Key demographics
- Population
- 7.3M
- Density
- 36.4/km²
- HDI
- 0.720 (High)
- Gini index (2019)
- 29.7
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 72.4 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.60
- Urban population (2025)
- 34.8%
- Literacy rate (2009)
- 99.2%
- Labor force (2025)
- 61.1%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 61%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 34.8%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 19.4 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 4.4 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 45.1%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.60
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 14.8 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 2.4%
- Tourism (2019)
- 8.5M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Kyrgyz | Кыргызча |
| Russian | Русский |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 91.0% |
| Christianity | 8.0% |
| Others | 1.0% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Kyrgyz | 77.8% |
| Uzbeks | 14.2% |
| Russians | 3.8% |
| Dungans | 1.0% |
| Tajiks | 0.9% |
| Others | 2.3% |
- Demonym (male)
- Kirghiz
- Demonym (female)
- Kirghiz
- National anthem
- State Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 72.4 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 63.4 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 4.5% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 14.8/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 74/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 3.7/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 1.57/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 4.08/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $97
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 42.3%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2009)
- 99.2%
- Education spending (2023)
- 6.8% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 420
- Internet users (2024)
- 92.0%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 107.5/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 7.8/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 1,302/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 7.8
Geography and practical
- Area
- 199,951 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Central Asia
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+06:00
- Calling codes
- +996
- Postal code
- ######
- TLD
- .kg
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Kyrgyzstan features a yellow sun with forty rays at the center of a red field. At the center of the sun is a stylized depiction of a tunduk.
- National anthem
- State Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic