Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and United States

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs the United States 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	United States
1960	5.31	3.65
1961	5.36	3.62
1962	5.42	3.46
1963	5.48	3.32
1964	5.43	3.19
1965	5.38	2.91
1966	5.32	2.72
1967	5.26	2.56
1968	5.18	2.46
1969	5.18	2.46
1970	5.2	2.48
1971	5.18	2.27
1972	5.14	2.01
1973	5.02	1.88
1974	4.89	1.84
1975	4.76	1.77
1976	4.68	1.74
1977	4.59	1.79
1978	4.53	1.76
1979	4.38	1.81
1980	4.22	1.84
1981	4.19	1.81
1982	4.2	1.83
1983	4.17	1.8
1984	4.2	1.81
1985	4.2	1.84
1986	4.22	1.84
1987	4.16	1.87
1988	4.03	1.93
1989	3.88	2.01
1990	3.63	2.08
1991	3.58	2.06
1992	3.52	2.05
1993	3.2	2.02
1994	2.9	2
1995	3.1	1.98
1996	2.8	1.98
1997	2.6	1.97
1998	2.7	2
1999	2.6	2.01
2000	2.4	2.06
2001	2.4	2.03
2002	2.4	2.02
2003	2.5	2.05
2004	2.6	2.05
2005	2.5	2.06
2006	2.7	2.11
2007	2.7	2.12
2008	2.8	2.07
2009	2.9	2
2010	3.1	1.93
2011	3.1	1.89
2012	3.2	1.88
2013	3.1	1.86
2014	3.2	1.86
2015	3.2	1.84
2016	3.1	1.82
2017	3	1.77
2018	3.3	1.73
2019	3.3	1.71
2020	3.1	1.64
2021	2.89	1.66
2022	2.8	1.66
2023	2.7	1.62
2024	2.68	1.62
2025	2.65	1.62
2026	2.63	1.62
2027	2.6	1.62
2028	2.57	1.62
2029	2.55	1.62
2030	2.53	1.62
2031	2.5	1.62
2032	2.47	1.62
2033	2.45	1.63
2034	2.43	1.62
2035	2.4	1.63
2036	2.38	1.63
2037	2.36	1.63
2038	2.35	1.63
2039	2.33	1.63
2040	2.31	1.63
2041	2.29	1.63
2042	2.28	1.63
2043	2.26	1.63
2044	2.24	1.63
2045	2.23	1.64
2046	2.21	1.64
2047	2.2	1.63
2048	2.18	1.64
2049	2.17	1.63
2050	2.15	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	United States
1960	38.6%	31.3%
1961	39.4%	31.4%
1962	40.1%	31.3%
1963	40.6%	31.1%
1964	40.9%	30.9%
1965	41.1%	30.7%
1966	41%	30.4%
1967	40.8%	30%
1968	40.7%	29.5%
1969	40.5%	29%
1970	40.3%	28.6%
1971	40.3%	28%
1972	40.2%	27.4%
1973	40.1%	26.6%
1974	39.9%	25.9%
1975	39.6%	25.2%
1976	39.4%	24.4%
1977	39.1%	23.8%
1978	38.8%	23.2%
1979	38.5%	22.8%
1980	38.2%	22.4%
1981	38%	22.1%
1982	37.8%	22%
1983	37.8%	21.8%
1984	37.7%	21.7%
1985	37.5%	21.5%
1986	37.5%	21.3%
1987	37.4%	21.3%
1988	37.5%	21.3%
1989	37.5%	21.5%
1990	37.5%	21.6%
1991	37.6%	21.7%
1992	37.6%	21.8%
1993	37.9%	21.9%
1994	38.2%	21.9%
1995	38%	21.8%
1996	37.6%	21.7%
1997	37.1%	21.5%
1998	36.4%	21.4%
1999	35.8%	21.3%
2000	35.2%	21.2%
2001	34.6%	21%
2002	33.9%	20.9%
2003	33.3%	20.7%
2004	32.7%	20.5%
2005	32.2%	20.3%
2006	31.7%	20.2%
2007	31.2%	20%
2008	30.7%	19.9%
2009	30.3%	19.8%
2010	30.3%	19.7%
2011	30.4%	19.6%
2012	30.8%	19.5%
2013	31.1%	19.4%
2014	31.5%	19.3%
2015	31.8%	19.2%
2016	32.1%	19.1%
2017	32.2%	18.9%
2018	32.3%	18.8%
2019	32.6%	18.6%
2020	32.9%	18.4%
2021	33%	18.1%
2022	32.9%	17.9%
2023	32.7%	17.6%
2024	32.3%	17.3%
2025	31.9%	17.1%
2026	31.4%	16.9%
2027	31%	16.7%
2028	30.5%	16.6%
2029	30%	16.4%
2030	29.5%	16.3%
2031	28.9%	16.1%
2032	28.5%	16%
2033	27.9%	16%
2034	27.4%	15.9%
2035	27%	15.9%
2036	26.6%	15.9%
2037	26.4%	15.9%
2038	26.2%	15.9%
2039	26.1%	15.9%
2040	25.9%	15.9%
2041	25.8%	16%
2042	25.7%	16%
2043	25.7%	16%
2044	25.6%	16%
2045	25.5%	16%
2046	25.4%	16%
2047	25.3%	16%
2048	25.2%	16%
2049	25.1%	15.9%
2050	24.9%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	54,920	2,565,530
1961	57,176	2,571,681
1962	58,827	2,406,337
1963	60,145	2,289,826
1964	59,657	2,245,099
1965	59,163	1,943,030
1966	59,346	1,749,387
1967	59,793	1,669,181
1968	60,670	1,565,507
1969	63,396	1,702,487
1970	66,485	1,824,965
1971	68,902	1,640,519
1972	70,852	1,301,355
1973	71,500	1,165,499
1974	71,925	1,218,968
1975	72,255	1,252,644
1976	73,280	1,264,604
1977	74,296	1,431,556
1978	76,137	1,402,283
1979	76,489	1,597,894
1980	72,092	1,608,450
1981	77,955	1,652,153
1982	81,716	1,714,317
1983	84,139	1,636,544
1984	89,356	1,627,192
1985	92,084	1,689,258
1986	98,263	1,656,917
1987	101,232	1,720,252
1988	97,415	1,735,943
1989	99,934	1,875,826
1990	97,485	2,026,068
1991	97,753	1,926,543
1992	95,275	1,875,328
1993	81,754	1,717,685
1994	72,693	1,633,302
1995	80,264	1,546,031
1996	73,129	1,510,137
1997	67,159	1,501,014
1998	69,151	1,573,857
1999	71,155	1,564,050
2000	62,699	1,664,758
2001	65,275	1,595,826
2002	65,379	1,581,938
2003	69,598	1,653,615
2004	74,529	1,698,271
2005	72,793	1,684,445
2006	81,929	1,849,955
2007	85,348	1,897,757
2008	89,355	1,794,154
2009	99,709	1,717,920
2010	110,435	1,548,182
2011	114,260	1,441,697
2012	119,259	1,411,822
2013	121,898	1,322,711
2014	127,566	1,357,281
2015	130,464	1,270,126
2016	126,594	1,197,627
2017	122,350	1,028,037
2018	141,125	955,022
2019	143,007	887,476
2020	120,406	208,862
2021	113,730	199,137
2022	118,579	399,926
2023	115,016	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	United States
1985	81	11
1986	76	11
1987	74	11
1988	73	12
1989	71	12
1990	72	12
1991	71	12
1992	74	11
1993	78	12
1994	88	11
1995	92	12
1996	91	11
1997	85	11
1998	79	11
1999	75	12
2000	72	12
2001	72	13
2002	74	13
2003	75	13
2004	74	13
2005	74	13
2006	76	13
2007	75	13
2008	73	14
2009	71	15
2010	71	15
2011	70	15
2012	67	16
2013	64	16
2014	62	17
2015	58	17
2016	53	18
2017	49	18
2018	49	18
2019	47	18
2020	55	22
2021	70	31
2022	44	20
2023	42	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	11.5%	1.88%
1976	11.2%	1.79%
1977	10.9%	1.71%
1978	10.6%	1.63%
1979	10.3%	1.56%
1980	9.92%	1.5%
1981	9.56%	1.44%
1982	9.17%	1.39%
1983	8.75%	1.34%
1984	8.34%	1.3%
1985	7.92%	1.27%
1986	7.54%	1.24%
1987	7.18%	1.21%
1988	6.87%	1.19%
1989	6.64%	1.16%
1990	6.52%	1.12%
1991	6.47%	1.09%
1992	6.47%	1.05%
1993	6.49%	1.01%
1994	6.48%	0.98%
1995	6.36%	0.95%
1996	6.17%	0.92%
1997	5.92%	0.89%
1998	5.63%	0.87%
1999	5.35%	0.86%
2000	5.08%	0.84%
2001	4.81%	0.83%
2002	4.57%	0.82%
2003	4.33%	0.81%
2004	4.12%	0.81%
2005	3.93%	0.8%
2006	3.76%	0.79%
2007	3.57%	0.77%
2008	3.37%	0.76%
2009	3.16%	0.75%
2010	2.96%	0.73%
2011	2.77%	0.72%
2012	2.6%	0.7%
2013	2.47%	0.69%
2014	2.35%	0.68%
2015	2.22%	0.68%
2016	2.11%	0.67%
2017	2%	0.66%
2018	1.91%	0.65%
2019	1.84%	0.65%
2020	1.78%	0.65%
2021	1.75%	0.65%
2022	1.72%	0.65%
2023	1.7%	0.65%