What is life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan?

Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan was 71.68 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Kyrgyzstan?

The highest recorded value was 71.68 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Kyrgyzstan?

The lowest recorded value was 52.06 years in 1950.

How does Kyrgyzstan rank for life expectancy?

Kyrgyzstan ranks 156th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan

Name: Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Kyrgyzstan: Life expectancy was 71.68 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

71.68 years

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

156th

of 236 countries

All-time high

71.68 years

in 2023

All-time low

52.06 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan is 71.68 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 71.68 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.06 years, in 1950.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 156th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	53.4 years	52.06 years	54.78 years	10
1960s	56.5 years	55.09 years	57.91 years	10
1970s	59.63 years	58.18 years	61.09 years	10
1980s	63.52 years	61.53 years	65.44 years	10
1990s	64.06 years	62.72 years	64.94 years	10
2000s	65.84 years	65.24 years	67.14 years	10
2010s	69.2 years	67.52 years	70.89 years	10
2020s	70.4 years	69.14 years	71.68 years	4

Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan

153 Tajikistan 71.79 years compare
154 Mongolia 71.73 years compare
155 Samoa 71.7 years compare
157 Egypt 71.63 years compare
158 Jamaica 71.48 years compare
159 Vanuatu 71.48 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Kyrgyzstan

Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 77,619 (2025)
Age dependency ratio 61.0% (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 54,642 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 59,345 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 55,444 (2025)
Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 77,941 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 58,003 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 61,889 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 6.0% (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 81,771 (2025)

All data for Kyrgyzstan →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan?: Life expectancy in Kyrgyzstan was 71.68 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Kyrgyzstan?: The highest recorded value was 71.68 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Kyrgyzstan?: The lowest recorded value was 52.06 years in 1950.
How does Kyrgyzstan rank for life expectancy?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 156th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.