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{{Infobox place demographics
 | place              = [[Kyrgyzstan]]
 | image              = Kyrgyzstan single age population pyramid 2020.png
| image_size              =360
 | caption            = Kyrgyzstan [[population pyramid]] in 2020
<!-- main demographics -->
 | size_of_population =  6,636,800 (2021)<ref name=ethnic>{{cite web|url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/ru/statistics/naselenie/|work=Национальный статистический комитет Кыргызской Республики [National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic]|title= Население [Population]}}</ref>
 | density            = {{convert|27.4|PD/km2|abbr=on}}
 | growth             = 1.32/1,000 population (2010)
 | birth              = 24.0 births/1,000 population (2020)
 | death              = 6.0 deaths/1,000 population (2020)
 | life               = 71.9 years (2020)
 | life_male          = 67.8 years (2020)
 | life_female        = 76.0 years (2020)
 | infant_mortality   = 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)
 | fertility          = 2.60 children born/woman (2024)<ref>https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/files/dacbf98c-7993-4b5d-ae3a-b61f5f31df3b.xls</ref>
<!-- age structure -->
 | age_0-14_years     = 23.6%
 | age_15-64_years    = 62.9%
 | age_65_years       = 6.2%
<!-- sex ratio -->
 | total_mf_ratio     = 
 | sr_at_birth        = 1.05 male(s)/female
 | sr_under_15        = 1.04 male(s)/female
 | sr_15-64_years     = 0.96 male(s)/female
 | sr_65_years_over   = 0.64 male(s)/female
<!-- nationality -->
 | nation             = Kyrgyz
 | major_ethnic       = Kyrgyz
 | minor_ethnic       = Uzbek, Kazakh, Russian, Uyghur, Dungan, Tajik
<!-- language -->
 | official           = Kyrgyz, Russian
 | spoken             = Kyrgyz, Russian
}}

The '''Demographics of Kyrgyzstan''' is about the [[demographics|demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Kyrgyzstan]], including population growth, [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health, economic status, [[Religion in Kyrgyzstan|religious affiliations]], and other aspects of the population. The name [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]], both for the people and the country, means [[List of country name etymologies|"forty tribes"]], a reference to the epic hero [[Epic of Manas|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.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bezuglyy |first=Timofey |title=Comparison of the natural increase rate in the Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, and Republic of Estonia for the period from 1990 to 2024 |date=2025-05-01 |url=https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/nmdyn28mxv/1 |access-date=2025-05-14 |publisher=Mendeley Data |doi=10.17632/NMDYN28MXV.1}}</ref>

==Overview==
Kyrgyzstan's population increased from 2.1 million to 4.8 million between the censuses of 1959 and 1999.<ref name=census>[https://www.stat.gov.kg/stat.files/census.pdf Population census for Kyrgyzstan, 1999] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> Official estimates set the population at  6,389,500 in 2019.<ref name="ethnic" /> 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 {{convert|27.4|PD/km2}}.

The nation's largest [[ethnic group]] are the [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]], a [[Turkic peoples|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%), [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] (1.1%), [[Tājik people|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 [[Koryo-saram|Koreans]], who are the descendants of the Koreans [[Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union|deported]] in 1937 from the [[Russian Far East|Soviet Far East]] to Central Asia.

Kyrgyzstan has undergone a pronounced change in its ethnic composition since independence.<ref name="spo">{{cite journal |last1=Spoorenberg |first1=Thomas |year=2013 |title=Fertility changes in Central Asia since 1980|journal=Asian Population Studies |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=50–77 |doi=10.1080/17441730.2012.752238|s2cid=154532617 }}</ref><ref name="spoo">{{cite journal |last1=Spoorenberg |first1=Thomas |year=2015 |title=Explaining recent fertility increase in Central Asia |journal=Asian Population Studies |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=115–133 |doi=10.1080/17441730.2015.1027275 |s2cid=153924060 }}</ref> 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%.<ref name="ethnic" /><ref name="census" />

The Kyrgyz have historically been semi-[[nomad]]ic herders, living in round tents called [[yurt]]s and tending [[sheep]], [[horse]]s and [[yak]]s. 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.


