Colombia vs Kyrgyzstan Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Colombia vs Kyrgyzstan

Table

Year	Median age
	Colombia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	16.6	23.1
1961	16.5	22.9
1962	16.4	22.6
1963	16.4	22.2
1964	16.3	21.6
1965	16.3	21
1966	16.4	20.6
1967	16.4	20.3
1968	16.5	20.1
1969	16.6	20
1970	16.8	20
1971	16.9	20
1972	17.1	20
1973	17.3	19.9
1974	17.6	19.9
1975	17.8	19.9
1976	18	20
1977	18.2	20
1978	18.5	20.1
1979	18.7	20.2
1980	19	20.4
1981	19.2	20.6
1982	19.5	20.7
1983	19.8	20.8
1984	20.1	21
1985	20.4	21.2
1986	20.7	21.4
1987	21	21.5
1988	21.3	21.6
1989	21.6	21.7
1990	21.8	21.7
1991	22.1	21.6
1992	22.3	21.6
1993	22.5	21.5
1994	22.8	21.4
1995	23	21.4
1996	23.2	21.5
1997	23.5	21.7
1998	23.7	21.9
1999	23.9	22.2
2000	24.2	22.4
2001	24.5	22.6
2002	24.7	22.8
2003	25	23
2004	25.3	23.2
2005	25.6	23.3
2006	26	23.5
2007	26.4	23.6
2008	26.7	23.7
2009	27.1	23.9
2010	27.5	24.1
2011	27.9	24.3
2012	28.3	24.5
2013	28.7	24.6
2014	29.2	24.8
2015	29.6	25
2016	30	25.1
2017	30.4	25.2
2018	30.7	25.3
2019	31.1	25.5
2020	31.5	25.7
2021	31.9	25.8
2022	32.2	26
2023	32.7	26.1
2024	33.1	26.2
2025	33.5	26.4
2026	34	26.5
2027	34.4	26.6
2028	34.9	26.7
2029	35.4	26.8
2030	35.8	26.9
2031	36.3	27
2032	36.8	27.2
2033	37.3	27.3
2034	37.7	27.4
2035	38.2	27.6
2036	38.7	27.8
2037	39.1	28
2038	39.6	28.3
2039	40.1	28.5
2040	40.5	28.8
2041	41	29
2042	41.4	29.2
2043	41.9	29.5
2044	42.3	29.8
2045	42.7	30
2046	43.1	30.3
2047	43.5	30.6
2048	43.9	30.9
2049	44.3	31.2
2050	44.7	31.5

In 1960, the median age in Colombia was 16.6 years compared to 23.1 years in Kyrgyzstan. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 33.1 years in Colombia and to 26.2 years in Kyrgyzstan.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Colombia is expected to increased to around 44.7 years by 2050 compared to 31.5 years in Kyrgyzstan. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Colombia		Kyrgyzstan
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.42%	3.29%	5.49%	5.2%
5-9	3.39%	3.25%	5.78%	5.49%
10-14	3.53%	3.39%	5.33%	5.04%
15-19	3.83%	3.68%	4.38%	4.12%
20-24	4.17%	4.07%	3.64%	3.7%
25-29	4.36%	4.33%	3.74%	3.82%
30-34	4.24%	4.25%	3.87%	3.94%
35-39	3.81%	3.84%	3.57%	3.65%
40-44	3.5%	3.58%	2.9%	3%
45-49	3.07%	3.21%	2.51%	2.6%
50-54	2.77%	2.95%	2.22%	2.37%
55-59	2.63%	2.84%	1.96%	2.21%
60-64	2.29%	2.53%	1.71%	2.06%
65-69	1.75%	2%	1.16%	1.53%
70-74	1.23%	1.47%	0.68%	0.96%
75-79	0.77%	0.99%	0.27%	0.43%
80+	0.59%	0.98%	0.22%	0.42%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Colombia has low demographic potential with 53.2% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 63.6% and average potential in Kyrgyzstan.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Colombia			Kyrgyzstan
