Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Turkmenistan 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 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan
1960	5.31	6.59
1961	5.36	6.69
1962	5.42	6.76
1963	5.48	6.79
1964	5.43	6.79
1965	5.38	6.76
1966	5.32	6.7
1967	5.26	6.64
1968	5.18	6.56
1969	5.18	6.48
1970	5.2	6.4
1971	5.18	6.32
1972	5.14	6.2
1973	5.02	6.15
1974	4.89	6.09
1975	4.76	6
1976	4.68	5.9
1977	4.59	5.77
1978	4.53	5.61
1979	4.38	5.46
1980	4.22	5.3
1981	4.19	5.16
1982	4.2	5.04
1983	4.17	4.97
1984	4.2	4.96
1985	4.2	4.97
1986	4.22	4.94
1987	4.16	4.84
1988	4.03	4.68
1989	3.88	4.46
1990	3.63	4.29
1991	3.58	4.14
1992	3.52	3.96
1993	3.2	3.78
1994	2.9	3.62
1995	3.1	3.49
1996	2.8	3.29
1997	2.6	3.18
1998	2.7	3.08
1999	2.6	2.98
2000	2.4	2.9
2001	2.4	2.81
2002	2.4	2.71
2003	2.5	2.67
2004	2.6	2.67
2005	2.5	2.71
2006	2.7	2.72
2007	2.7	2.73
2008	2.8	2.75
2009	2.9	2.79
2010	3.1	2.85
2011	3.1	2.9
2012	3.2	2.96
2013	3.1	3.01
2014	3.2	3.02
2015	3.2	3.03
2016	3.1	2.99
2017	3	2.93
2018	3.3	2.88
2019	3.3	2.83
2020	3.1	2.79
2021	2.89	2.75
2022	2.8	2.73
2023	2.7	2.69
2024	2.68	2.66
2025	2.65	2.63
2026	2.63	2.6
2027	2.6	2.57
2028	2.57	2.54
2029	2.55	2.51
2030	2.53	2.49
2031	2.5	2.46
2032	2.47	2.43
2033	2.45	2.41
2034	2.43	2.39
2035	2.4	2.37
2036	2.38	2.35
2037	2.36	2.33
2038	2.35	2.31
2039	2.33	2.29
2040	2.31	2.27
2041	2.29	2.26
2042	2.28	2.24
2043	2.26	2.22
2044	2.24	2.21
2045	2.23	2.19
2046	2.21	2.18
2047	2.2	2.16
2048	2.18	2.15
2049	2.17	2.14
2050	2.15	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan
1960	38.6%	40.4%
1961	39.4%	41.7%
1962	40.1%	42.8%
1963	40.6%	43.8%
1964	40.9%	44.5%
1965	41.1%	44.9%
1966	41%	45.2%
1967	40.8%	45.4%
1968	40.7%	45.6%
1969	40.5%	45.5%
1970	40.3%	45.4%
1971	40.3%	45.1%
1972	40.2%	44.8%
1973	40.1%	44.4%
1974	39.9%	43.9%
1975	39.6%	43.4%
1976	39.4%	43%
1977	39.1%	42.5%
1978	38.8%	42.1%
1979	38.5%	41.6%
1980	38.2%	41.3%
1981	38%	41%
1982	37.8%	40.8%
1983	37.8%	40.7%
1984	37.7%	40.7%
1985	37.5%	40.7%
1986	37.5%	40.8%
1987	37.4%	41%
1988	37.5%	41.1%
1989	37.5%	41.2%
1990	37.5%	41.2%
1991	37.6%	41.2%
1992	37.6%	41.1%
1993	37.9%	41%
1994	38.2%	40.8%
1995	38%	40.5%
1996	37.6%	40.2%
1997	37.1%	39.6%
1998	36.4%	38.9%
1999	35.8%	38.1%
2000	35.2%	37.3%
2001	34.6%	36.4%
2002	33.9%	35.6%
2003	33.3%	34.8%
2004	32.7%	34%
2005	32.2%	33.3%
2006	31.7%	32.6%
2007	31.2%	31.9%
2008	30.7%	31.3%
2009	30.3%	30.8%
2010	30.3%	30.3%
2011	30.4%	30%
2012	30.8%	29.7%
2013	31.1%	29.6%
2014	31.5%	29.6%
2015	31.8%	29.7%
2016	32.1%	29.9%
2017	32.2%	30.2%
2018	32.3%	30.5%
2019	32.6%	30.9%
2020	32.9%	31.2%
2021	33%	31.5%
2022	32.9%	31.7%
2023	32.7%	31.7%
2024	32.3%	31.5%
2025	31.9%	31.2%
2026	31.4%	30.8%
2027	31%	30.3%
2028	30.5%	29.7%
2029	30%	29.1%
2030	29.5%	28.4%
2031	28.9%	27.7%
2032	28.5%	27%
2033	27.9%	26.4%
2034	27.4%	25.8%
2035	27%	25.3%
2036	26.6%	24.8%
2037	26.4%	24.4%
2038	26.2%	24%
2039	26.1%	23.7%
2040	25.9%	23.4%