==Population size and structure==
[[File:Население Киргизии за 2015.png|thumb|right|500px|Population density of Kyrgyzstan, 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/publicationarchive/30c1af54-2244-4fe1-a470-4d1a88bcea8b.pdf|title=Ethnic composition of the population in Kyrgyzstan 2015|publisher=National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic|access-date=1 January 2015|language=ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064922/http://www.stat.kg/media/publicationarchive/30c1af54-2244-4fe1-a470-4d1a88bcea8b.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>]]

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to annual average population.):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| 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
|-
|}

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| yAxisTitle= million
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| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
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| y1= 1.74, 1.77, 1.79, 1.82, 1.86, 1.9, 1.94, 1.98, 2.03, 2.1, 2.17, 2.26, 2.33, 2.41, 2.5, 2.57, 2.66, 2.74, 2.82, 2.9, 2.96, 3.03, 3.09, 3.16, 3.23, 3.3, 3.37, 3.43, 3.5, 3.56, 3.63, 3.7, 3.78, 3.86, 3.94, 4.01, 4.09, 4.17, 4.25, 4.33, 4.4, 4.46, 4.51, 4.51, 4.52, 4.56, 4.63, 4.7, 4.77, 4.84, 4.89, 4.93, 4.97, 5.01, 5.07, 5.12, 5.16, 5.21, 5.25, 5.38, 5.45, 5.55, 5.66, 5.78, 5.9, 6.02, 6.14, 6.26, 6.39, 6.52, 6.64  , 6.75

| y1Title= population (million)
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| yAxisTitle= ‰
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| xGrid= 10
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| hAnnotatonsLine=
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 23.9, 25.4, 24.5, 25.6, 26.7, 25.7, 27.7, 28.5, 28.7, 27.4, 30.8, 29.1, 27.4, 27.1, 25.5, 24.9, 24.1, 23.4, 23.8, 22.6, 23.1, 24.7, 23.2, 23.1, 23.4, 22.5, 23.4, 22.3, 22.3, 21.8, 21.2, 22.7, 23.4, 23.5, 23.7, 23.9, 25.6, 25.4, 24.0, 23.2, 22.4, 22.1, 21.3, 18.2, 16.2, 17.6, 15.9, 14.4, 14.6, 14.7, 12.8, 13.3, 13.2, 13.9, 14.8, 14.2, 15.9, 16.3, 17.1, 19.4, 20.2, 20.6, 20.8, 21.1, 21.6, 21.6, 20.5, 19.4, 21.9, 21.7, 17.9, 16.5 
  
| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)

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| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
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| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 3.63,3.58, 3.52, 3.15, 2.95, 3.12, 2.73, 2.59, 2.65, 2.63, 2.40, 2.39, 2.43, 2.49, 2.55, 2.50, 2.70, 2.71, 2.76, 2.88, 3.06, 3.09, 3.15, 3.11, 3.19, 3.19, 3.06, 2.95, 3.28, 3.34, 3.04, 2.89 
  
| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate

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==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.<ref name="unstats2001">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/2000_round.htm|title=Demographic Yearbook (DYB) Regular Issues 2000 - 2010|work=United Nations Statistical Division|year=2001|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/rus/part/census.htm|script-title=ru:Население|trans-title=Population|language=ru|work=National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stat.kg/images/stories/Chislennost%20nalichnogo%20naseleniya%20v%202015.pdf |script-title=ru:Численность населения областей, районов, городов и поселков городского типа Кыргызской Республики в 2015г. |trans-title=Population of Regions, Districts, cities and towns of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2015 |language=ru |publisher=National Committee for Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=26 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926104653/http://stat.kg/images/stories/Chislennost%20nalichnogo%20naseleniya%20v%202015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://stat.kg/images/stories/docs/tematika/demo/Gotov.sbornik%202009-2013.pdf |script-title=ru:ДЕМОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ ЕЖЕГОДНИК КЫРГЫЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ 2009-2013 гг. |trans-title=Demographic Annual of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2009-2013 |language=ru |publisher=National Committee for Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic |date=2014 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306173005/http://stat.kg/images/stories/docs/tematika/demo/Gotov.sbornik%202009-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_ed_1935.php |script-title=ru:Естественное движение населения республик СССР, 1935 |trans-title=Natural population growth of the Republics of the USSR, 1935 |language=ru |publisher=Demoscope.ru |access-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125545/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_ed_1935.php |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="XLSdata2015">{{cite web|format=XLS|url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/statisticsdynamic/ad16bcee-b878-49ad-9d27-566d2923c22b.XLS|script-title=ru:5.01.00.16 Справочные данные по населению|trans-title=Table 5.01.00.16 Population reference data|language=ru|work=National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan|date=2015|access-date=31 January 2016}}{{cite web|format=XLS|url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/statisticsdynamic/05e502b0-d886-4d83-8911-cbf64957f550.XLS|title=Table 5.01.00.05 Number of live births|work=National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan|date=2015|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" 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="color: red" | 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
|}

====Current vital statistics====
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January—September 2024'''
| 107,889
| 24,195
| +83,694
|-
| '''January—September 2025'''
| 104,105
| 24,252
| +79,853
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{Decrease}} −3,784 (-3.51%)
| {{increasenegative}} +57 (+0.24%)
| {{Decrease}} −3,841
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Population - Official Statistics|url=https://stat.gov.kg/ru/statistics/naselenie/}}</ref>
|}

