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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan
1960	2,172,300	2,112,131	-	-
1961	2,255,900	2,181,805	3.85%	3.3%
1962	2,333,400	2,255,026	3.44%	3.36%
1963	2,413,700	2,331,736	3.44%	3.4%
1964	2,495,300	2,411,260	3.38%	3.41%
1965	2,573,300	2,492,998	3.13%	3.39%
1966	2,655,300	2,577,184	3.19%	3.38%
1967	2,736,500	2,664,130	3.06%	3.37%
1968	2,818,300	2,753,848	2.99%	3.37%
1969	2,894,800	2,845,273	2.71%	3.32%
1970	2,959,900	2,936,779	2.25%	3.22%
1971	3,022,300	3,028,837	2.11%	3.13%
1972	3,088,200	3,123,691	2.18%	3.13%
1973	3,153,800	3,222,290	2.12%	3.16%
1974	3,223,900	3,324,499	2.22%	3.17%
1975	3,292,400	3,430,425	2.12%	3.19%
1976	3,358,700	3,540,076	2.01%	3.2%
1977	3,423,900	3,653,265	1.94%	3.2%
1978	3,487,100	3,768,508	1.85%	3.15%
1979	3,552,000	3,882,691	1.86%	3.03%
1980	3,617,400	3,995,256	1.84%	2.9%
1981	3,685,800	4,109,022	1.89%	2.85%
1982	3,759,300	4,227,171	1.99%	2.88%
1983	3,838,300	4,350,874	2.1%	2.93%
1984	3,916,400	4,480,026	2.03%	2.97%
1985	3,990,300	4,619,003	1.89%	3.1%
1986	4,066,500	4,772,139	1.91%	3.32%
1987	4,144,600	4,939,059	1.92%	3.5%
1988	4,218,400	5,114,989	1.78%	3.56%
1989	4,307,500	5,267,249	2.11%	2.98%
1990	4,391,236	5,398,768	1.94%	2.5%
1991	4,463,634	5,541,205	1.65%	2.64%
1992	4,515,400	5,649,400	1.16%	1.95%
1993	4,516,777	5,724,993	0.03%	1.34%
1994	4,515,069	5,825,368	-0.04%	1.75%
1995	4,560,454	5,948,584	1.01%	2.12%
1996	4,628,438	6,066,523	1.49%	1.98%
1997	4,696,421	6,139,829	1.47%	1.21%
1998	4,769,015	6,176,397	1.55%	0.6%
1999	4,840,422	6,208,370	1.5%	0.52%
2000	4,898,362	6,284,735	1.2%	1.23%
2001	4,945,073	6,407,377	0.95%	1.95%
2002	4,990,704	6,531,669	0.92%	1.94%
2003	5,043,308	6,658,575	1.05%	1.94%
2004	5,104,713	6,790,547	1.22%	1.98%
2005	5,162,640	6,924,720	1.13%	1.98%
2006	5,218,373	7,057,566	1.08%	1.92%
2007	5,268,385	7,194,477	0.96%	1.94%
2008	5,318,729	7,338,403	0.96%	2%
2009	5,389,643	7,490,230	1.33%	2.07%
2010	5,467,059	7,652,141	1.44%	2.16%
2011	5,546,587	7,824,785	1.45%	2.26%
2012	5,652,076	8,014,084	1.9%	2.42%
2013	5,777,150	8,216,724	2.21%	2.53%
2014	5,905,848	8,425,552	2.23%	2.54%
2015	6,040,036	8,643,840	2.27%	2.59%
2016	6,175,338	8,865,631	2.24%	2.57%
2017	6,306,696	9,085,946	2.13%	2.49%
2018	6,444,079	9,307,333	2.18%	2.44%
2019	6,590,211	9,529,966	2.27%	2.39%
2020	6,726,596	9,749,310	2.07%	2.3%
2021	6,851,224	9,966,908	1.85%	2.23%
2022	6,975,220	10,182,222	1.81%	2.16%
2023	7,099,750	10,389,799	1.79%	2.04%
2024	7,224,614	10,590,927	1.76%	1.94%
2025	7,334,223	10,786,735	1.52%	1.85%
2026	7,440,222	10,978,598	1.45%	1.78%
2027	7,543,995	11,168,387	1.39%	1.73%
2028	7,645,839	11,356,920	1.35%	1.69%
2029	7,745,986	11,545,276	1.31%	1.66%
2030	7,845,540	11,733,066	1.29%	1.63%
2031	7,944,084	11,920,472	1.26%	1.6%
2032	8,040,993	12,110,150	1.22%	1.59%
2033	8,136,719	12,302,290	1.19%	1.59%
2034	8,232,011	12,496,888	1.17%	1.58%
2035	8,326,908	12,695,586	1.15%	1.59%
2036	8,421,691	12,899,096	1.14%	1.6%
2037	8,516,263	13,104,339	1.12%	1.59%
2038	8,611,560	13,308,237	1.12%	1.56%
2039	8,708,006	13,511,372	1.12%	1.53%
2040	8,804,747	13,713,948	1.11%	1.5%
2041	8,901,001	13,915,192	1.09%	1.47%
2042	8,995,794	14,115,137	1.06%	1.44%
2043	9,089,322	14,311,598	1.04%	1.39%
2044	9,181,434	14,504,865	1.01%	1.35%
2045	9,271,647	14,694,858	0.98%	1.31%
2046	9,359,344	14,879,388	0.95%	1.26%
2047	9,444,940	15,059,869	0.91%	1.21%
2048	9,529,839	15,236,594	0.9%	1.17%
2049	9,613,240	15,408,032	0.88%	1.13%
2050	9,694,747	15,574,643	0.85%	1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 877,396 people (a 17% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,379,333 (a 22.8% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2005 and is 106th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.