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	98.6%	92.9%	5.66%	81.3%	70%	11.4%
1961	99.2%	93.5%	5.64%	83.5%	72.4%	11.1%
1962	99.7%	94%	5.63%	84.8%	74%	10.8%
1963	100.1%	94.5%	5.62%	85.8%	75.4%	10.5%
1964	100.3%	94.7%	5.61%	86.6%	76.4%	10.2%
1965	100%	94.4%	5.6%	86.6%	76.6%	9.97%
1966	99.6%	94%	5.6%	86%	76.2%	9.78%
1967	99%	93.4%	5.59%	85.3%	75.7%	9.65%
1968	98.1%	92.5%	5.59%	84.6%	75%	9.56%
1969	97%	91.4%	5.6%	83.9%	74.4%	9.45%
1970	95.6%	90%	5.6%	83.3%	73.9%	9.34%
1971	94.1%	88.5%	5.62%	82.8%	73.6%	9.21%
1972	92.5%	86.8%	5.65%	82.4%	73.3%	9.06%
1973	90.6%	85%	5.67%	81.8%	72.9%	8.89%
1974	88.7%	83%	5.71%	80.9%	72.2%	8.76%
1975	86.8%	81.1%	5.76%	80%	71.4%	8.65%
1976	85%	79.1%	5.82%	79.1%	70.5%	8.57%
1977	83.1%	77.2%	5.9%	78.1%	69.6%	8.52%
1978	81.2%	75.3%	5.98%	77.1%	68.6%	8.47%
1979	79.4%	73.3%	6.05%	76.1%	67.7%	8.37%
1980	77.6%	71.5%	6.1%	75.1%	66.9%	8.22%
1981	76%	69.8%	6.15%	74.2%	66.2%	8.03%
1982	74.5%	68.3%	6.19%	73.4%	65.6%	7.79%
1983	73%	66.8%	6.23%	72.8%	65.3%	7.53%
1984	71.7%	65.4%	6.26%	72.3%	64.9%	7.4%
1985	70.4%	64.2%	6.28%	72%	64.5%	7.43%
1986	69.4%	63.1%	6.3%	71.9%	64.4%	7.54%
1987	68.4%	62.1%	6.35%	72.2%	64.5%	7.71%
1988	67.6%	61.2%	6.4%	72.7%	64.7%	7.99%
1989	66.8%	60.4%	6.46%	73.1%	64.9%	8.25%
1990	66.1%	59.6%	6.52%	73.5%	65.1%	8.43%
1991	65.4%	58.8%	6.59%	74%	65.4%	8.63%
1992	64.8%	58.1%	6.66%	74.6%	65.7%	8.88%
1993	64.2%	57.5%	6.72%	76.1%	66.8%	9.27%
1994	63.6%	56.8%	6.78%	77.4%	67.7%	9.65%
1995	62.9%	56%	6.84%	77%	67.3%	9.77%
1996	62.1%	55.2%	6.91%	75.8%	66.1%	9.73%
1997	61.2%	54.3%	6.98%	74.1%	64.5%	9.59%
1998	60.4%	53.3%	7.06%	72%	62.7%	9.38%
1999	59.6%	52.4%	7.15%	70%	60.8%	9.16%
2000	58.8%	51.6%	7.23%	68.2%	59.2%	9.01%
2001	58%	50.7%	7.31%	66.4%	57.5%	8.92%
2002	57.3%	49.9%	7.4%	64.6%	55.8%	8.85%
2003	56.5%	49%	7.49%	63%	54.2%	8.79%
2004	55.6%	48%	7.6%	61.5%	52.8%	8.72%
2005	54.7%	47%	7.72%	60.1%	51.5%	8.61%
2006	53.8%	45.9%	7.87%	58.6%	50.2%	8.41%
2007	52.8%	44.7%	8.06%	57.1%	49%	8.1%
2008	51.8%	43.5%	8.28%	55.3%	47.7%	7.66%
2009	50.9%	42.3%	8.51%	53.8%	46.7%	7.17%
2010	49.9%	41.2%	8.76%	53.1%	46.3%	6.81%
2011	49.1%	40%	9.03%	53.4%	46.7%	6.75%
2012	48.3%	38.9%	9.33%	54.4%	47.5%	6.93%
2013	47.5%	37.8%	9.65%	55.7%	48.5%	7.21%
2014	46.8%	36.8%	10%	56.9%	49.4%	7.52%
2015	46.2%	35.8%	10.4%	58.2%	50.3%	7.85%
2016	45.6%	34.8%	10.8%	59.1%	51%	8.08%
2017	44.8%	33.8%	11.1%	59.5%	51.3%	8.16%
2018	44.1%	32.7%	11.4%	60%	51.7%	8.24%
2019	43.5%	31.7%	11.8%	60.7%	52.4%	8.32%
2020	43.1%	31%	12.1%	61.4%	53%	8.31%
2021	42.9%	30.4%	12.5%	61.6%	53.3%	8.26%
2022	42.8%	29.9%	12.9%	61.6%	53.2%	8.4%
2023	42.8%	29.4%	13.4%	61.5%	52.8%	8.77%
2024	43%	29%	14%	61.4%	52.2%	9.17%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Colombia decreased from 55.6% to 43% between 2004 and 2024.

