The demographics of Kyrgyzstan is about the demographic features of the population of Kyrgyzstan, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The name Kyrgyz, both for the people and the country, means "forty tribes", a reference to the epic hero Manas who unified forty tribes against the Oirats, as symbolized by the 40-ray sun on the flag of Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan is one of the few post-Soviet countries in which the rural population's share of 58.29% exceeds the urban population's share of 41.71% as of 2024.
Overview
Kyrgyzstan's population increased from 2.1 million to 4.8 million between the censuses of 1959 and 1999. Official estimates set the population at 6,389,500 in 2019. The percentage of ethnic Kyrgyz increased from around 50% in 1979 to nearly 73% in 2018, while the percentage of Slavic ethnic groups (Russians, Ukrainians) dropped from 35% to about 6%.]]
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to annual average population.):
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 3 265 870
| align="right" | 3 314 296
| align="right" | 6 580 166
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 413 265
| align="right" | 392 172
| align="right" | 805 437
| align="right" | 12.24
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 388 796
| align="right" | 369 309
| align="right" | 758 105
| align="right" | 11.52
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 309 396
| align="right" | 297 034
| align="right" | 606 430
| align="right" | 9.22
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 258 649
| align="right" | 249 178
| align="right" | 507 827
| align="right" | 7.72
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 263 240
| align="right" | 252 719
| align="right" | 515 959
| align="right" | 7.84
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 289 819
| align="right" | 279 117
| align="right" | 568 936
| align="right" | 8.65
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 282 674
| align="right" | 281 432
| align="right" | 564 106
| align="right" | 8.57
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 222 715
| align="right" | 220 855
| align="right" | 443 570
| align="right" | 6.74
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 180 015
| align="right" | 182 328
| align="right" | 362 343
| align="right" | 5.51
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 157 253
| align="right" | 167 537
| align="right" | 324 790
| align="right" | 4.94
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 142 981
| align="right" | 156 499
| align="right" | 299 480
| align="right" | 4.55
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 129 553
| align="right" | 149 093
| align="right" | 278 646
| align="right" | 4.23
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 99 239
| align="right" | 121 193
| align="right" | 220 432
| align="right" | 3.35
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 59 174
| align="right" | 80 206
| align="right" | 139 380
| align="right" | 2.12
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 33 247
| align="right" | 50 398
| align="right" | 83 645
| align="right" | 1.27
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 13 209
| align="right" | 21 957
| align="right" | 35 166
| align="right" | 0.53
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 13 189
| align="right" | 25 642
| align="right" | 38 831
| align="right" | 0.59
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 4 822
| align="right" | 10 280
| align="right" | 15 102
| align="right" | 0.23
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 3 131
| align="right" | 5 305
| align="right" | 8 436
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 1 127
| align="right" | 1 459
| align="right" | 2 586
| align="right" | 0.04
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 376
| align="right" | 583
| align="right" | 959
| align="right" | 0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 1 111 457
| align="right" | 1 058 515
| align="right" | 2 169 972
| align="right" | 32.98
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 2 026 138
| align="right" | 2 059 951
| align="right" | 4 086 089
| align="right" | 62.10
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 128 275
| align="right" | 195 830
| align="right" | 324 105
| align="right" | 4.93
|-
|}
Vital statistics
Registered births and deaths
Statistics are taken from the United Nations Demographic Yearbook, the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Demographic Annual of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Demoskop Weekly.
