The latest officially reported population of Kyrgyzstan was 7,224,614 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kyrgyzstan's population is 7,419,369 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- South Sudan's population is 1.67 times bigger than Kyrgyzstan's.
- Kyrgyzstan is ranked the 106th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.09% for Kyrgyzstan vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Kyrgyzstan has had an average growth rate of +2.05% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Kyrgyzstan has increased from 5.16M people to 7.42M (43.7% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
- Kyrgyzstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.8M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Kyrgyzstan vs South Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
7419369
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12387398
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| Population rank | 106/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
4.21 minutes
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.59 minutes
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
16.8 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.4 hours
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,645 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +342 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +124,864 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.76% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 65/197 | 6/197 |
Kyrgyzstan and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,172,300 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,255,900 | 2,976,724 | 3.85% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 2,333,400 | 3,024,308 | 3.44% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,413,700 | 3,072,669 | 3.44% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,495,300 | 3,129,918 | 3.38% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 2,573,300 | 3,189,835 | 3.13% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 2,655,300 | 3,236,423 | 3.19% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 2,736,500 | 3,277,648 | 3.06% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 2,818,300 | 3,321,528 | 2.99% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 2,894,800 | 3,365,533 | 2.71% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 2,959,900 | 3,409,614 | 2.25% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 3,022,300 | 3,468,646 | 2.11% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 3,088,200 | 3,542,497 | 2.18% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 3,153,800 | 3,627,383 | 2.12% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 3,223,900 | 3,723,259 | 2.22% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 3,292,400 | 3,821,494 | 2.12% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 3,358,700 | 3,921,910 | 2.01% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 3,423,900 | 4,024,032 | 1.94% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,487,100 | 4,127,657 | 1.85% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 3,552,000 | 4,232,605 | 1.86% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 3,617,400 | 4,339,030 | 1.84% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 3,685,800 | 4,447,272 | 1.89% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 3,759,300 | 4,557,686 | 1.99% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 3,838,300 | 4,661,574 | 2.1% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 3,916,400 | 4,750,627 | 2.03% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 3,990,300 | 4,834,296 | 1.89% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 4,066,500 | 4,921,240 | 1.91% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 4,144,600 | 4,962,395 | 1.92% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 4,218,400 | 4,848,029 | 1.78% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 4,307,500 | 4,713,229 | 2.11% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 4,391,236 | 4,737,633 | 1.94% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 4,463,634 | 4,836,677 | 1.65% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 4,515,400 | 4,909,749 | 1.16% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 4,516,777 | 4,956,002 | 0.03% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 4,515,069 | 5,071,184 | -0.04% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 4,560,454 | 5,225,836 | 1.01% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 4,628,438 | 5,356,925 | 1.49% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 4,696,421 | 5,509,136 | 1.47% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 4,769,015 | 5,620,068 | 1.55% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 4,840,422 | 5,771,628 | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 4,898,362 | 6,032,267 | 1.2% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 4,945,073 | 6,308,391 | 0.95% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 4,990,704 | 6,596,806 | 0.92% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 5,043,308 | 6,903,127 | 1.05% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 5,104,713 | 7,233,041 | 1.22% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 5,162,640 | 7,590,143 | 1.13% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 5,218,373 | 7,976,526 | 1.08% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 5,268,385 | 8,388,788 | 0.96% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 5,318,729 | 8,817,647 | 0.96% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 5,389,643 | 9,243,556 | 1.33% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 5,467,059 | 9,745,953 | 1.44% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 5,546,587 | 10,288,109 | 1.45% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 5,652,076 | 10,756,240 | 1.9% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 5,777,150 | 11,166,275 | 2.21% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 5,905,848 | 11,235,073 | 2.23% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 6,040,036 | 11,107,561 | 2.27% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 6,175,338 | 10,830,102 | 2.24% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 6,306,696 | 10,259,154 | 2.13% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 6,444,079 | 10,122,977 | 2.18% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 6,590,211 | 10,423,384 | 2.27% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 6,726,596 | 10,698,467 | 2.07% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 6,851,224 | 10,865,780 | 1.85% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 6,975,220 | 11,021,177 | 1.81% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 7,099,750 | 11,483,374 | 1.79% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 7,224,614 | 11,943,408 | 1.76% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 7,334,223 | 12,188,793 | 1.52% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 7,440,222 | 12,436,036 | 1.45% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 7,543,995 | 12,687,301 | 1.39% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 7,645,839 | 12,941,503 | 1.35% | 2% |
| 2029 | 7,745,986 | 13,198,080 | 1.31% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 7,845,540 | 13,457,446 | 1.29% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 7,944,084 | 13,725,413 | 1.26% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 8,040,993 | 13,996,343 | 1.22% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 8,136,719 | 14,261,762 | 1.19% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 8,232,011 | 14,527,550 | 1.17% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 8,326,908 | 14,798,602 | 1.15% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 8,421,691 | 15,070,098 | 1.14% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 8,516,263 | 15,335,700 | 1.12% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 8,611,560 | 15,595,968 | 1.12% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 8,708,006 | 15,850,696 | 1.12% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 8,804,747 | 16,101,470 | 1.11% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 8,901,001 | 16,350,149 | 1.09% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 8,995,794 | 16,593,361 | 1.06% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 9,089,322 | 16,829,209 | 1.04% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 9,181,434 | 17,060,176 | 1.01% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 9,271,647 | 17,286,412 | 0.98% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 9,359,344 | 17,509,693 | 0.95% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 9,444,940 | 17,728,331 | 0.91% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 9,529,839 | 17,938,437 | 0.9% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 9,613,240 | 18,142,893 | 0.88% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 9,694,747 | 18,341,968 | 0.85% | 1.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 877,396 people (a 17% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,379,333 (a 22.8% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).
Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2005 and is 106th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kyrgyzstan's population will grow by 30.7% to 9,694,747 people with a rank change from 106th to 100th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.
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 South Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 72 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 26.2 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.7 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 97.6 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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