Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Population

Population in 2023: 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan and 10.4 million people in Tajikistan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tajikistan, by 3.32 million people, or 1.47 times that in Kyrgyzstan.

people · UN

Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan and 10.4 million people in Tajikistan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tajikistan, by 3.32 million people, or 1.47 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
KyrgyzstanTajikistanEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Tajikistan has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Kyrgyzstan.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Kyrgyzstan at 11.7 million people and Tajikistan at 20.2 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearKyrgyzstanTajikistanWorld
20237.07 million10.4 million8.09 billion
20226.96 million10.2 million8.02 billion
20216.82 million9.97 million7.95 billion
20206.66 million9.75 million7.89 billion
20196.49 million9.53 million7.81 billion
20186.34 million9.31 million7.73 billion
20176.22 million9.09 million7.65 billion
20166.11 million8.87 million7.56 billion
20156 million8.64 million7.47 billion
20145.9 million8.43 million7.38 billion
20135.8 million8.22 million7.29 billion
20125.7 million8.01 million7.2 billion
20115.6 million7.83 million7.11 billion
20105.49 million7.65 million7.02 billion
20095.4 million7.49 million6.93 billion
20085.34 million7.34 million6.84 billion
20075.31 million7.19 million6.76 billion
20065.28 million7.06 million6.67 billion
20055.25 million6.93 million6.59 billion
20045.2 million6.79 million6.5 billion
20035.16 million6.66 million6.42 billion
20025.12 million6.53 million6.34 billion
20015.07 million6.41 million6.26 billion
20005.03 million6.29 million6.17 billion
19994.97 million6.21 million6.09 billion
19984.91 million6.18 million6.01 billion
19974.85 million6.14 million5.93 billion
19964.78 million6.07 million5.84 billion
19954.71 million5.95 million5.76 billion
19944.65 million5.83 million5.68 billion
19934.63 million5.73 million5.59 billion
19924.6 million5.65 million5.51 billion
19914.53 million5.54 million5.42 billion
19904.46 million5.4 million5.33 billion
19894.38 million5.27 million5.23 billion
19884.31 million5.12 million5.14 billion
19874.24 million4.94 million5.05 billion
19864.17 million4.77 million4.96 billion
19854.1 million4.62 million4.87 billion
19844.04 million4.48 million4.78 billion
19833.97 million4.35 million4.7 billion
19823.88 million4.23 million4.61 billion
19813.8 million4.11 million4.53 billion
19803.73 million4 million4.45 billion
19793.66 million3.88 million4.37 billion
19783.59 million3.77 million4.29 billion
19773.51 million3.65 million4.22 billion
19763.45 million3.54 million4.14 billion
19753.38 million3.43 million4.07 billion
19743.31 million3.32 million4 billion
19733.25 million3.22 million3.92 billion
19723.17 million3.12 million3.85 billion
19713.1 million3.03 million3.77 billion
19703.03 million2.94 million3.7 billion
19692.95 million2.85 million3.62 billion
19682.86 million2.75 million3.55 billion
19672.78 million2.66 million3.47 billion
19662.7 million2.58 million3.4 billion
19652.62 million2.49 million3.34 billion
19642.53 million2.41 million3.26 billion
19632.45 million2.33 million3.19 billion
19622.37 million2.26 million3.12 billion
19612.29 million2.18 million3.07 billion
19602.22 million2.11 million3.02 billion
19592.15 million2.05 million2.97 billion
19582.09 million1.98 million2.91 billion
19572.04 million1.92 million2.85 billion