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;"
|-
!rowspan=2|
!rowspan=2 style="width:80pt;" |Average population
!rowspan=2 style="width:80pt;" |Live births
!rowspan=2 style="width:80pt;" |Deaths
!rowspan=2 style="width:80pt;" |Natural change
!colspan=4|Rates per 1000
!rowspan=2 style="width:50pt;" |Total<br>fertility<br>rate
!colspan=3|Life expectancy
|-
!style="width:50pt;" |Crude<br>birth rate
!style="width:50pt;" |Crude<br>death rate
!style="width:50pt;" |Natural<br>change
!style="width:50pt;" |Crude<br>migration<br>rate
!(male)
!(female)
!(total)
|-
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,740,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 56,471
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,845
| style="color: red" | 41,626
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.5
| style="color: red" | 8.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.0
|
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1951
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,768,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 58,828
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,927
| style="text-align:right;" | 44,901
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.4
| -9.3
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1952
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,788,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 57,632
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,868
| style="text-align:right;" | 43,764
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.4
| -13.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1953
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,818,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 60,755
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,288
| style="text-align:right;" | 46,467
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.5
| -8.7
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1954
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,859,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,803
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,684
| style="text-align:right;" | 50,119
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.9
| -4.3
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1955
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,903,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,883
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,923
| style="text-align:right;" | 48,960
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.8
| -2.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,941,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,667
| style="color: blue" | 11,918
| style="text-align:right;" | 53,749
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.7
| -7.7
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1957
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,978,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,644
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,275
| style="text-align:right;" | 56,369
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 28.5
| -9.4
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1958
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,030,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 70,521
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,324
| style="text-align:right;" | 58,197
| style="text-align:right;" | 34.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 28.6
| -2.3
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1959
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,099,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 70,501
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,930
| style="text-align:right;" | 57,571
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.4
| 6.6
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1960
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,172,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 80,209
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,259
| style="text-align:right;" | 66,950
| style="color: blue" | 36.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.1
| style="color: blue" | 30.8
| 4.0
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,256,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 80,671
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,175
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,496
| style="text-align:right;" | 35.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 29.1
| 9.6
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1962
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,333,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 79,010
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,141
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,869
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.4
| 6.7
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1963
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,413,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 80,279
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,986
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,293
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.1
| 7.2
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1964
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,495,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 79,342
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,834
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,508
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.5
| 8.5
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1965
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,573,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 80,812
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,693
| style="text-align:right;" | 64,119
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.9
| 6.4
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1966
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,655,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 81,771
| style="text-align:right;" | 17,888
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,883
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.1
| 7.8
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1967
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,737,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 83,609
| style="text-align:right;" | 19,550
| style="text-align:right;" | 64,059
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.4
| 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,818,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 86,741
| style="text-align:right;" | 19,840
| style="text-align:right;" | 66,901
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.8
| 5.8
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1969
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,896,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 87,210
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,683
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,527
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.6
| 5.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,964,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 90,442
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,828
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,614
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.1
| 0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1971
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,028,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 95,932
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,343
| style="text-align:right;" | 74,589
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.7
| -3.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1972
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,094,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 94,923
| style="text-align:right;" | 23,157
| style="text-align:right;" | 71,766
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.2
| -1.4
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1973
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,160,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 97,421
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,181
| style="text-align:right;" | 73,240
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.1
| -1.8
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1974
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,230,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 99,433
| style="text-align:right;" | 23,747
| style="text-align:right;" | 75,686
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.4
| -1.2
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,299,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 101,287
| style="text-align:right;" | 26,920
| style="text-align:right;" | 74,367
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.5
