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

Median age history and projection chart in
Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan

Table

Year	Median age
	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan
1960	23.1	21.6
1961	22.9	21.4
1962	22.6	20.9
1963	22.2	20.4
1964	21.6	19.6
1965	21	18.9
1966	20.6	18.4
1967	20.3	18.1
1968	20.1	17.9
1969	20	17.8
1970	20	17.8
1971	20	17.8
1972	20	17.8
1973	19.9	17.8
1974	19.9	17.8
1975	19.9	17.9
1976	20	17.9
1977	20	18
1978	20.1	18
1979	20.2	18.1
1980	20.4	18.1
1981	20.6	18.1
1982	20.7	18.2
1983	20.8	18.2
1984	21	18.2
1985	21.2	18.2
1986	21.4	18.3
1987	21.5	18.3
1988	21.6	18.3
1989	21.7	18.2
1990	21.7	18.1
1991	21.6	18
1992	21.6	17.9
1993	21.5	17.8
1994	21.4	17.7
1995	21.4	17.7
1996	21.5	17.7
1997	21.7	17.9
1998	21.9	18
1999	22.2	18.2
2000	22.4	18.5
2001	22.6	18.7
2002	22.8	18.9
2003	23	19.2
2004	23.2	19.4
2005	23.3	19.6
2006	23.5	19.8
2007	23.6	20.1
2008	23.7	20.4
2009	23.9	20.6
2010	24.1	20.8
2011	24.3	21
2012	24.5	21.2
2013	24.6	21.4
2014	24.8	21.6
2015	25	21.7
2016	25.1	21.9
2017	25.2	22
2018	25.3	22.2
2019	25.5	22.3
2020	25.7	22.5
2021	25.8	22.6
2022	26	22.7
2023	26.1	22.9
2024	26.2	23
2025	26.4	23.2
2026	26.5	23.4
2027	26.6	23.4
2028	26.7	23.5
2029	26.8	23.6
2030	26.9	23.7
2031	27	23.9
2032	27.2	24
2033	27.3	24.3
2034	27.4	24.5
2035	27.6	24.7
2036	27.8	25
2037	28	25.2
2038	28.3	25.4
2039	28.5	25.7
2040	28.8	26
2041	29	26.3
2042	29.2	26.6
2043	29.5	26.9
2044	29.8	27.2
2045	30	27.4
2046	30.3	27.7
2047	30.6	28
2048	30.9	28.3
2049	31.2	28.6
2050	31.5	28.9

In 1960, the median age in Kyrgyzstan was 23.1 years compared to 21.6 years in Tajikistan. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 26.2 years in Kyrgyzstan and to 23 years in Tajikistan.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Kyrgyzstan is expected to increased to around 31.5 years by 2050 compared to 28.9 years in Tajikistan. 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
	Kyrgyzstan		Tajikistan
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.49%	5.2%	6.45%	6.11%
5-9	5.78%	5.49%	6.32%	6.17%
10-14	5.33%	5.04%	5.56%	5.65%
15-19	4.38%	4.12%	4.33%	4.45%
20-24	3.64%	3.7%	4%	4.29%
25-29	3.74%	3.82%	4.01%	4.23%
30-34	3.87%	3.94%	3.84%	3.97%
35-39	3.57%	3.65%	3.48%	3.61%
40-44	2.9%	3%	2.64%	2.76%
45-49	2.51%	2.6%	2.08%	2.23%
50-54	2.22%	2.37%	1.81%	1.97%
55-59	1.96%	2.21%	1.58%	1.76%
60-64	1.71%	2.06%	1.34%	1.52%
65-69	1.16%	1.53%	0.88%	1.02%
70-74	0.68%	0.96%	0.47%	0.59%
75-79	0.27%	0.43%	0.19%	0.27%
80+	0.22%	0.42%	0.16%	0.27%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Kyrgyzstan has average demographic potential with 63.6% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 69.4% and similar potential in Tajikistan.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Kyrgyzstan			Tajikistan
