Fertility & birth rates in Kyrgyzstan and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Kyrgyzstan vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kyrgyzstan vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	5.31	6.78
1961	5.36	6.73
1962	5.42	6.67
1963	5.48	6.62
1964	5.43	6.57
1965	5.38	6.52
1966	5.32	6.51
1967	5.26	6.51
1968	5.18	6.46
1969	5.18	6.41
1970	5.2	6.35
1971	5.18	6.29
1972	5.14	6.23
1973	5.02	6.15
1974	4.89	6.06
1975	4.76	5.98
1976	4.68	5.89
1977	4.59	5.81
1978	4.53	5.77
1979	4.38	5.73
1980	4.22	5.69
1981	4.19	5.65
1982	4.2	5.6
1983	4.17	5.55
1984	4.2	5.49
1985	4.2	5.43
1986	4.22	5.38
1987	4.16	5.33
1988	4.03	5.27
1989	3.88	5.21
1990	3.63	5.17
1991	3.58	5.13
1992	3.52	5.09
1993	3.2	5.02
1994	2.9	4.94
1995	3.1	4.85
1996	2.8	4.75
1997	2.6	4.66
1998	2.7	4.6
1999	2.6	4.56
2000	2.4	4.54
2001	2.4	4.5
2002	2.4	4.38
2003	2.5	4.29
2004	2.6	4.21
2005	2.5	4.13
2006	2.7	4.1
2007	2.7	4.12
2008	2.8	4.16
2009	2.9	4.16
2010	3.1	4.13
2011	3.1	4.09
2012	3.2	4.06
2013	3.1	4.04
2014	3.2	4
2015	3.2	3.95
2016	3.1	3.92
2017	3	3.88
2018	3.3	3.83
2019	3.3	3.79
2020	3.1	3.74
2021	2.89	3.7
2022	2.8	3.65
2023	2.7	3.6
2024	2.68	3.57
2025	2.65	3.53
2026	2.63	3.5
2027	2.6	3.46
2028	2.57	3.42
2029	2.55	3.39
2030	2.53	3.35
2031	2.5	3.32
2032	2.47	3.28
2033	2.45	3.25
2034	2.43	3.21
2035	2.4	3.18
2036	2.38	3.15
2037	2.36	3.13
2038	2.35	3.1
2039	2.33	3.08
2040	2.31	3.05
2041	2.29	3.03
2042	2.28	3
2043	2.26	2.97
2044	2.24	2.94
2045	2.23	2.92
2046	2.21	2.9
2047	2.2	2.88
2048	2.18	2.85
2049	2.17	2.83
2050	2.15	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Vanuatu
1960	38.6%	44.6%
1961	39.4%	44.8%
1962	40.1%	45.1%
1963	40.6%	45.2%
1964	40.9%	45.4%
1965	41.1%	45.5%
1966	41%	45.7%
1967	40.8%	45.8%
1968	40.7%	45.8%
1969	40.5%	45.8%
1970	40.3%	45.7%
1971	40.3%	45.7%
1972	40.2%	45.6%
1973	40.1%	45.5%
1974	39.9%	45.5%
1975	39.6%	45.4%
1976	39.4%	45.2%
1977	39.1%	45.1%
1978	38.8%	45%
1979	38.5%	44.5%
1980	38.2%	44%
1981	38%	43.9%
1982	37.8%	44%
1983	37.8%	44%
1984	37.7%	44.1%
1985	37.5%	44.2%
1986	37.5%	44.2%
1987	37.4%	44.1%
1988	37.5%	44.1%
1989	37.5%	44%
1990	37.5%	43.9%
1991	37.6%	43.9%
1992	37.6%	44.1%
1993	37.9%	44.8%
1994	38.2%	45.2%
1995	38%	45%
1996	37.6%	44.8%
1997	37.1%	44.4%
1998	36.4%	44%
1999	35.8%	43.5%
2000	35.2%	42.9%
2001	34.6%	42.4%
2002	33.9%	41.8%
2003	33.3%	41.3%
2004	32.7%	40.7%
2005	32.2%	40.2%
2006	31.7%	39.6%
2007	31.2%	39.2%
2008	30.7%	38.8%
2009	30.3%	38.5%
2010	30.3%	38.2%
2011	30.4%	38.1%
2012	30.8%	38.2%
2013	31.1%	38.2%
2014	31.5%	38.4%
2015	31.8%	38.5%
2016	32.1%	38.7%
2017	32.2%	38.8%
2018	32.3%	38.9%
2019	32.6%	39%
2020	32.9%	39%
2021	33%	39%
2022	32.9%	38.8%
2023	32.7%	38.6%
2024	32.3%	38.3%
2025	31.9%	38%
2026	31.4%	37.6%
2027	31%	37.1%
2028	30.5%	36.7%
2029	30%	36.2%
2030	29.5%	35.8%
2031	28.9%	35.3%
2032	28.5%	34.9%
2033	27.9%	34.5%
2034	27.4%	34.1%
2035	27%	33.7%
2036	26.6%	33.4%
2037	26.4%	33.2%
2038	26.2%	32.9%
2039	26.1%	32.7%
2040	25.9%	32.5%
2041	25.8%	32.3%
2042	25.7%	32.2%
2043	25.7%	32%
2044	25.6%	31.8%
2045	25.5%	31.6%
2046	25.4%	31.5%
2047	25.3%	31.3%
2048	25.2%	31.1%