| -1.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1976
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,365,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 106,606
| style="text-align:right;" | 27,864
| style="text-align:right;" | 78,742
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.4
| -3.4
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1977
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,430,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 104,971
| style="text-align:right;" | 28,510
| style="text-align:right;" | 76,461
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.3
| -3.0
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1978
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,495,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 106,176
| style="text-align:right;" | 28,385
| style="text-align:right;" | 77,791
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.3
| -3.3
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1979
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,558,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 107,091
| style="text-align:right;" | 29,578
| style="text-align:right;" | 77,513
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.8
| -3.8
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,628,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 107,278
| style="text-align:right;" | 30,460
| style="text-align:right;" | 76,818
| style="text-align:right;" | 29.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.2
| -1.5
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1981
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,699,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 113,434
| style="text-align:right;" | 29,591
| style="text-align:right;" | 83,843
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.7
| -3.1
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1982
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,775,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 117,235
| style="text-align:right;" | 29,194
| style="text-align:right;" | 88,041
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.4
| -2.9
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1983
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,857,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 120,708
| style="text-align:right;" | 30,241
| style="text-align:right;" | 90,467
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.5
| -1.8
| style="text-align:right;" |
|
|
|
|-
| 1984
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,937,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 126,075
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,603
| style="text-align:right;" | 93,472
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.7
| -3.0
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 4.16
|
|
|
|-
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,014,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 128,460
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,332
| style="text-align:right;" | 96,128
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.9
| -4.3
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 4.12
|
|
|
|-
| 1986
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,093,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 133,728
| style="text-align:right;" | 29,083
| style="text-align:right;" | 104,645
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.6
| -5.9
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 4.21
|
|
|
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,173,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 136,588
| style="text-align:right;" | 30,597
| style="text-align:right;" | 105,991
| style="text-align:right;" | 32.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.4
| -5.9
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 4.20
|
|
|
|-
| 1988
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,250,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 133,710
| style="text-align:right;" | 31,879
| style="text-align:right;" | 101,831
| style="text-align:right;" | 31.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.0
| -5.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 4.00
|
|
|
|-
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,327,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 131,508
| style="text-align:right;" | 31,156
| style="text-align:right;" | 100,352
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.2
| -5.1
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.81
|
|
|
|-
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,395,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 128,810
| style="text-align:right;" | 30,580
| style="text-align:right;" | 98,230
| style="text-align:right;" | 29.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.3
| -6.6
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.63
|64.2
|72.6
|68.4
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,464,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 129,536
| style="text-align:right;" | 30,859
| style="text-align:right;" | 98,677
| style="text-align:right;" | 29.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.1
| -6.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.58
|64.6
|72.7
|68.7
|-
| 1992
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,515,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 128,352
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,163
| style="text-align:right;" | 96,189
| style="text-align:right;" | 28.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.3
| -9.9
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.52
|64.2
|72.2
|68.2
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,515,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 116,795
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,513
| style="text-align:right;" | 82,282
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.3
| -18.3
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.15
|62.9
|71.7
|67.3
|-
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,523,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 110,113
| style="text-align:right;" | 37,109
| style="text-align:right;" | 73,004
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.1
| -14.3
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.95
|61.6
|70.7
|66.1
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,560,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 117,340
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,915
| style="text-align:right;" | 80,425
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 8.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.6
| -9.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.12
|61.4
|70.4
|65.9
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,628,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 108,007
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,562
| style="text-align:right;" | 73,445
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 15.8
| -0.9
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.73
|62.3
|71.0
|66.7
|-
| 1997
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,696,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 102,050
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,540
| style="text-align:right;" | 67,510
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.3
| 0.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.59
|62.6
|71.4
|67.0
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,769,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 104,183
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,596
| style="text-align:right;" | 69,587
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.5
| 1.0
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.65
|63.1
|71.2
|67.2
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,837,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 104,068
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,850
| style="text-align:right;" | 71,218
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.7
| -0.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.63
|65.0
|72.6
|68.8
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,888,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 96,770
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,111
| style="text-align:right;" | 62,659
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.0
| style="color: red" | 12.8
| -2.3
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.40
|64.9
|72.4
|68.6
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,927,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 98,138
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,677
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,461
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.3
| -5.3
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.39
|65.0
|72.6
|68.8