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	81.3%	70%	11.4%	80.1%	72.4%	7.71%
1961	83.5%	72.4%	11.1%	84.1%	76.3%	7.83%
1962	84.8%	74%	10.8%	87.8%	79.8%	7.97%
1963	85.8%	75.4%	10.5%	91%	82.9%	8.11%
1964	86.6%	76.4%	10.2%	93.6%	85.3%	8.25%
1965	86.6%	76.6%	9.97%	95%	86.6%	8.36%
1966	86%	76.2%	9.78%	95.6%	87.2%	8.43%
1967	85.3%	75.7%	9.65%	96%	87.5%	8.47%
1968	84.6%	75%	9.56%	96%	87.6%	8.46%
1969	83.9%	74.4%	9.45%	95.8%	87.4%	8.43%
1970	83.3%	73.9%	9.34%	95.5%	87.2%	8.38%
1971	82.8%	73.6%	9.21%	95.2%	86.9%	8.3%
1972	82.4%	73.3%	9.06%	94.7%	86.5%	8.18%
1973	81.8%	72.9%	8.89%	94%	86%	8.04%
1974	80.9%	72.2%	8.76%	93.2%	85.3%	7.89%
1975	80%	71.4%	8.65%	92.3%	84.6%	7.74%
1976	79.1%	70.5%	8.57%	91.3%	83.7%	7.6%
1977	78.1%	69.6%	8.52%	90.4%	82.9%	7.46%
1978	77.1%	68.6%	8.47%	89.5%	82.2%	7.32%
1979	76.1%	67.7%	8.37%	88.8%	81.7%	7.19%
1980	75.1%	66.9%	8.22%	88.5%	81.4%	7.06%
1981	74.2%	66.2%	8.03%	88.2%	81.3%	6.9%
1982	73.4%	65.6%	7.79%	87.9%	81.2%	6.7%
1983	72.8%	65.3%	7.53%	87.7%	81.2%	6.51%
1984	72.3%	64.9%	7.4%	87.6%	81.3%	6.33%
1985	72%	64.5%	7.43%	87.4%	81.1%	6.31%
1986	71.9%	64.4%	7.54%	87.1%	80.7%	6.41%
1987	72.2%	64.5%	7.71%	87.2%	80.6%	6.51%
1988	72.7%	64.7%	7.99%	87.5%	80.9%	6.6%
1989	73.1%	64.9%	8.25%	88.4%	81.7%	6.66%
1990	73.5%	65.1%	8.43%	89.5%	82.8%	6.67%
1991	74%	65.4%	8.63%	90.4%	83.7%	6.69%
1992	74.6%	65.7%	8.88%	91.6%	84.8%	6.76%
1993	76.1%	66.8%	9.27%	93.1%	86.2%	6.9%
1994	77.4%	67.7%	9.65%	94.1%	87%	7.02%
1995	77%	67.3%	9.77%	94.4%	87.3%	7.1%
1996	75.8%	66.1%	9.73%	93.9%	86.8%	7.12%
1997	74.1%	64.5%	9.59%	92.3%	85.2%	7.06%
1998	72%	62.7%	9.38%	90.1%	83.2%	6.96%
1999	70%	60.8%	9.16%	87.5%	80.7%	6.82%
2000	68.2%	59.2%	9.01%	84.8%	78.1%	6.69%
2001	66.4%	57.5%	8.92%	82.2%	75.6%	6.59%
2002	64.6%	55.8%	8.85%	79.6%	73.1%	6.5%
2003	63%	54.2%	8.79%	77.2%	70.8%	6.42%
2004	61.5%	52.8%	8.72%	75.1%	68.7%	6.35%
2005	60.1%	51.5%	8.61%	73.1%	66.8%	6.26%
2006	58.6%	50.2%	8.41%	71.3%	65.1%	6.13%
2007	57.1%	49%	8.1%	69.8%	63.8%	5.97%
2008	55.3%	47.7%	7.66%	68.6%	62.8%	5.76%
2009	53.8%	46.7%	7.17%	67.6%	62%	5.53%
2010	53.1%	46.3%	6.81%	66.7%	61.4%	5.31%
2011	53.4%	46.7%	6.75%	66.1%	61%	5.13%
2012	54.4%	47.5%	6.93%	65.7%	60.7%	4.99%
2013	55.7%	48.5%	7.21%	65.2%	60.3%	4.9%
2014	56.9%	49.4%	7.52%	64.8%	59.9%	4.86%
2015	58.2%	50.3%	7.85%	64.7%	59.8%	4.87%
2016	59.1%	51%	8.08%	64.6%	59.7%	4.91%
2017	59.5%	51.3%	8.16%	64.6%	59.6%	5%
2018	60%	51.7%	8.24%	64.9%	59.8%	5.12%
2019	60.7%	52.4%	8.32%	65.3%	60%	5.27%
2020	61.4%	53%	8.31%	65.8%	60.4%	5.41%
2021	61.6%	53.3%	8.26%	66.4%	60.8%	5.56%
2022	61.6%	53.2%	8.4%	66.8%	61%	5.79%
2023	61.5%	52.8%	8.77%	67.1%	61%	6.1%
2024	61.4%	52.2%	9.17%	67%	60.5%	6.43%

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 Kyrgyzstan decreased from 61.5% to 61.4% between 2004 and 2024.