19561.99 million1.87 million2.8 billion
19551.94 million1.81 million2.74 billion
19541.9 million1.76 million2.69 billion
19531.86 million1.7 million2.63 billion
19521.83 million1.65 million2.58 billion
19511.79 million1.59 million2.54 billion
19501.75 million1.53 million2.49 billion
19491.73 million1.5 million–
19481.71 million1.48 million–
19471.69 million1.47 million–
19461.68 million1.45 million–
19451.66 million1.44 million–
19441.65 million1.43 million–
19431.63 million1.41 million–
19421.62 million1.4 million–
19411.6 million1.39 million–
19401.59 million1.37 million–
19391.57 million1.36 million–
19381.56 million1.35 million–
19371.54 million1.34 million–
19361.53 million1.33 million–
19351.52 million1.31 million–
19341.5 million1.3 million–
19331.49 million1.29 million–
19321.47 million1.28 million–
19311.46 million1.27 million–
19301.45 million1.26 million–
19291.43 million1.24 million–
19281.42 million1.23 million–
19271.41 million1.22 million–
19261.4 million1.21 million–
19251.38 million1.2 million–
19241.37 million1.19 million–
19231.36 million1.18 million–
19221.35 million1.17 million–
19211.33 million1.16 million–
19201.32 million1.15 million–
19191.31 million1.14 million–
19181.3 million1.12 million–
19171.29 million1.11 million–
19161.27 million1.1 million–
19151.26 million1.09 million–
19141.25 million1.09 million–
19131.24 million1.08 million–
19121.23 million1.07 million–
19111.22 million1.06 million–
19101.21 million1.05 million–
19091.2 million1.04 million–
19081.18 million1.03 million–
19071.17 million1.02 million–
19061.16 million1.01 million–
19051.15 million1 million–
19041.14 million992,400–
19031.13 million983,600–
19021.12 million974,900–
19011.11 million966,200–
19001.1 million957,700–
18991.09 million949,200–
18981.08 million940,800–
18971.07 million932,500–
18961.06 million924,200–
18951.05 million916,000–
18941.04 million907,900–
18931.03 million899,900–
18921.02 million891,900–
18911.01 million884,000–
18901.01 million876,200–
1889995,500868,400–
1888986,500860,700–
1887977,500853,100–
1886968,700845,500–
1885959,900838,100–
1884951,200830,600–
1883942,500823,300–
1882934,000816,000–
1881925,500808,800–
1880917,100801,600–
1879908,800794,500–
1878900,500787,500–
1877892,300780,500–
1876884,200773,600–
1875876,200766,700–
1874868,300759,900–
1873860,400753,200–
1872852,600746,500–
1871844,800739,900–
1870837,200733,300–
1869829,600726,900–
1868822,000720,400–
1867814,600714,000–
1866807,200707,700–
1865799,900701,400–
1864792,600695,200–
1863785,400689,100–
1862778,300683,000–
1861771,200676,900–
1860764,200670,900–
1859757,300665,000–
1858750,400659,100–
1857743,600653,200–
1856736,800647,500–
1855730,100641,700–
1854723,500636,000–
1853717,000630,400–
1852710,400624,800–
1851704,000619,300–
1850697,600613,800–
1849691,300608,200–
1848685,000602,700–
1847678,700597,200–
1846672,600591,800–
1845666,500586,400–
1844660,400581,100–
1843654,400575,800–
1842648,400570,500–
1841642,500565,400–
1840636,700560,200–
1839630,900555,100–
1838625,200550,100–
1837619,500545,100–
1836613,900540,100–
1835608,300535,200–
1834602,700530,300–
1833597,300525,500–
1832591,800520,700–
1831586,500516,000–
1830581,100511,300–
1829575,800506,700–
1828570,600502,000–
1827565,400497,500–
1826560,300493,000–
1825555,200488,500–
1824550,100484,000–
1823545,100479,600–
1822540,200475,300–
1821536,200471,800–
1820533,300469,200–
1819531,300467,500–
1818530,300466,600–
1817530,300466,600–
1816530,300466,600–
1815530,300466,600–
1814530,300466,600–
1813530,300466,600–
1812530,300466,600–
1811530,300466,600–
1810530,300466,600–
1809530,300466,600–
1808530,300466,600–
