968	40.7%	42.9%
1969	40.5%	42.8%
1970	40.3%	42.7%
1971	40.3%	42.5%
1972	40.2%	42.3%
1973	40.1%	42.1%
1974	39.9%	41.8%
1975	39.6%	41.5%
1976	39.4%	41.1%
1977	39.1%	40.7%
1978	38.8%	40.4%
1979	38.5%	40.1%
1980	38.2%	39.8%
1981	38%	39.6%
1982	37.8%	39.3%
1983	37.8%	38.9%
1984	37.7%	38.5%
1985	37.5%	38.1%
1986	37.5%	37.6%
1987	37.4%	37.2%
1988	37.5%	36.7%
1989	37.5%	36.3%
1990	37.5%	35.8%
1991	37.6%	35.3%
1992	37.6%	34.8%
1993	37.9%	34.3%
1994	38.2%	33.8%
1995	38%	33.2%
1996	37.6%	32.6%
1997	37.1%	32%
1998	36.4%	31.4%
1999	35.8%	30.8%
2000	35.2%	30.2%
2001	34.6%	29.7%
2002	33.9%	29.2%
2003	33.3%	28.7%
2004	32.7%	28.3%
2005	32.2%	27.9%
2006	31.7%	27.5%
2007	31.2%	27.1%
2008	30.7%	26.7%
2009	30.3%	26.3%
2010	30.3%	25.9%
2011	30.4%	25.5%
2012	30.8%	25.1%
2013	31.1%	24.7%
2014	31.5%	24.3%
2015	31.8%	23.9%
2016	32.1%	23.6%
2017	32.2%	23.3%
2018	32.3%	23.1%
2019	32.6%	23%
2020	32.9%	22.8%
2021	33%	22.5%
2022	32.9%	22.2%
2023	32.7%	21.8%
2024	32.3%	21.4%
2025	31.9%	21%
2026	31.4%	20.6%
2027	31%	20.1%
2028	30.5%	19.6%
2029	30%	19.2%
2030	29.5%	18.7%
2031	28.9%	18.2%
2032	28.5%	17.8%
2033	27.9%	17.4%
2034	27.4%	17.1%
2035	27%	16.8%
2036	26.6%	16.5%
2037	26.4%	16.3%
2038	26.2%	16.2%
2039	26.1%	16.1%
2040	25.9%	16%
2041	25.8%	15.8%
2042	25.7%	15.7%
2043	25.7%	15.6%
2044	25.6%	15.5%
2045	25.5%	15.4%
2046	25.4%	15.3%
2047	25.3%	15.2%
2048	25.2%	15.1%
2049	25.1%	15%
2050	24.9%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	54,920	773,009
1961	57,176	816,911
1962	58,827	837,473
1963	60,145	862,626
1964	59,657	884,152
1965	59,163	904,016
1966	59,346	925,790
1967	59,793	936,727
1968	60,670	950,778
1969	63,396	970,958
1970	66,485	991,950
1971	68,902	1,014,165
1972	70,852	1,023,781
1973	71,500	1,025,675
1974	71,925	1,020,053
1975	72,255	1,012,904
1976	73,280	1,009,999
1977	74,296	1,023,779
1978	76,137	1,054,863
1979	76,489	1,076,707
1980	72,092	1,090,538
1981	77,955	1,100,082
1982	81,716	1,091,863
1983	84,139	1,095,106
1984	89,356	1,096,529
1985	92,084	1,098,846
1986	98,263	1,102,660
1987	101,232	1,099,042
1988	97,415	1,101,266
1989	99,934	1,094,036
1990	97,485	1,044,467
1991	97,753	1,041,229
1992	95,275	1,039,125
1993	81,754	1,064,168
1994	72,693	1,078,208
1995	80,264	1,090,630
1996	73,129	1,091,827
1997	67,159	1,099,738
1998	69,151	1,103,242
1999	71,155	1,063,312
2000	62,699	1,020,515
2001	65,275	980,560
2002	65,379	922,927
2003	69,598	893,683
2004	74,529	896,025
2005	72,793	898,650
2006	81,929	897,351
2007	85,348	876,626
2008	89,355	868,749
2009	99,709	900,491
2010	110,435	892,334
2011	114,260	875,839
2012	119,259	917,145
2013	121,898	921,386
2014	127,566	957,055
2015	130,464	930,799
2016	126,594	895,841
2017	122,350	875,408
2018	141,125	830,353
2019	143,007	751,472
2020	120,406	608,708
2021	113,730	521,713
2022	118,579	535,373
2023	115,016	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Turkey
1985	81	56
1986	76	53
1987	74	50
1988	73	47
1989	71	44
1990	72	42
1991	71	41
1992	74	40
1993	78	39
1994	88	38
1995	92	37
1996	91	36
1997	85	35
1998	79	34
1999	75	34
2000	72	32
2001	72	31
2002	74	30
2003	75	29
2004	74	28
2005	74	27
2006	76	26
2007	75	25
2008	73	24
2009	71	23
2010	71	23
2011	70	23
2012	67	21
2013	64	20
2014	62	20
2015	58	19
2016	53	19
2017	49	18
2018	49	17
2019	47	17
2020	55	19
2021	70	20
2022	44	21
2023	42	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	11.5%	15.7%
1976	11.2%	15.1%
1977	10.9%	14.5%
1978	10.6%	13.9%
1979	10.3%	13.3%
1980	9.92%	12.7%
1981	9.56%	12.1%
1982	9.17%	11.5%
1983	8.75%	10.9%
1984	8.34%	10.3%
1985	7.92%	9.79%
1986	7.54%	9.27%
1987	7.18%	8.77%
1988	6.87%	8.29%
1989	6.64%	7.83%
1990	6.52%	7.38%
1991	6.47%	6.95%
1992	6.47%	6.52%
1993	6.49%	6.11%
1994	6.48%	5.73%
1995	6.36%	5.35%
1996	6.17%	5%
1997	5.92%	4.66%
1998	5.63%	4.33%
1999	5.35%	4.03%
2000	5.08%	3.74%
2001	4.81%	3.47%
2002	4.57%	3.22%
2003	4.33%	2.99%
2004	4.12%	2.77%
2005	3.93%	2.57%
2006	3.76%	2.38%
2007	3.57%	2.21%
2008	3.37%	2.06%
2009	3.16%	1.92%
2010	2.96%	1.79%
2011	2.77%	1.68%
2012	2.6%	1.58%
2013	2.47%	1.49%
2014	2.35%	1.4%
2015	2.22%	1.33%
2016	2.11%	1.26%
2017	2%	1.2%
2018	1.91%	1.15%
2019	1.84%	1.1%
2020	1.78%	1.05%
2021	1.75%	1.01%
2022	1.72%	0.96%
2023	1.7%	1.28%