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,965,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 101,012
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,235
| style="text-align:right;" | 65,777
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.2
| -5.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.43
|64.4
|72.1
|68.2
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,011,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 105,490
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,941
| style="text-align:right;" | 69,549
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.9
| -4.6
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.49
|64.5
|72.2
|68.3
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,065,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 109,939
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,061
| style="text-align:right;" | 74,878
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.8
| -4.0
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.55
|64.4
|72.3
|68.4
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,116,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 109,839
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,992
| style="text-align:right;" | 72,847
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.3
| -4.2
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.50
|64.2
|71.9
|68.0
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,164,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 120,737
| style="text-align:right;" | 38,566
| style="text-align:right;" | 82,171
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 15.9
| -6.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.70
|63.5
|72.1
|67.8
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,207,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 123,251
| style="text-align:right;" | 38,180
| style="text-align:right;" | 85,071
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.4
| -8.1
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.71
|63.7
|72.3
|68.0
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,250,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 127,332
| style="text-align:right;" | 37,710
| style="text-align:right;" | 89,622
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 7.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.1
| -8.8
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.76
|64.5
|72.6
|68.6
|-
|2009
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,383,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 135,494
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,898
| style="text-align:right;" | 99,596
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.5
| 6.8
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.88
|65.2
|73.2
|69.2
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,448,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 146,123
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,174
| style="text-align:right;" | 109,949
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.2
| -8.1
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.06
|65.3
|73.5
|69.4
|-
|2011
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,552,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 149,612
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,941
| style="text-align:right;" | 113,671
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.5
| -1.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.09
|65.7
|73.7
|69.7
|-
|2012
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,663,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 154,918
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,186
| style="text-align:right;" | 118,732
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.0
| -1.0
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.15
|66.1
|74.1
|70.1
|-
|2013
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,777,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 155,520
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,880
| style="text-align:right;" | 120,640
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.9
| -0.8
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.11
|66.3
|74.3
|70.3
|-
|2014
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,895,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 161,813
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,564
| style="text-align:right;" | 126,249
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.5
| -1.1
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.19
|66.5
|74.5
|70.5
|-
|2015
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,019,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 163,452
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,808
| style="text-align:right;" | 128,644
| style="text-align:right;" | 27.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.4
| -0.4
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.19
|66.7
|74.8
|70.8
|-
|2016
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,140,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 158,160
| style="text-align:right;" | 33,475
| style="text-align:right;" | 124,685
| style="text-align:right;" | 25.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.3
| -0.2
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.06
|67.0
|75.1
|71.1
|-
|2017
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,257,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 153,620
| style="text-align:right;" | 33,166
| style="text-align:right;" | 120,454
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.3
| -0.2
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.95
|67.2
|75.4
|71.3
|-
|2018
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,389,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 171,149
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,989
| style="text-align:right;" | 138,160
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.6
| -0.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.30
|67.4
|75.6
|71.5
|-
|2019
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,524,000
| style="color: blue" | 173,484
| style="text-align:right;" | 33,295
| style="color: blue" | 140,189
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.5
| -0.4
| style=" color: blue" | 3.33
|67.6
|75.8
|71.7
|-
|2020
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,636,803
| style="text-align:right;" | 158,112
| style="color: red" | 39,977
| style="text-align:right;" | 118,135
| style="text-align:right;" | 23.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.8
| -0.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 3.05
|67.8
|76.0
|71.7
|-
|2021
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,747,323
| style="text-align:right;" | 150,164
| style="text-align:right;" | 38,875
| style="text-align:right;" | 111,289
| style="text-align:right;" | 22.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.5
| 0.2
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.89
|67.9
|76.1
|71.8
|-
|2022
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,037,590
| style="text-align:right;" | 150,225
| style="text-align:right;" | 31,401
| style="text-align:right;" | 118,824
| style="text-align:right;" | 21.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 17.0
| 26.0
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.81
|68.0
|76.3
|71.9
|-
|2023
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,161,900
| style="text-align:right;" | 145,977
| style="text-align:right;" | 31,500
| style="text-align:right;" | 114,477
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.6
| style="color: blue" | 4.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.2
| 1.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.71
|68.2
|76.5
|72.0
|-
|2024
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,281,800
| style="text-align:right;" | 140,419
| style="text-align:right;" | 31,710
| style="text-align:right;" | 108,709
| style="text-align:right;" | 19.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 15.0
| 1.5
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" | 2.60
|68.4
|76.6
|72.1
|-
|2025
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 140,504
| style="text-align:right;" | 33,428
| style="text-align:right;" | 107,076
| style="color: red" | 19.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.5
|
| style="text-align:right; color: blue" |
|
|
|
|}
Current vital statistics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
! January—March 2025
| 31,755
| 8,371
| +23,384
|-
! January—March 2026
| 32,797
| 8,040
| +24,757
|-
! Difference
| +1,042 (+3.28%)
| –331 (-3.95%)
| +1,373
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Source:
|}
Total fertility rate
During the Soviet era, fertility in Kyrgyzstan was high (TFR 4 or higher). After independence there was a rapid decrease to 2.4 at the beginning of the 21st century, but the TFR had increased to 3 or higher as of 2010. Since 2020, there is a decrease to 2.8 in 2022.
