Kyrgyzstan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 7.3M (2025). World rank 106 of 216; in Asia, 34 of 49. Area: 199,951 km². World rank 88 of 249; in Asia, 23 of 50. GDP per person: $3,081 (2025). World rank 161 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 36 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 6M → 7.3M, GDP $6.7B → $22.6B, and GDP per person $1,106 → $3,081.
State
- Official name
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Local name
- Кыргызстан
- Capital
- Bishkek
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Sadyr Japarov
- Head of government
- Adylbek Kasymaliev
- Independence
- August 31, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 33.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 7,343,064 2025
- Area
- 199,951 km²
- GDP
- $22.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,081 2025
- Life expectancy
- 72.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Kyrgyz, Russian
- Currency
- Kyrgyz Som (KGS)
- Time zones
- UTC+6
- Calling code
- +996
- Emergency numbers
- 101, 102, 103, 161
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Agricultural land
- 54% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jengish Chokusu, 7,439 m
- Lowest point
- Kara-Daryya, 132 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 2,988
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 14
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 533 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 36.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 34.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 31.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 62.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 68.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 19.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 4.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 90%, Christian 7%, and other 3% (2017)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 43.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 25.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 34.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 48.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 42.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $9,220 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +11.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,800 2025
- Inflation
- +8.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 33 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 26.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 51.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 8.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 44.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 26.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 65.6% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -22.6% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 17.6% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 19.6% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 27.5 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 2.2% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.2% 2009
- Primary school enrolment
- 99% 2025
- Secondary school enrolment
- 91.7% 2025
- Higher education enrolment
- 53.9% 2025
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.8% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $97 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 42.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.6 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.7 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 14.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 16.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 42 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 58.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 22.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 94.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 82% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.8 2020
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 6.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 65.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 20.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 6.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 6.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 7,015 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 50% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 92% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 107 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 7.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .kg
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,168 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 27.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 85.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 12.2% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 804,478 2023
- Airports
- 28 2025
- Railways, km
- 424 2022
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 327 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 67 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 10.7% 2024