In Kyrgyzstan, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 61.5% to 61.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Colombia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	50.4%	55.1%
1961	50.2%	54.5%
1962	50.1%	54.1%
1963	50%	53.8%
1964	49.9%	53.6%
1965	50%	53.6%
1966	50.1%	53.8%
1967	50.2%	54%
1968	50.5%	54.2%
1969	50.8%	54.4%
1970	51.1%	54.6%
1971	51.5%	54.7%
1972	52%	54.8%
1973	52.5%	55%
1974	53%	55.3%
1975	53.5%	55.6%
1976	54.1%	55.8%
1977	54.6%	56.1%
1978	55.2%	56.5%
1979	55.7%	56.8%
1980	56.3%	57.1%
1981	56.8%	57.4%
1982	57.3%	57.7%
1983	57.8%	57.9%
1984	58.2%	58%
1985	58.7%	58.2%
1986	59%	58.2%
1987	59.4%	58.1%
1988	59.7%	57.9%
1989	59.9%	57.8%
1990	60.2%	57.6%
1991	60.5%	57.5%
1992	60.7%	57.3%
1993	60.9%	56.8%
1994	61.1%	56.4%
1995	61.4%	56.5%
1996	61.7%	56.9%
1997	62%	57.4%
1998	62.3%	58.1%
1999	62.7%	58.8%
2000	63%	59.5%
2001	63.3%	60.1%
2002	63.6%	60.7%
2003	63.9%	61.4%
2004	64.3%	61.9%
2005	64.6%	62.5%
2006	65%	63%
2007	65.4%	63.7%
2008	65.9%	64.4%
2009	66.3%	65%
2010	66.7%	65.3%
2011	67.1%	65.2%
2012	67.4%	64.7%
2013	67.8%	64.2%
2014	68.1%	63.7%
2015	68.4%	63.2%
2016	68.7%	62.9%
2017	69%	62.7%
2018	69.4%	62.5%
2019	69.7%	62.2%
2020	69.9%	62%
2021	70%	61.9%
2022	70%	61.9%
2023	70%	61.9%
2024	69.9%	62%
2025	69.8%	62.1%
2026	69.6%	62.3%
2027	69.4%	62.5%
2028	69.2%	62.7%
2029	68.9%	63%
2030	68.7%	63.3%
2031	68.5%	63.6%
2032	68.2%	63.9%
2033	68%	64.2%
2034	67.8%	64.6%
2035	67.7%	64.9%
2036	67.6%	65.1%
2037	67.5%	65.2%
2038	67.4%	65.2%
2039	67.3%	65.3%
2040	67.2%	65.3%
2041	67%	65.3%
2042	66.9%	65.3%
2043	66.7%	65.3%
2044	66.5%	65.2%
2045	66.3%	65.2%
2046	66%	65.1%
2047	65.8%	65.1%
2048	65.5%	65.1%
2049	65.2%	65.1%
2050	64.9%	65%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 64.3% to 69.9% in Colombia and from 61.9% to 62% in Kyrgyzstan.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	46.8%	38.6%
1961	47%	39.4%
1962	47.1%	40.1%
1963	47.2%	40.6%
1964	47.3%	40.9%
1965	47.2%	41.1%
1966	47.1%	41%
1967	46.9%	40.8%
1968	46.7%	40.7%
1969	46.4%	40.5%
1970	46%	40.3%
1971	45.6%	40.3%
1972	45.1%	40.2%
1973	44.6%	40.1%
1974	44%	39.9%
1975	43.4%	39.6%
1976	42.8%	39.4%
1977	42.2%	39.1%
1978	41.5%	38.8%
1979	40.9%	38.5%
1980	40.3%	38.2%
1981	39.7%	38%
1982	39.1%	37.8%
1983	38.6%	37.8%
1984	38.1%	37.7%
1985	37.6%	37.5%
1986	37.2%	37.5%
1987	36.9%	37.4%
1988	36.5%	37.5%
1989	36.2%	37.5%
1990	35.9%	37.5%
1991	35.6%	37.6%
1992	35.3%	37.6%
1993	35%	37.9%
1994	34.7%	38.2%
1995	34.4%	38%
1996	34%	37.6%
1997	33.7%	37.1%
1998	33.3%	36.4%
1999	32.9%	35.8%
2000	32.5%	35.2%
2001	32.1%	34.6%
2002	31.7%	33.9%
2003	31.3%	33.3%
2004	30.9%	32.7%
2005	30.4%	32.2%
2006	29.9%	31.7%
2007	29.3%	31.2%