1807530,300466,600–
1806530,300466,600–
1805530,300466,600–
1804530,300466,600–
1803530,300466,600–
1802530,300466,600–
1801530,300466,600–
1800530,300466,600–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearKyrgyzstanTajikistanWorld
20247.19 million7.16 million–7.21 million10.6 million10.6 million–10.6 million8.16 billion
20257.3 million7.21 million–7.37 million10.8 million10.7 million–10.9 million8.23 billion
20267.4 million7.25 million–7.54 million11 million10.7 million–11.2 million8.3 billion
20277.5 million7.28 million–7.71 million11.2 million10.8 million–11.5 million8.37 billion
20287.61 million7.31 million–7.89 million11.4 million10.9 million–11.8 million8.44 billion
20297.71 million7.33 million–8.08 million11.6 million11 million–12.1 million8.5 billion
20307.8 million7.35 million–8.27 million11.7 million11 million–12.4 million8.57 billion
20317.9 million7.36 million–8.46 million11.9 million11.1 million–12.7 million8.63 billion
20328 million7.37 million–8.67 million12.1 million11.1 million–13 million8.7 billion
20338.09 million7.37 million–8.88 million12.3 million11.2 million–13.4 million8.76 billion
20348.19 million7.37 million–9.11 million12.5 million11.3 million–13.7 million8.82 billion
20358.28 million7.36 million–9.31 million12.7 million11.3 million–14.1 million8.89 billion
20368.38 million7.34 million–9.52 million12.9 million11.4 million–14.4 million8.95 billion
20378.47 million7.34 million–9.73 million13.1 million11.5 million–14.8 million9.01 billion
20388.57 million7.35 million–9.97 million13.3 million11.6 million–15.1 million9.06 billion
20398.66 million7.35 million–10.2 million13.5 million11.6 million–15.5 million9.12 billion
20408.76 million7.34 million–10.5 million13.7 million11.7 million–15.9 million9.18 billion
20418.85 million7.32 million–10.7 million13.9 million11.7 million–16.4 million9.23 billion
20428.95 million7.32 million–11 million14.1 million11.8 million–16.8 million9.29 billion
20439.04 million7.33 million–11.2 million14.3 million11.9 million–17.2 million9.34 billion
20449.13 million7.34 million–11.4 million14.5 million12 million–17.5 million9.39 billion
20459.22 million7.35 million–11.6 million14.7 million12.1 million–17.9 million9.44 billion
20469.31 million7.35 million–11.8 million14.9 million12.1 million–18.3 million9.49 billion
20479.39 million7.34 million–12 million15.1 million12.2 million–18.7 million9.54 billion
20489.48 million7.33 million–12.2 million15.2 million12.2 million–19.1 million9.58 billion
20499.56 million7.32 million–12.4 million15.4 million12.2 million–19.5 million9.62 billion
20509.64 million7.3 million–12.7 million15.6 million12.2 million–19.9 million9.66 billion
20519.72 million7.28 million–12.9 million15.7 million12.3 million–20.3 million9.7 billion
20529.8 million7.27 million–13.2 million15.9 million12.4 million–20.7 million9.74 billion
20539.87 million7.22 million–13.4 million16.1 million12.4 million–21.1 million9.78 billion
20549.94 million7.18 million–13.7 million16.2 million12.4 million–21.5 million9.81 billion
205510 million7.16 million–13.9 million16.4 million12.4 million–22 million9.85 billion
205610.1 million7.12 million–14.1 million16.5 million12.4 million–22.4 million9.88 billion
205710.2 million7.07 million–14.4 million16.7 million12.4 million–22.9 million9.91 billion
205810.2 million7.02 million–14.7 million16.8 million12.4 million–23.3 million9.94 billion
205910.3 million6.94 million–15 million17 million12.4 million–23.8 million9.96 billion
206010.3 million6.88 million–15.3 million17.1 million12.4 million–24.2 million9.99 billion
206110.4 million6.82 million–15.5 million17.3 million12.3 million–24.7 million10 billion
