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| Demographics of Kyrgyzstan | |
|---|---|
 Kyrgyzstan population pyramid in 2020 | |
| Population | 6,636,800 (2021)[1] |
| Density | 27.4/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Growth rate | 1.32/1,000 population (2010) |
| Birth rate | 24.0 births/1,000 population (2020) |
| Death rate | 6.0 deaths/1,000 population (2020) |
| Life expectancy | 71.9 years (2020) |
| • male | 67.8 years (2020) |
| • female | 76.0 years (2020) |
| Fertility rate | 3.04 children born/woman (2020) |
| Infant mortality rate | 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 23.6% |
| 15–64 years | 62.9% |
| 65 and over | 6.2% |
| Sex ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15–64 years | 0.96 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.64 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Kyrgyz |
| Major ethnic | Kyrgyz |
| Minor ethnic | Kazakh, Russian, Uzbek, Dungan, Uyghur |
| Language | |
| Official | Kyrgyz, Russian |
| Spoken | Kyrgyz, Russian |
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.
Overview
Kyrgyzstan's population increased from 2.1 million to 4.8 million between the censuses of 1959 and 1999.[2] Official estimates set the population at 6,389,500 in 2019.[1] Of those, 34.4% are under the age of 15 and 6.2% are over the age of 65. The country is rural: only about one-third of Kyrgyzstan's population live in urban areas. The average population density is 27.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi).
The nation's largest ethnic group are the Kyrgyz, a Turkic people, which comprise 73.2% of the population (2018 census). Other ethnic groups include Russians (5.8%) concentrated in the north and Uzbeks (14.5%) living in the south. Small but noticeable minorities include Dungans (1.1%), Uyghurs (1.1%), Tajiks (0.9%), Kazakhs (0.7%) and Ukrainians (0.5%), and other smaller ethnic minorities (1.7%). Of the formerly sizable Volga German community, exiled here by Joseph Stalin from their earlier homes in the Volga German Republic, most have returned to Germany, and only a few small groups remain. A small percentage of the population are also Koreans, who are the descendants of the Koreans deported in 1937 from the Soviet Far East to Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan has undergone a pronounced change in its ethnic composition since independence.[3][4] 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%.[1][2]
The Kyrgyz have historically been semi-nomadic herders, living in round tents called yurts and tending sheep, horses and yaks. This nomadic tradition continues to function seasonally (see transhumance) as herding families return to the high mountain pasture (or jailoo) in the summer. The retention of this nomadic heritage and the freedoms that it implies continue to affect the political atmosphere in the country.
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Population size and structure
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to annual average population.):[6]
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3 265 870 | 3 314 296 | 6 580 166 | 100 |
| 0–4 | 413 265 | 392 172 | 805 437 | 12.24 |
| 5–9 | 388 796 | 369 309 | 758 105 | 11.52 |
| 10–14 | 309 396 | 297 034 | 606 430 | 9.22 |
| 15–19 | 258 649 | 249 178 | 507 827 | 7.72 |
| 20–24 | 263 240 | 252 719 | 515 959 | 7.84 |
| 25–29 | 289 819 | 279 117 | 568 936 | 8.65 |
| 30–34 | 282 674 | 281 432 | 564 106 | 8.57 |
| 35–39 | 222 715 | 220 855 | 443 570 | 6.74 |
| 40–44 | 180 015 | 182 328 | 362 343 | 5.51 |
| 45–49 | 157 253 | 167 537 | 324 790 | 4.94 |
| 50–54 | 142 981 | 156 499 | 299 480 | 4.55 |
| 55–59 | 129 553 | 149 093 | 278 646 | 4.23 |
| 60–64 | 99 239 | 121 193 | 220 432 | 3.35 |
| 65-69 | 59 174 | 80 206 | 139 380 | 2.12 |
| 70-74 | 33 247 | 50 398 | 83 645 | 1.27 |
| 75-79 | 13 209 | 21 957 | 35 166 | 0.53 |
| 80-84 | 13 189 | 25 642 | 38 831 | 0.59 |
| 85-89 | 4 822 | 10 280 | 15 102 | 0.23 |
| 90-94 | 3 131 | 5 305 | 8 436 | 0.13 |
| 95-99 | 1 127 | 1 459 | 2 586 | 0.04 |
| 100+ | 376 | 583 | 959 | 0.01 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
| 0–14 | 1 111 457 | 1 058 515 | 2 169 972 | 32.98 |
| 15–64 | 2 026 138 | 2 059 951 | 4 086 089 | 62.10 |
| 65+ | 128 275 | 195 830 | 324 105 | 4.93 |
Vital statistics
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.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
| Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | TFR | Life expectancy
(male) |
Life expectancy (female) | Life expectancy (total) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,740,000 | 56,471 | 14,845 | 41,626 | 32.5 | 8.5 | 24.0 | ||||
| 1951 | 1,768,000 | 58,828 | 13,927 | 44,901 | 33.3 | 7.9 | 25.4 | ||||
| 1952 | 1,788,000 | 57,632 | 13,868 | 43,764 | 32.2 | 7.8 | 24.4 | ||||
| 1953 | 1,818,000 | 60,755 | 14,288 | 46,467 | 33.4 | 7.9 | 25.5 | ||||
| 1954 | 1,859,000 | 63,803 | 13,684 | 50,119 | 34.3 | 7.4 | 26.9 | ||||
| 1955 | 1,903,000 | 63,883 | 14,923 | 48,960 | 33.6 | 7.8 | 25.8 | ||||
| 1956 | 1,941,000 | 65,667 | 11,918 | 53,749 | 33.8 | 6.1 | 27.7 | ||||
| 1957 | 1,978,000 | 68,644 | 12,275 | 56,369 | 34.7 | 6.2 | 28.5 | ||||
| 1958 | 2,030,000 | 70,521 | 12,324 | 58,197 | 34.7 | 6.1 | 28.6 | ||||
| 1959 | 2,099,000 | 70,501 | 12,930 | 57,571 | 33.6 | 6.2 | 27.4 | ||||
| 1960 | 2,172,000 | 80,209 | 13,259 | 66,950 | 36.9 | 6.1 | 30.8 | ||||
| 1961 | 2,256,000 | 80,671 | 15,175 | 65,496 | 35.8 | 6.7 | 29.1 | ||||
| 1962 | 2,333,000 | 79,010 | 15,141 | 63,869 | 33.9 | 6.5 | 27.4 | ||||
| 1963 | 2,413,000 | 80,279 | 14,986 | 65,293 | 33.3 | 6.2 | 27.1 |