In Tajikistan, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 75.1% to 67% 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
	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan
1960	55.1%	55.5%
1961	54.5%	54.3%
1962	54.1%	53.2%
1963	53.8%	52.4%
1964	53.6%	51.7%
1965	53.6%	51.3%
1966	53.8%	51.1%
1967	54%	51%
1968	54.2%	51%
1969	54.4%	51.1%
1970	54.6%	51.1%
1971	54.7%	51.2%
1972	54.8%	51.4%
1973	55%	51.5%
1974	55.3%	51.8%
1975	55.6%	52%
1976	55.8%	52.3%
1977	56.1%	52.5%
1978	56.5%	52.8%
1979	56.8%	53%
1980	57.1%	53.1%
1981	57.4%	53.1%
1982	57.7%	53.2%
1983	57.9%	53.3%
1984	58%	53.3%
1985	58.2%	53.4%
1986	58.2%	53.4%
1987	58.1%	53.4%
1988	57.9%	53.3%
1989	57.8%	53.1%
1990	57.6%	52.8%
1991	57.5%	52.5%
1992	57.3%	52.2%
1993	56.8%	51.8%
1994	56.4%	51.5%
1995	56.5%	51.4%
1996	56.9%	51.6%
1997	57.4%	52%
1998	58.1%	52.6%
1999	58.8%	53.3%
2000	59.5%	54.1%
2001	60.1%	54.9%
2002	60.7%	55.7%
2003	61.4%	56.4%
2004	61.9%	57.1%
2005	62.5%	57.8%
2006	63%	58.4%
2007	63.7%	58.9%
2008	64.4%	59.3%
2009	65%	59.7%
2010	65.3%	60%
2011	65.2%	60.2%
2012	64.7%	60.3%
2013	64.2%	60.5%
2014	63.7%	60.7%
2015	63.2%	60.7%
2016	62.9%	60.7%
2017	62.7%	60.7%
2018	62.5%	60.7%
2019	62.2%	60.5%
2020	62%	60.3%
2021	61.9%	60.1%
2022	61.9%	59.9%
2023	61.9%	59.8%
2024	62%	59.9%
2025	62.1%	60.1%
2026	62.3%	60.3%
2027	62.5%	60.5%
2028	62.7%	60.8%
2029	63%	61.2%
2030	63.3%	61.7%
2031	63.6%	62.2%
2032	63.9%	62.5%
2033	64.2%	62.8%
2034	64.6%	63.1%
2035	64.9%	63.3%
2036	65.1%	63.6%
2037	65.2%	63.8%
2038	65.2%	63.9%
2039	65.3%	64.1%
2040	65.3%	64.2%
2041	65.3%	64.2%
2042	65.3%	64.3%
2043	65.3%	64.3%
2044	65.2%	64.3%
2045	65.2%	64.3%
2046	65.1%	64.4%
2047	65.1%	64.4%
2048	65.1%	64.5%
2049	65.1%	64.5%
2050	65%	64.6%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 61.9% to 62% in Kyrgyzstan and from 57.1% to 59.9% in Tajikistan.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan
1960	38.6%	40.2%
1961	39.4%	41.4%
1962	40.1%	42.5%
1963	40.6%	43.4%
1964	40.9%	44.1%
1965	41.1%	44.4%
1966	41%	44.6%
1967	40.8%	44.7%
1968	40.7%	44.7%
1969	40.5%	44.6%
1970	40.3%	44.6%
1971	40.3%	44.5%
1972	40.2%	44.4%
1973	40.1%	44.3%
1974	39.9%	44.2%
1975	39.6%	44%
1976	39.4%	43.8%
1977	39.1%	43.6%
1978	38.8%	43.4%
1979	38.5%	43.2%
1980	38.2%	43.2%
1981	38%	43.2%
1982	37.8%	43.2%
1983	37.8%	43.3%
1984	37.7%	43.3%
1985	37.5%	43.3%
1986	37.5%	43.1%
1987	37.4%	43.1%
1988	37.5%	43.2%
1989	37.5%	43.4%
1990	37.5%	43.7%
1991	37.6%	44%
1992	37.6%	44.3%
1993	37.9%	44.6%
1994	38.2%	44.8%
1995	38%	44.9%
1996	37.6%	44.7%
1997	37.1%	44.3%
1998	36.4%	43.7%
1999	35.8%	43%
2000	35.2%	42.3%
2001	34.6%	41.5%
2002	33.9%	40.7%
2003	33.3%	39.9%
2004	32.7%	39.3%
2005	32.2%	38.6%
