Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Kyrgyz Republic

One in every 942 babies in the world is born here: about 142,455 a year, 0.27 a minute.

Population: 7,343,064
Births a year: 142,455
Life expectancy: 72.5
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 16.8

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
76.6
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
68.4
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
14.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
16.8
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
42
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.3
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
22
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.6
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
12.7
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
1.8
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
2.6
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
9
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
90
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
92
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
54
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
41.1
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$7,878
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
28
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
2.2
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.5
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
15
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
44
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
42
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
35
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
95
World: 91
Internet users (%)
92
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.05
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.15
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.05
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 55.1 → 2026: 72.4 → 2050: 75.7

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 212 → 2026: 15 → 2050: 5

World

Children per woman

1960: 5.3 → 2026: 2.8 → 2050: 2.2

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 34 → 2026: 35 → 2050: 38

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Kyrgyz Republic comes up about once in every 942 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.