2041	25.8%	23.3%
2042	25.7%	23.1%
2043	25.7%	23.1%
2044	25.6%	23%
2045	25.5%	23%
2046	25.4%	23%
2047	25.3%	23%
2048	25.2%	23%
2049	25.1%	23%
2050	24.9%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
1960	54,920	49,436
1961	57,176	51,659
1962	58,827	53,248
1963	60,145	54,203
1964	59,657	54,574
1965	59,163	54,558
1966	59,346	54,353
1967	59,793	54,209
1968	60,670	54,324
1969	63,396	54,791
1970	66,485	55,617
1971	68,902	56,666
1972	70,852	57,326
1973	71,500	59,169
1974	71,925	60,925
1975	72,255	62,681
1976	73,280	64,513
1977	74,296	66,318
1978	76,137	68,437
1979	76,489	71,135
1980	72,092	74,394
1981	77,955	77,829
1982	81,716	80,989
1983	84,139	85,183
1984	89,356	90,591
1985	92,084	95,890
1986	98,263	100,930
1987	101,232	103,885
1988	97,415	104,802
1989	99,934	103,553
1990	97,485	101,099
1991	97,753	99,297
1992	95,275	96,668
1993	81,754	92,596
1994	72,693	89,319
1995	80,264	86,289
1996	73,129	80,996
1997	67,159	79,045
1998	69,151	77,342
1999	71,155	76,362
2000	62,699	76,875
2001	65,275	76,682
2002	65,379	75,639
2003	69,598	76,737
2004	74,529	79,850
2005	72,793	83,968
2006	81,929	87,840
2007	85,348	92,038
2008	89,355	96,815
2009	99,709	102,931
2010	110,435	109,318
2011	114,260	115,197
2012	119,259	120,957
2013	121,898	126,217
2014	127,566	129,677
2015	130,464	132,663
2016	126,594	132,581
2017	122,350	131,417
2018	141,125	129,537
2019	143,007	128,275
2020	120,406	124,014
2021	113,730	122,721
2022	118,579	121,814
2023	115,016	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Turkmenistan

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 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan
1985	81	77
1986	76	75
1987	74	72
1988	73	69
1989	71	65
1990	72	62
1991	71	60
1992	74	58
1993	78	56
1994	88	54
1995	92	50
1996	91	46
1997	85	40
1998	79	34
1999	75	29
2000	72	25
2001	72	22
2002	74	20
2003	75	18
2004	74	17
2005	74	15
2006	76	14
2007	75	13
2008	73	11
2009	71	10
2010	71	9
2011	70	8
2012	67	7
2013	64	7
2014	62	6
2015	58	6
2016	53	6
2017	49	5
2018	49	5
2019	47	5
2020	55	5
2021	70	6
2022	44	5
2023	42	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
1975	11.5%	-
1976	11.2%	-
1977	10.9%	13.2%
1978	10.6%	12.8%
1979	10.3%	12.3%
1980	9.92%	11.9%
1981	9.56%	11.4%
1982	9.17%	10.9%
1983	8.75%	10.5%
1984	8.34%	9.98%
1985	7.92%	9.51%
1986	7.54%	9.08%
1987	7.18%	8.7%
1988	6.87%	8.36%
1989	6.64%	8.09%
1990	6.52%	7.91%
1991	6.47%	7.83%
1992	6.47%	7.83%
1993	6.49%	7.87%
1994	6.48%	7.92%
1995	6.36%	7.94%
1996	6.17%	7.9%
1997	5.92%	7.79%
1998	5.63%	7.59%
1999	5.35%	7.31%
2000	5.08%	6.97%
2001	4.81%	6.61%
2002	4.57%	6.24%
2003	4.33%	5.88%
2004	4.12%	5.56%
2005	3.93%	5.25%
2006	3.76%	4.99%
2007	3.57%	4.77%
2008	3.37%	4.6%
2009	3.16%	4.45%
2010	2.96%	4.36%
2011	2.77%	4.29%
2012	2.6%	4.25%
2013	2.47%	4.25%
2014	2.35%	4.25%
2015	2.22%	4.29%
2016	2.11%	4.33%
2017	2%	4.37%
2018	1.91%	4.36%
2019	1.84%	4.33%
2020	1.78%	4.26%
2021	1.75%	4.18%
2022	1.72%	4.1%
2023	1.7%	4%