The latest officially reported population of Kyrgyzstan was 7,221,868 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kyrgyzstan's population is 7,438,528 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 2.53 times bigger than Kyrgyzstan's.
- Kyrgyzstan is ranked the 106th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.09% for Kyrgyzstan vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Kyrgyzstan has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs -0.43% in Romania.
- Since 2006, the population of Kyrgyzstan has increased from 5.22M people to 7.44M (42.5% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
- Kyrgyzstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.8M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Kyrgyzstan vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
7438528
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18836893
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| Population rank | 106/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
4.3 minutes
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56.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.59 minutes
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
16.8 minutes
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.4 hours
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,645 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | +335 | -25 |
| Annual growth/decline | +122,118 | -9,258 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.72% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 63/197 | 170/197 |
Kyrgyzstan and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,172,300 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,255,900 | 18,555,250 | 3.85% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 2,333,400 | 18,676,550 | 3.44% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 2,413,700 | 18,797,850 | 3.44% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 2,495,300 | 18,919,126 | 3.38% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 2,573,300 | 19,031,576 | 3.13% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 2,655,300 | 19,215,450 | 3.19% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 2,736,500 | 19,534,242 | 3.06% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 2,818,300 | 19,799,831 | 2.99% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 2,894,800 | 20,009,141 | 2.71% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 2,959,900 | 20,250,398 | 2.25% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 3,022,300 | 20,461,567 | 2.11% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 3,088,200 | 20,657,957 | 2.18% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 3,153,800 | 20,835,681 | 2.12% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 3,223,900 | 21,029,429 | 2.22% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 3,292,400 | 21,293,583 | 2.12% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 3,358,700 | 21,551,634 | 2.01% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 3,423,900 | 21,756,096 | 1.94% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 3,487,100 | 21,951,464 | 1.85% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,552,000 | 22,090,488 | 1.86% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 3,617,400 | 22,207,282 | 1.84% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 3,685,800 | 22,353,070 | 1.89% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 3,759,300 | 22,475,741 | 1.99% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 3,838,300 | 22,560,478 | 2.1% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 3,916,400 | 22,640,547 | 2.03% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 3,990,300 | 22,732,999 | 1.89% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 4,066,500 | 22,836,841 | 1.91% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 4,144,600 | 22,949,430 | 1.92% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 4,218,400 | 23,057,662 | 1.78% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 4,307,500 | 23,161,458 | 2.11% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 4,391,236 | 23,201,835 | 1.94% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 4,463,634 | 23,001,155 | 1.65% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 4,515,400 | 22,794,284 | 1.16% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 4,516,777 | 22,763,280 | 0.03% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 4,515,069 | 22,730,211 | -0.04% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 4,560,454 | 22,684,270 | 1.01% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 4,628,438 | 22,619,004 | 1.49% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 4,696,421 | 22,553,978 | 1.47% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 4,769,015 | 22,507,344 | 1.55% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 4,840,422 | 22,472,040 | 1.5% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 4,898,362 | 22,442,971 | 1.2% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 4,945,073 | 22,131,970 | 0.95% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 4,990,704 | 21,730,496 | 0.92% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 5,043,308 | 21,574,326 | 1.05% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 5,104,713 | 21,451,748 | 1.22% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 5,162,640 | 21,319,685 | 1.13% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 5,218,373 | 21,193,760 | 1.08% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 5,268,385 | 20,882,982 | 0.96% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 5,318,729 | 20,537,875 | 0.96% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 5,389,643 | 20,367,487 | 1.33% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 5,467,059 | 20,246,871 | 1.44% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 5,546,587 | 20,147,528 | 1.45% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 5,652,076 | 20,058,035 | 1.9% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 5,777,150 | 19,983,693 | 2.21% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 5,905,848 | 19,908,979 | 2.23% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 6,040,036 | 19,815,616 | 2.27% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 6,175,338 | 19,702,267 | 2.24% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 6,306,696 | 19,588,715 | 2.13% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 6,444,079 | 19,473,970 | 2.18% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 6,590,211 | 19,371,648 | 2.27% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 6,726,596 | 19,265,250 | 2.07% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 6,851,224 | 19,122,059 | 1.85% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 6,975,220 | 19,048,502 | 1.81% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 7,099,750 | 19,061,062 | 1.79% | 0.07% |
| 2024 | 7,221,868 | 19,051,804 | 1.72% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 7,331,435 | 18,945,157 | 1.52% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 7,437,395 | 18,836,893 | 1.45% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 7,541,128 | 18,727,645 | 1.39% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 7,642,933 | 18,617,757 | 1.35% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 7,743,042 | 18,506,702 | 1.31% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 7,842,558 | 18,394,947 | 1.29% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 7,941,064 | 18,282,991 | 1.26% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 8,037,937 | 18,170,681 | 1.22% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 8,133,626 | 18,057,661 | 1.19% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 8,228,882 | 17,943,814 | 1.17% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 8,323,743 | 17,828,772 | 1.15% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 8,418,490 | 17,712,177 | 1.14% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 8,513,026 | 17,595,189 | 1.12% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 8,608,287 | 17,477,597 | 1.12% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 8,704,696 | 17,360,012 | 1.12% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 8,801,400 | 17,242,939 | 1.11% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 8,897,618 | 17,124,773 | 1.09% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 8,992,374 | 17,006,515 | 1.06% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 9,085,868 | 16,888,882 | 1.04% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 9,177,945 | 16,770,593 | 1.01% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 9,268,123 | 16,652,406 | 0.98% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 9,355,787 | 16,534,847 | 0.95% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 9,441,350 | 16,416,456 | 0.91% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 9,526,217 | 16,297,099 | 0.9% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 9,609,586 | 16,177,534 | 0.88% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 9,691,062 | 16,058,209 | 0.85% | -0.74% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 956,965 people (a 18.3% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,263,190 (a 20.5% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).
Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2006 and is 106th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.
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 Romania
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| Life expectancy | 72.1 years | 76.4 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 26.2 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.7 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 97.5 ppl/mi² | 214.5 ppl/mi² |
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