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🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KGZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KG
UN M49 numeric417
IOC codeKGZ
Official nameKyrgyz Republic
Native name(s)kir: official: Кыргыз Республикасы; common: Кыргызстан; rus: official: Кыргызская Республика; common: Киргизия
Alt spellingsKG, Киргизия, Kyrgyz Republic, Кыргыз Республикасы, Kyrgyz Respublikasy
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionCentral Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalBishkek
Area (km²)199,951
Lat / Lng41.0000, 75.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CHN, KAZ, TJK, UZB
Top-level domain.kg
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 96

Demographics

Population (World Bank)7,343,064 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)72.4 (2024)
Languageskir: Kyrgyz; rus: Russian
Demonymseng: f: Kirghiz; m: Kirghiz; fra: f: Kirghize; m: Kirghize
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)22,623,752,095.461 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,080.969 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.526 (2025)
CurrenciesKGS: name: Kyrgyzstani som; symbol: с

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,751,139
19511,787,522
19521,824,591
19531,862,532
19541,902,145
19551,944,403
19561,989,620
19572,038,327
19582,090,854
19592,149,295
19602,215,508
19612,288,666
19622,367,294
19632,449,242
19642,532,151
19652,615,057
19662,697,633
19672,780,169
19682,862,894
19692,944,840
19703,025,142
19713,101,442
19723,173,944
19733,244,870
19743,314,021
19753,381,363
19763,447,005
19773,514,121
19783,584,523
19793,656,189
19803,729,374
19813,804,456
19823,882,811
19833,965,758
19844,039,347
19854,102,391
19864,168,593
19874,238,467
19884,308,017
19894,382,001
19904,459,543
19914,532,116
19924,600,310
19934,626,803
19944,649,185
19954,713,635
19964,782,882
19974,847,993
19984,907,791
19994,968,587
20005,025,145
20015,071,956
20025,116,254
20035,159,422
20045,203,041
20055,246,332
20065,282,453
20075,313,368
20085,342,520
20095,398,007
20105,491,761
20115,594,535
20125,696,519
20135,797,289
20145,898,319
20156,001,882
20166,108,462
20176,220,150
20186,341,732
20196,494,035
20206,664,140
20216,820,479
20226,955,788
20237,073,516

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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