2049	25.1%	30.9%
2050	24.9%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.3% of the population in Kyrgyzstan and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kyrgyzstan and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Kyrgyzstan vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.94% in Kyrgyzstan and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	54,920	1,796
1961	57,176	1,872
1962	58,827	1,947
1963	60,145	2,025
1964	59,657	2,098
1965	59,163	2,180
1966	59,346	2,278
1967	59,793	2,384
1968	60,670	2,470
1969	63,396	2,529
1970	66,485	2,597
1971	68,902	2,685
1972	70,852	2,775
1973	71,500	2,876
1974	71,925	2,968
1975	72,255	3,074
1976	73,280	3,174
1977	74,296	3,285
1978	76,137	3,428
1979	76,489	3,590
1980	72,092	3,383
1981	77,955	3,592
1982	81,716	3,778
1983	84,139	3,944
1984	89,356	4,088
1985	92,084	4,219
1986	98,263	4,360
1987	101,232	4,427
1988	97,415	4,577
1989	99,934	4,656
1990	97,485	4,762
1991	97,753	4,859
1992	95,275	4,941
1993	81,754	4,973
1994	72,693	4,973
1995	80,264	4,945
1996	73,129	4,897
1997	67,159	4,854
1998	69,151	4,866
1999	71,155	4,871
2000	62,699	5,026
2001	65,275	5,144
2002	65,379	5,181
2003	69,598	5,258
2004	74,529	5,353
2005	72,793	5,454
2006	81,929	5,606
2007	85,348	5,842
2008	89,355	6,138
2009	99,709	6,362
2010	110,435	6,548
2011	114,260	6,715
2012	119,259	6,877
2013	121,898	7,036
2014	127,566	7,143
2015	130,464	7,220
2016	126,594	7,315
2017	122,350	7,371
2018	141,125	7,379
2019	143,007	7,364
2020	120,406	7,233
2021	113,730	7,199
2022	118,579	7,358
2023	115,016	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Kyrgyzstan vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kyrgyzstan	Vanuatu
1985	81	211
1986	76	194
1987	74	200
1988	73	172
1989	71	162
1990	72	151
1991	71	140
1992	74	140
1993	78	133
1994	88	131
1995	92	131
1996	91	129
1997	85	131
1998	79	134
1999	75	146
2000	72	133
2001	72	132
2002	74	128
2003	75	131
2004	74	131
2005	74	127
2006	76	123
2007	75	120
2008	73	117
2009	71	114
2010	71	114
2011	70	112
2012	67	109
2013	64	110
2014	62	110
2015	58	109
2016	53	107
2017	49	107
2018	49	108
2019	47	105
2020	55	107
2021	70	124
2022	44	105
2023	42	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Kyrgyzstan and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	11.5%	8.58%
1976	11.2%	8.21%
1977	10.9%	7.84%
1978	10.6%	7.45%
1979	10.3%	7.07%
1980	9.92%	6.67%
1981	9.56%	6.27%
1982	9.17%	5.87%
1983	8.75%	5.48%
1984	8.34%	5.12%
1985	7.92%	4.78%
1986	7.54%	4.47%
1987	7.18%	4.2%
1988	6.87%	3.96%
1989	6.64%	3.76%
1990	6.52%	3.58%
1991	6.47%	3.43%
1992	6.47%	3.29%
1993	6.49%	3.18%
1994	6.48%	3.08%
1995	6.36%	3%
1996	6.17%	2.92%
1997	5.92%	2.86%
1998	5.63%	2.79%
1999	5.35%	2.74%
2000	5.08%	2.68%
2001	4.81%	2.63%
2002	4.57%	2.58%
2003	4.33%	2.54%
2004	4.12%	2.5%
2005	3.93%	2.45%
2006	3.76%	2.4%
2007	3.57%	2.34%
2008	3.37%	2.27%
2009	3.16%	2.2%
2010	2.96%	2.12%
2011	2.77%	2.05%
2012	2.6%	1.99%
2013	2.47%	1.94%
2014	2.35%	1.9%
2015	2.22%	1.87%
2016	2.11%	1.84%
2017	2%	1.82%
2018	1.91%	1.8%
2019	1.84%	1.78%
2020	1.78%	1.77%
2021	1.75%	1.74%
2022	1.72%	1.71%
2023	1.7%	1.68%