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Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan
How Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan compare on 38 measures, from 1868 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Tajikistan was higher: 71.8 years against 71.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Tajikistan was higher: $1,593 against $1,555
- Population · In 2023, Tajikistan was higher: 10.4 million people against 7.07 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Kyrgyzstan was higher: 2.92% of GDP against 1.47% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Kyrgyzstan was higher: 1.49 tonnes against 0.92 tonnes
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| Measure | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 71.7 | 71.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1.7 | 2.8 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 14.3 | 24.5 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 76.5 | 55.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.05 | 2.56 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 10 | 5.8 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 7.07 million | 10.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.61 | 1.96 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 2.8 | 3.07 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 34.8 | 26.2 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 25.1 | 21.9 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 5.4 | 3.7 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 0.8 | -1.9 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $1,555 | $1,593 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 11.1 | 8.4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 8.2 | 3.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 39.5 | 18.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 8.7 | 6.8 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2009 | 99.2 | 99.7 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2016 | 88.82012 | 96 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.31 | 0.16 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.48 | 0.17 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 74 | 78 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 2.92 | 1.47 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $558M | $220M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $83 | $23 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 7.9 | 4.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 21,000 | 17,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.81 | 0.75 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 54 million2023 | 75 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0.6 | 8.9 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 1.5 | 12.1 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.49 | 0.92 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 92 | 55.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 99.9 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 6.5 | 3.1 | |
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- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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