Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Bishkek
- Region
- Asia, Central Asia
- Population
- 7,343,064 (2025)
- Area
- 198,500 km²
- Currency
- Kyrgyzstani som (KGS)
- Languages
- Kirghiz, Uzbek, Russian
- Calling code
- +996
- Internet domain
- .kg
- ISO codes
- KG, KGZ, 417
- Time zone
- UTC+6:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Kyrgyzstan covers about 198,500 square kilometres. By area it ranks 88th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Belarus and a little larger than Senegal. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 41° north, 75° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 7.34 million people live in Kyrgyzstan (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 107th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 37 people to each square kilometre. About 35 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 72 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Kirghiz, Uzbek, Russian. A person from Kyrgyzstan is called Kirghiz.
Money and economy
The currency is the Kyrgyzstani som (code KGS, symbol с). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 22.6 billion (2025), which is about US$ 3,081 for each person (2025).
Time
Kyrgyzstan uses one time zone, UTC+6:00 (Asia/Bishkek). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Bishkek | 900,000 |
| Osh | 322,164 |
| Manas | 123,239 |
| Karakol | 84,351 |
| Tokmok | 71,443 |
| Uzgen | 49,410 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Central Asia
Turkmenistan. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.