2006	31.7%	38%
2007	31.2%	37.6%
2008	30.7%	37.3%
2009	30.3%	37%
2010	30.3%	36.8%
2011	30.4%	36.7%
2012	30.8%	36.7%
2013	31.1%	36.5%
2014	31.5%	36.4%
2015	31.8%	36.3%
2016	32.1%	36.3%
2017	32.2%	36.2%
2018	32.3%	36.2%
2019	32.6%	36.3%
2020	32.9%	36.4%
2021	33%	36.6%
2022	32.9%	36.6%
2023	32.7%	36.5%
2024	32.3%	36.3%
2025	31.9%	35.9%
2026	31.4%	35.4%
2027	31%	35%
2028	30.5%	34.5%
2029	30%	33.9%
2030	29.5%	33.2%
2031	28.9%	32.5%
2032	28.5%	32%
2033	27.9%	31.6%
2034	27.4%	31.2%
2035	27%	30.8%
2036	26.6%	30.4%
2037	26.4%	30.1%
2038	26.2%	29.8%
2039	26.1%	29.6%
2040	25.9%	29.4%
2041	25.8%	29.2%
2042	25.7%	29.1%
2043	25.7%	29%
2044	25.6%	28.9%
2045	25.5%	28.7%
2046	25.4%	28.6%
2047	25.3%	28.4%
2048	25.2%	28.1%
2049	25.1%	27.9%
2050	24.9%	27.6%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 32.3% in Kyrgyzstan and 36.3% in Tajikistan. Birth rates in Kyrgyzstan compared to Tajikistan .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan
1960	6.28%	4.28%
1961	6.05%	4.25%
1962	5.83%	4.24%
1963	5.63%	4.25%
1964	5.47%	4.26%
1965	5.34%	4.29%
1966	5.26%	4.31%
1967	5.21%	4.32%
1968	5.18%	4.32%
1969	5.14%	4.31%
1970	5.09%	4.28%
1971	5.04%	4.25%
1972	4.97%	4.2%
1973	4.89%	4.14%
1974	4.84%	4.09%
1975	4.8%	4.03%
1976	4.79%	3.97%
1977	4.79%	3.92%
1978	4.78%	3.86%
1979	4.75%	3.81%
1980	4.7%	3.75%
1981	4.61%	3.66%
1982	4.49%	3.57%
1983	4.36%	3.47%
1984	4.29%	3.37%
1985	4.32%	3.37%
1986	4.39%	3.43%
1987	4.48%	3.48%
1988	4.62%	3.52%
1989	4.76%	3.54%
1990	4.86%	3.52%
1991	4.96%	3.51%
1992	5.09%	3.53%
1993	5.27%	3.57%
1994	5.44%	3.62%
1995	5.52%	3.65%
1996	5.53%	3.67%
1997	5.51%	3.67%
1998	5.45%	3.66%
1999	5.39%	3.63%
2000	5.36%	3.62%
2001	5.36%	3.62%
2002	5.38%	3.62%
2003	5.39%	3.62%
2004	5.4%	3.63%
2005	5.38%	3.61%
2006	5.3%	3.58%
2007	5.15%	3.52%
2008	4.93%	3.42%
2009	4.66%	3.3%
2010	4.45%	3.19%
2011	4.4%	3.09%
2012	4.49%	3.01%
2013	4.63%	2.97%
2014	4.79%	2.95%
2015	4.97%	2.96%
2016	5.08%	2.98%
2017	5.12%	3.04%
2018	5.15%	3.1%
2019	5.17%	3.19%
2020	5.15%	3.26%
2021	5.11%	3.34%
2022	5.2%	3.47%
2023	5.43%	3.65%
2024	5.68%	3.85%
2025	5.97%	4.07%
2026	6.26%	4.29%
2027	6.53%	4.51%
2028	6.78%	4.72%
2029	7.03%	4.93%
2030	7.27%	5.12%
2031	7.47%	5.29%
2032	7.64%	5.45%
2033	7.81%	5.61%
2034	7.98%	5.75%
2035	8.14%	5.89%
2036	8.29%	6.02%
2037	8.42%	6.13%
2038	8.53%	6.23%
2039	8.63%	6.33%
2040	8.73%	6.42%
2041	8.83%	6.52%
2042	8.94%	6.61%
2043	9.05%	6.71%
2044	9.16%	6.82%
2045	9.28%	6.95%
2046	9.42%	7.09%
2047	9.55%	7.24%
2048	9.69%	7.41%
2049	9.86%	7.61%
2050	10.1%	7.85%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 5.68% in Kyrgyzstan and 3.85% in Tajikistan. Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan compared to Tajikistan .