Population in Kazakhstan compared to Kyrgyzstan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	Kyrgyzstan	Kazakhstan	Kyrgyzstan
1960	9,429,981	2,172,300	-	-
1961	9,742,085	2,255,900	3.31%	3.85%
1962	10,058,928	2,333,400	3.25%	3.44%
1963	10,377,466	2,413,700	3.17%	3.44%
1964	10,690,309	2,495,300	3.01%	3.38%
1965	10,993,183	2,573,300	2.83%	3.13%
1966	11,288,989	2,655,300	2.69%	3.19%
1967	11,584,428	2,736,500	2.62%	3.06%
1968	11,879,182	2,818,300	2.54%	2.99%
1969	12,156,212	2,894,800	2.33%	2.71%
1970	12,419,057	2,959,900	2.16%	2.25%
1971	12,684,813	3,022,300	2.14%	2.11%
1972	12,951,798	3,088,200	2.1%	2.18%
1973	13,208,121	3,153,800	1.98%	2.12%
1974	13,454,570	3,223,900	1.87%	2.22%
1975	13,700,843	3,292,400	1.83%	2.12%
1976	13,998,738	3,358,700	2.17%	2.01%
1977	14,353,265	3,423,900	2.53%	1.94%
1978	14,711,497	3,487,100	2.5%	1.85%
1979	14,978,696	3,552,000	1.82%	1.86%
1980	15,152,949	3,617,400	1.16%	1.84%
1981	15,323,082	3,685,800	1.12%	1.89%
1982	15,492,595	3,759,300	1.11%	1.99%
1983	15,665,551	3,838,300	1.12%	2.1%
1984	15,844,621	3,916,400	1.14%	2.03%
1985	16,031,090	3,990,300	1.18%	1.89%
1986	16,262,702	4,066,500	1.44%	1.91%
1987	16,527,715	4,144,600	1.63%	1.92%
1988	16,781,168	4,218,400	1.53%	1.78%
1989	16,997,013	4,307,500	1.29%	2.11%
1990	17,154,054	4,391,236	0.92%	1.94%
1991	17,278,600	4,463,634	0.73%	1.65%
1992	17,332,625	4,515,400	0.31%	1.16%
1993	17,274,487	4,516,777	-0.34%	0.03%
1994	17,043,771	4,515,069	-1.34%	-0.04%
1995	16,730,536	4,560,454	-1.84%	1.01%
1996	16,416,027	4,628,438	-1.88%	1.49%
1997	16,043,251	4,696,421	-2.27%	1.47%
1998	15,647,785	4,769,015	-2.46%	1.55%
1999	15,455,874	4,840,422	-1.23%	1.5%
2000	15,501,103	4,898,362	0.29%	1.2%
2001	15,575,550	4,945,073	0.48%	0.95%
2002	15,656,677	4,990,704	0.52%	0.92%
2003	15,747,380	5,043,308	0.58%	1.05%
2004	15,850,159	5,104,713	0.65%	1.22%
2005	15,968,117	5,162,640	0.74%	1.13%
2006	16,103,716	5,218,373	0.85%	1.08%
2007	16,257,214	5,268,385	0.95%	0.96%
2008	16,426,525	5,318,729	1.04%	0.96%
2009	16,619,846	5,389,643	1.18%	1.33%
2010	16,836,810	5,467,059	1.31%	1.44%
2011	17,066,002	5,546,587	1.36%	1.45%
2012	17,306,106	5,652,076	1.41%	1.9%
2013	17,556,502	5,777,150	1.45%	2.21%
2014	17,816,285	5,905,848	1.48%	2.23%
2015	18,084,169	6,040,036	1.5%	2.27%
2016	18,363,600	6,175,338	1.55%	2.24%
2017	18,651,931	6,306,696	1.57%	2.13%
2018	18,932,727	6,444,079	1.51%	2.18%
2019	19,209,555	6,590,211	1.46%	2.27%
2020	19,482,117	6,726,596	1.42%	2.07%
2021	19,743,603	6,851,224	1.34%	1.85%
2022	20,034,609	6,975,220	1.47%	1.81%
2023	20,330,104	7,099,750	1.47%	1.79%
2024	20,592,571	7,221,868	1.29%	1.72%
2025	20,843,753	7,331,435	1.22%	1.52%
2026	21,083,619	7,437,395	1.15%	1.45%
2027	21,316,177	7,541,128	1.1%	1.39%
2028	21,547,638	7,642,933	1.09%	1.35%
2029	21,777,008	7,743,042	1.06%	1.31%
2030	22,003,192	7,842,558	1.04%	1.29%
2031	22,227,045	7,941,064	1.02%	1.26%
2032	22,452,639	8,037,937	1.01%	1.22%
2033	22,679,377	8,133,626	1.01%	1.19%
2034	22,903,209	8,228,882	0.99%	1.17%
2035	23,125,951	8,323,743	0.97%	1.15%
2036	23,349,072	8,418,490	0.96%	1.14%
2037	23,571,233	8,513,026	0.95%	1.12%
2038	23,793,387	8,608,287	0.94%	1.12%
2039	24,017,887	8,704,696	0.94%	1.12%
2040	24,246,822	8,801,400	0.95%	1.11%
2041	24,477,612	8,897,618	0.95%	1.09%
2042	24,707,974	8,992,374	0.94%	1.06%
2043	24,941,020	9,085,868	0.94%	1.04%
2044	25,175,225	9,177,945	0.94%	1.01%
2045	25,409,749	9,268,123	0.93%	0.98%
2046	25,642,870	9,355,787	0.92%	0.95%
2047	25,875,743	9,441,350	0.91%	0.91%
2048	26,106,834	9,526,217	0.89%	0.9%
2049	26,328,898	9,609,586	0.85%	0.88%
2050	26,544,261	9,691,062	0.82%	0.85%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth), while Kyrgyzstan gained 956,965 people (a 18.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kazakhstan gained 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth), while Kyrgyzstan's population increased by 1,263,190 (a 20.5% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2006 and is 65th in 2026. Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th in 2006 and ranked 106th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of Kyrgyzstan will increase by 30.3% to 9,691,062 people and rank change from 106th to 100th.