2008	28.7%	30.7%
2009	28.1%	30.3%
2010	27.5%	30.3%
2011	26.9%	30.4%
2012	26.3%	30.8%
2013	25.7%	31.1%
2014	25.1%	31.5%
2015	24.5%	31.8%
2016	23.9%	32.1%
2017	23.3%	32.2%
2018	22.7%	32.3%
2019	22.1%	32.6%
2020	21.7%	32.9%
2021	21.3%	33%
2022	21%	32.9%
2023	20.6%	32.7%
2024	20.3%	32.3%
2025	20%	31.9%
2026	19.7%	31.4%
2027	19.5%	31%
2028	19.3%	30.5%
2029	19.1%	30%
2030	18.8%	29.5%
2031	18.6%	28.9%
2032	18.4%	28.5%
2033	18.2%	27.9%
2034	18%	27.4%
2035	17.7%	27%
2036	17.4%	26.6%
2037	17.2%	26.4%
2038	16.9%	26.2%
2039	16.7%	26.1%
2040	16.4%	25.9%
2041	16.2%	25.8%
2042	16%	25.7%
2043	15.7%	25.7%
2044	15.5%	25.6%
2045	15.4%	25.5%
2046	15.2%	25.4%
2047	15%	25.3%
2048	14.8%	25.2%
2049	14.7%	25.1%
2050	14.6%	24.9%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 20.3% in Colombia and 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan. Birth rates in Colombia compared to Kyrgyzstan .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Colombia	Kyrgyzstan
1960	2.85%	6.28%
1961	2.83%	6.05%
1962	2.82%	5.83%
1963	2.81%	5.63%
1964	2.8%	5.47%
1965	2.8%	5.34%
1966	2.8%	5.26%
1967	2.81%	5.21%
1968	2.82%	5.18%
1969	2.84%	5.14%
1970	2.86%	5.09%
1971	2.9%	5.04%
1972	2.93%	4.97%
1973	2.98%	4.89%
1974	3.02%	4.84%
1975	3.08%	4.8%
1976	3.15%	4.79%
1977	3.22%	4.79%
1978	3.3%	4.78%
1979	3.37%	4.75%
1980	3.43%	4.7%
1981	3.49%	4.61%
1982	3.55%	4.49%
1983	3.6%	4.36%
1984	3.65%	4.29%
1985	3.68%	4.32%
1986	3.72%	4.39%
1987	3.77%	4.48%
1988	3.82%	4.62%
1989	3.87%	4.76%
1990	3.92%	4.86%
1991	3.98%	4.96%
1992	4.04%	5.09%
1993	4.09%	5.27%
1994	4.15%	5.44%
1995	4.2%	5.52%
1996	4.26%	5.53%
1997	4.33%	5.51%
1998	4.4%	5.45%
1999	4.48%	5.39%
2000	4.55%	5.36%
2001	4.63%	5.36%
2002	4.7%	5.38%
2003	4.79%	5.39%
2004	4.88%	5.4%
2005	4.99%	5.38%
2006	5.12%	5.3%
2007	5.27%	5.15%
2008	5.45%	4.93%
2009	5.64%	4.66%
2010	5.84%	4.45%
2011	6.06%	4.4%
2012	6.29%	4.49%
2013	6.54%	4.63%
2014	6.82%	4.79%
2015	7.11%	4.97%
2016	7.39%	5.08%
2017	7.65%	5.12%
2018	7.91%	5.15%
2019	8.19%	5.17%
2020	8.46%	5.15%
2021	8.71%	5.11%
2022	9.01%	5.2%
2023	9.38%	5.43%
2024	9.78%	5.68%
2025	10.2%	5.97%
2026	10.6%	6.26%
2027	11.1%	6.53%
2028	11.5%	6.78%
2029	12%	7.03%
2030	12.5%	7.27%
2031	12.9%	7.47%
2032	13.3%	7.64%
2033	13.8%	7.81%
2034	14.2%	7.98%
2035	14.6%	8.14%
2036	15%	8.29%
2037	15.3%	8.42%
2038	15.7%	8.53%
2039	16.1%	8.63%
2040	16.4%	8.73%
2041	16.8%	8.83%
2042	17.2%	8.94%
2043	17.6%	9.05%
2044	18%	9.16%
2045	18.4%	9.28%
2046	18.8%	9.42%
2047	19.2%	9.55%
2048	19.7%	9.69%
2049	20.1%	9.86%
2050	20.6%	10.1%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 9.78% in Colombia and 5.68% in Kyrgyzstan. Life expectancy in Colombia compared to Kyrgyzstan .