The differences between nationalities in the number of children are significant: the ethnic composition of the population was as follows: Kyrgyz 77.8%, Uzbeks 14.2%, Russians 3.8%, Dungans 1.0%, Uyghurs 0.5%, other 2.7%, including Tajiks 0.9%, Kazakhs 0.4% and Turks 0.3%. Most Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans, and Koreans lived in northeast, especially around the city of Karakol. Most of the Dungans and Uyghurs are found along the Chinese border. Most of the Tajiks and Uzbeks live in and around Fergana valley.
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File:Процент киргизов в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan by region
File:Процент русских в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Russians in Kyrgyzstan by region
File:Процент узбеков в Киргизии.png|Percentage of Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan by region
</gallery>
The table shows the ethnic composition of Kyrgyzstan's population according to all population censuses between 1926 and 2022. Due to emigration (and low fertility rates), there has been a sharp decline in the European ethnic groups (Russians, Ukrainians, Germans) and also Tatars since independence (as captured in the 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2022 censuses).
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
! rowspan=2|Census year !! colspan=2|1926 !! colspan=2|1939 !! colspan=2|1959 !! colspan=2|1970 !! colspan=2|1979 !! colspan=2|1989 !! colspan=2|1999 !! colspan=2|2022
|-
! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! %
|-
! Kyrgyz
| 661,171 || 66.60 || 754,323 || 51.70 || 836,831 || 40.50 || 1,284,773 || 43.80 || 1,687,382 || 47.90 || 2,229,663 || 52.40 || 3,128,147 || 64.90 || 3,804,788 || 71.00 || 5,379,020 || 77.60
|-
! Uzbeks
| 110,463 || 11.10 || 151,551 || 10.40 || 218,640 || 10.60 || 332,638 || 11.30 || 426,194 || 12.10 || 550,096 || 12.90 || 664,950 || 13.80 || 768,405 || 14.30 || 986,881 || 14.20
|-
! Russians
| 116,436 || 11.70 || 302,916 || 20.80 || 623,562 || 30.20 || 855,935 || 29.20 || 911,703 || 25.90 || 916,558 || 21.50 || 603,201 || 12.50 || 419,583 || 7.80 || 282,652 || 4.10
|-
! Dungans
| 6,004 || 0.60 || 5,921 || 0.40 || 11,088 || 0.50 || 19,837 || 0.70 || 26,661 || 0.80 || 36,928 || 0.90 || 51,766 || 1.10 || 58,409 || 1.10 || 66,525 || 1.00
|-
! Tajiks
| 2,667 || 0.30 || 10,670 || 0.70 || 15,221 || 0.70 || 21,927 || 0.70 || 23,209 || 0.70 || 33,518 || 0.80 || 42,636 || 0.90 || 46,105 || 0.90 || 59,895 || 0.90
|-
! Uyghurs
| 7,540 || 0.80 || 9,412 || 0.60 || 13,757 || 0.70 || 24,872 || 0.80 || 29,817 || 0.80 || 36,779 || 0.90 || 46,944 || 1.00 || 48,543 || 0.90 || 31,559 || 0.50
|-
! Kazakhs