206210.5 million6.79 million–15.8 million17.4 million12.3 million–25.1 million10 billion
206310.5 million6.79 million–15.9 million17.6 million12.4 million–25.6 million10.1 billion
206410.6 million6.74 million–16.2 million17.7 million12.4 million–26 million10.1 billion
206510.6 million6.69 million–16.5 million17.8 million12.4 million–26.5 million10.1 billion
206610.7 million6.63 million–16.8 million18 million12.4 million–26.9 million10.1 billion
206710.8 million6.55 million–17 million18.1 million12.4 million–27.5 million10.1 billion
206810.8 million6.5 million–17.2 million18.2 million12.3 million–28 million10.2 billion
206910.9 million6.46 million–17.5 million18.3 million12.3 million–28.4 million10.2 billion
207010.9 million6.4 million–17.9 million18.4 million12.3 million–28.8 million10.2 billion
207111 million6.35 million–18.2 million18.6 million12.3 million–29.3 million10.2 billion
207211 million6.31 million–18.5 million18.7 million12.3 million–29.8 million10.2 billion
207311.1 million6.27 million–18.7 million18.8 million12.2 million–30.2 million10.2 billion
207411.1 million6.24 million–19 million18.9 million12.2 million–30.6 million10.2 billion
207511.2 million6.17 million–19.2 million19 million12.2 million–31.1 million10.3 billion
207611.2 million6.08 million–19.5 million19 million12.2 million–31.6 million10.3 billion
207711.2 million6 million–19.9 million19.1 million12.2 million–32.1 million10.3 billion
207811.3 million5.9 million–20.3 million19.2 million12.1 million–32.6 million10.3 billion
207911.3 million5.81 million–20.7 million19.3 million12 million–33.1 million10.3 billion
208011.4 million5.74 million–20.9 million19.4 million11.9 million–33.6 million10.3 billion
208111.4 million5.68 million–21.2 million19.4 million11.9 million–34.2 million10.3 billion
208211.4 million5.62 million–21.5 million19.5 million11.8 million–34.8 million10.3 billion
208311.5 million5.54 million–21.8 million19.6 million11.7 million–35.4 million10.3 billion
208411.5 million5.47 million–22.2 million19.6 million11.6 million–35.9 million10.3 billion
208511.5 million5.43 million–22.4 million19.7 million11.5 million–36.5 million10.3 billion
208611.5 million5.4 million–22.7 million19.7 million11.4 million–37.2 million10.3 billion
208711.6 million5.39 million–23 million19.8 million11.3 million–37.9 million10.3 billion
208811.6 million5.37 million–23.3 million19.8 million11.2 million–38.4 million10.3 billion
208911.6 million5.35 million–23.5 million19.9 million11.1 million–38.9 million10.3 billion
209011.6 million5.31 million–23.8 million19.9 million11 million–39.5 million10.3 billion
209111.6 million5.24 million–24.1 million20 million10.9 million–40.2 million10.3 billion
209211.7 million5.18 million–24.4 million20 million10.8 million–40.6 million10.3 billion
209311.7 million5.15 million–24.9 million20.1 million10.7 million–41 million10.3 billion
209411.7 million5.13 million–25.4 million20.1 million10.5 million–41.8 million10.2 billion
209511.7 million5.07 million–25.9 million20.1 million10.4 million–42.6 million10.2 billion
209611.7 million4.99 million–26.4 million20.2 million10.3 million–43.1 million10.2 billion
209711.7 million4.94 million–26.8 million20.2 million10.3 million–43.5 million10.2 billion
209811.7 million4.9 million–27.2 million20.2 million10.2 million–44 million10.2 billion
209911.7 million4.85 million–27.6 million20.2 million10 million–44.4 million10.2 billion
210011.7 million4.79 million–27.9 million20.2 million9.93 million–44.7 million10.2 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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