===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:<ref name="spo" /><ref name="spoo" /> [[Uzbek people|Uzbek]]s (3.0 children), [[Tajik people|Tajik]]s (3.0 children), [[Turks in Kyrgyzstan|Turks]] (2.9), [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] (2.9), [[Dungans]] (2.8), [[Russians]] (1.7), [[Koreans]] (1.7), [[Germans]] (1.8), [[Ukrainians]] (2.1), [[Tatars]] (2.1), [[Kazakhs]] (2.3) and [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]]s (2.5).<ref name=census/> The TFR for Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, and Koreans in Kyrgyzstan are considerably higher than in their home countries.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}

===Life expectancy===
[[File:Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Kyrgyzstan since 1950]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Kyrgyzstan -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan since 1960 by gender]]

==Ethnic groups==
According to the 2022 census,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan census 2022 |url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/publicationarchive/09ae4f7e-4869-4f68-87a9-072c3e92607a.pdf}}</ref> the ethnic composition of the population was as follows: [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] 77.8%, [[Uzbeks]] 14.2%, [[Russians]] 3.8%, [[Dungan people|Dungans]] 1.0%, [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] 0.5%, other 2.7%, including [[Tajiks]] 0.9%, [[Kazakhs]] 0.4% and [[Turks in Kyrgyzstan|Turks]] 0.3%. Most Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans, and Koreans lived in northeast, especially around the city of [[Karakol]]. Most of the [[Dungan people|Dungans]] and [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] are found along the Chinese border. Most of the [[Tājik people|Tajiks]] and [[Uzbeks]] live in and around Fergana valley. 
<gallery>
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<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 года. Национальный состав населения по регионам РСФСР |trans-title=All-Union census in 1926. National composition of the population by regions of the RSFSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321203605/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |archive-date=21 March 2016 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1939<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php|script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР|trans-title=All-Union census 1939. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR|language=ru|journal=Demoskop Weekly|issue=673–674|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> !! colspan=2|1959<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1959. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172652/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |archive-date=16 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1970<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1970. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151519/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |archive-date=3 December 2009 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1979<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1979. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324145212/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |archive-date=24 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1989<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР |trans-title=All-Union census 1989. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR |language=ru |journal=Demoskop Weekly |issue=673–674 |access-date=22 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172713/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |archive-date=16 March 2010 }}</ref> !! colspan=2|1999<ref name=ethnic/> !! colspan=2|2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kg/stat.files/tematika/демограф/Кыргызстан%20в%20цифрах/демо6.pdf|script-title=ru:2009 - Национальный состав населения (на начало года)|trans-title=2009 - Ethnic composition the population (at the beginning of the year)|language=ru|work=Bureau of Statistics of Kyrgyzstan|date=2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920053210/http://www.stat.kg/stat.files/tematika/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%B2%20%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE6.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> !! colspan=2|2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan BRIEF STATISTICAL HANDBOOK 2022 |url=https://www.stat.gov.kg/media/publicationarchive/d67c308c-6121-4cb0-b70e-c93dfc199ff6.pdf}}</ref>
|-
! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! % !! # !! %
|-
! [[Kyrgyz people|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 in Kyrgyzstan|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]]
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 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==
{{Main|Languages of Kyrgyzstan}}Languages spoken at home in Kygyzstan according to [[World Values Survey]] in 2020:
*[[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] 70.9%
*[[Russian language|Russian]] 16.3%
*[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] 10.7%
*[[Languages of Kyrgyzstan|others]] 2.1%  (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=WVS Database |url=https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.worldvaluessurvey.org}}</ref>
In the capital city [[Bishkek]]; 55.6% of the population speaks [[Russian language|Russian]] at home, whereas [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] is the second with 43.6% according to the same survey.

==Religion==
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religion in Kyrgyzstan (ARDA 2020 est.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=126c|title=Religions in Kyrgyzstan &#124; Arda|website=www.thearda.com|access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Islam]]
| value1 = 89.3
| color1 = Green
| label2 = [[Christianity]]
| value2 = 2.8
| color2 = Blue
| label3 = [[Buddhism]]
| value3 = .5
| color3 = Yellow
| label4 = [[Irreligion|None]]
| value4 = 6.84
| color4 = Black
| label5 = Other
| value5 = 0.56
| color5 = White
}}
{{Main|Religion in Kyrgyzstan}}
[[Sunni Islam]] is the predominant religious denomination in Kyrgyzstan. The country has a significant [[Christians|Christian]] minority which [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] is the main denomination.
*[[Islam in Kyrgyzstan|Islam]] 90%
*[[Russian Orthodox|Christianity]] 7%
*[[Religion in Kyrgyzstan|others]] 3% (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyzstan |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/kyrgyzstan/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Asia}}
*[[Demography of Central Asia]]

==References==
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