| 1,766 || 0.20 || 23,925 || 1.60 || 20,067 || 1.00 || 21,998 || 0.80 || 27,442 || 0.80 || 37,318 || 0.90 || 42,657 || 0.90 || 33,198 || 0.60 || 28,244 || 0.40
|-
! Turks
| 44 || 0.00 || 33 || 0.00 || 542 || 0.00 || 3,076 || 0.10 || 5,160 || 0.10 || 21,294 || 0.50 || 33,327 || 0.70 || 39,133 || 0.70 || 22,074 || 0.30
|-
! Azeris
| 3,631 || 0.40 || 7,724 || 0.50 || 10,428 || 0.50 || 12,536 || 0.40 || 17,207 || 0.50 || 15,775 || 0.40 || 14,014 || 0.30 || 17,267 || 0.30 || 17,359 || 0.30
|-
! Tatars
| 4,902 || 0.50 || 20,017 || 1.40 || 56,209 || 2.70 || 68,827 || 2.30 || 71,744 || 2.00 || 70,068 || 1.60 || 45,438 || 0.90 || 31,424 || 0.60 || 11,219 || 0.20
|-
! Kurds
| || || 1,490 || 0.10 || 4,783 || 0.20 || 7,974 || 0.30 || 9,544 || 0.30 || 14,262 || 0.30 || 11,620 || 0.20 || 13,171 || 0.30 || 10,733 || 0.20
|-
! Koreans
| 9 || 0.00 || 508 || 0.00 || 3,622 || 0.20 || 9,404 || 0.30 || 14,481 || 0.40 || 18,355 || 0.40 || 19,784 || 0.40 || 17,299 || 0.30 || 5,900 || 0.10
|-
! Ukrainians
| 64,128 || 6.50 || 137,299 || 9.40 || 137,031 || 6.60 || 120,081 || 4.10 || 109,324 || 3.10 || 108,027 || 2.50 || 50,442 || 1.00 || 21,924 || 0.40 || 3,875 || 0.10
|-
! Germans
| 4,291 || 0.40 || 11,741 || 0.80 || 39,915 || 1.90 || 89,834 || 3.10 || 101,057 || 2.90 || 101,309 || 2.40 || 21,471 || 0.40 || 9,487 || 0.20 || 2,831 || 0.00
|-
! Chechens
| 1 || 0.00 || 7 || 0.00 || 25,208 || 1.20 || 3,391 || 0.10 || 2,654 || 0.10 || 2,873 || 0.10 || 2,612 || 0.10 || 1,875 || 0.00 || 1,105 || 0.00
|-
! Belarusians
| 333 || 0.00 || 1,520 || 0.10 || 4,613 || 0.20 || 6,868 || 0.20 || 7,676 || 0.20 || 9,187 || 0.20 || 3,208 || 0.10 || 1,394 || 0.00 || 391 || 0.00
|-
! Jews
| 318 || 0.00 || 1,895 || 0.10 || 8,607 || 0.40 || 7,677 || 0.30 || 6,836 || 0.20 || 6,005 || 0.10 || 1,571 || 0.00 || 604 || 0.00 || 125 || 0.00
|-
! Others
| 9,300 || 0.90 || 17,261 || 1.20 || 35,713 || 1.70 || 41,157 || 1.40 || 44,741 || 1.30 || 49,740 || 1.20 || 50,770 || 1.10 || 43,300 || 0.80 || 25,643 || 0.40
|-
! Total || 993,004 || 100 || 1,458,213 || 100 || 2,065,837 || 100 || 2,932,805 || 100 || 3,522,832 || 100 || 4,257,755 || 100 || 4,822,938 || 100 || 5,362,793 || 100 || 6,936,156 || 100
|}
Languages
Languages spoken at home in Kygyzstan according to World Values Survey in 2020:
- Kyrgyz 70.9%
- Russian 16.3%
- Uzbek 10.7%
- others 2.1% (2020)
In the capital city Bishkek; 55.6% of the population speaks Russian at home, whereas Kyrgyz is the second with 43.6% according to the same survey.
Religion
Sunni Islam is the predominant religious denomination in Kyrgyzstan. The country has a significant Christian minority which Russian Orthodox is the main denomination.
- Islam 90%
- Christianity 7%
- others 3% (2021)
See also
- Demography of Central Asia