The latest officially reported population of Kyrgyzstan was 7,221,868 in 2024 vs 1,866,124 people in Latvia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kyrgyzstan's population is 7,438,528 people compared to 1,830,293 in Latvia.
Population statistics:
- Kyrgyzstan's population is 4.06 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Kyrgyzstan is ranked the 106th most populous country in the world, while Latvia is the 149th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.09% for Kyrgyzstan vs 0.02% for Latvia.
- For the last 10 years, Kyrgyzstan has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs -0.68% in Latvia.
- Since 2006, the population of Kyrgyzstan has increased from 5.22M people to 7.44M (42.5% growth), while Latvia has declined from 2.22M to 1.83M (17.5% decline).
- Kyrgyzstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.8M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 923K people by 2100.
Kyrgyzstan vs Latvia: live population counter
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| Current population |
7438528
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1830293
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| Population rank | 106/197 | 149/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
4.3 minutes
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29.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.59 minutes
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36.2 minutes
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| One death every |
16.8 minutes
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18.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.4 hours
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3.94 hours
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| Annual migration change | +3,645 | -2,225 |
| Daily growth/decline | +335 | -48 |
| Annual growth/decline | +122,118 | -17,586 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.72% | -0.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 63/197 | 193/197 |
Kyrgyzstan and Latvia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,172,300 | 2,120,979 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,255,900 | 2,152,681 | 3.85% | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 2,333,400 | 2,181,586 | 3.44% | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 2,413,700 | 2,210,919 | 3.44% | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 2,495,300 | 2,240,623 | 3.38% | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 2,573,300 | 2,265,919 | 3.13% | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 2,655,300 | 2,283,217 | 3.19% | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 2,736,500 | 2,301,220 | 3.06% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 2,818,300 | 2,323,619 | 2.99% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 2,894,800 | 2,343,173 | 2.71% | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 2,959,900 | 2,359,164 | 2.25% | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 3,022,300 | 2,376,389 | 2.11% | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 3,088,200 | 2,395,674 | 2.18% | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 3,153,800 | 2,415,819 | 2.12% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 3,223,900 | 2,437,186 | 2.22% | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 3,292,400 | 2,456,130 | 2.12% | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 3,358,700 | 2,470,989 | 2.01% | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 3,423,900 | 2,485,073 | 1.94% | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 3,487,100 | 2,497,921 | 1.85% | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 3,552,000 | 2,505,953 | 1.86% | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 3,617,400 | 2,511,701 | 1.84% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 3,685,800 | 2,519,421 | 1.89% | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 3,759,300 | 2,531,080 | 1.99% | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 3,838,300 | 2,546,011 | 2.1% | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 3,916,400 | 2,562,047 | 2.03% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 3,990,300 | 2,578,873 | 1.89% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 4,066,500 | 2,599,892 | 1.91% | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 4,144,600 | 2,626,583 | 1.92% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 4,218,400 | 2,653,434 | 1.78% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 4,307,500 | 2,666,955 | 2.11% | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 4,391,236 | 2,663,151 | 1.94% | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 4,463,634 | 2,650,581 | 1.65% | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 4,515,400 | 2,614,338 | 1.16% | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 4,516,777 | 2,563,290 | 0.03% | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 4,515,069 | 2,520,742 | -0.04% | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 4,560,454 | 2,485,056 | 1.01% | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 4,628,438 | 2,457,222 | 1.49% | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 4,696,421 | 2,432,851 | 1.47% | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 4,769,015 | 2,410,019 | 1.55% | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 4,840,422 | 2,390,482 | 1.5% | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 4,898,362 | 2,367,550 | 1.2% | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 4,945,073 | 2,337,170 | 0.95% | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 4,990,704 | 2,310,173 | 0.92% | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 5,043,308 | 2,287,955 | 1.05% | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 5,104,713 | 2,263,122 | 1.22% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 5,162,640 | 2,238,799 | 1.13% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 5,218,373 | 2,218,357 | 1.08% | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 5,268,385 | 2,200,325 | 0.96% | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 5,318,729 | 2,177,322 | 0.96% | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 5,389,643 | 2,141,669 | 1.33% | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 5,467,059 | 2,097,555 | 1.44% | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 5,546,587 | 2,059,709 | 1.45% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 5,652,076 | 2,034,319 | 1.9% | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 5,777,150 | 2,012,647 | 2.21% | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 5,905,848 | 1,993,782 | 2.23% | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 6,040,036 | 1,977,527 | 2.27% | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 6,175,338 | 1,959,537 | 2.24% | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 6,306,696 | 1,942,248 | 2.13% | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 6,444,079 | 1,927,174 | 2.18% | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 6,590,211 | 1,913,822 | 2.27% | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 6,726,596 | 1,900,449 | 2.07% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 6,851,224 | 1,884,490 | 1.85% | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 6,975,220 | 1,879,383 | 1.81% | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 7,099,750 | 1,883,710 | 1.79% | 0.23% |
| 2024 | 7,221,868 | 1,866,124 | 1.72% | -0.93% |
| 2025 | 7,331,435 | 1,847,866 | 1.52% | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 7,437,395 | 1,830,293 | 1.45% | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 7,541,128 | 1,815,968 | 1.39% | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 7,642,933 | 1,801,521 | 1.35% | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 7,743,042 | 1,786,981 | 1.31% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 7,842,558 | 1,772,165 | 1.29% | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 7,941,064 | 1,757,453 | 1.26% | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 8,037,937 | 1,743,022 | 1.22% | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 8,133,626 | 1,728,673 | 1.19% | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 8,228,882 | 1,714,716 | 1.17% | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 8,323,743 | 1,701,185 | 1.15% | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 8,418,490 | 1,687,823 | 1.14% | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 8,513,026 | 1,674,629 | 1.12% | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 8,608,287 | 1,661,616 | 1.12% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 8,704,696 | 1,648,536 | 1.12% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 8,801,400 | 1,635,604 | 1.11% | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 8,897,618 | 1,622,819 | 1.09% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 8,992,374 | 1,610,197 | 1.06% | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 9,085,868 | 1,597,712 | 1.04% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 9,177,945 | 1,585,205 | 1.01% | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 9,268,123 | 1,572,558 | 0.98% | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 9,355,787 | 1,559,919 | 0.95% | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 9,441,350 | 1,547,369 | 0.91% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 9,526,217 | 1,534,713 | 0.9% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 9,609,586 | 1,521,945 | 0.88% | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 9,691,062 | 1,509,157 | 0.85% | -0.84% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 956,965 people (a 18.3% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,263,190 (a 20.5% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).
Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2006 and is 106th in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kyrgyzstan's population will grow by 30.3% to 9,691,062 people with a rank change from 106th to 100th. The population of Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bishkek | 1.19M |
| Osh | 375K |
| Jalal-Abad | 89K |
| Tokmok | 53.2K |
| Naryn | 34.8K |
| Talas | 32.9K |
| Kant | 23.2K |
| Toktogul | 16.4K |
| Cholpon-Ata | 11.5K |
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Population differences between Kyrgyzstan and Latvia
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| Life expectancy | 72.1 years | 76.6 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 43.6 years |
| Median age | 26.2 years | 44.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.7 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 97.5 ppl/mi² | 77.7 ppl/mi² |
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