Where is Kyrgyzstan?
About Kyrgyzstan
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Kyrgyzstan is an above average size country in central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with no coastal border.
The land is a mixture of mountains and plains.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Kyrgyzstan, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 41 00N
Longitude - 75 00E
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The Kyrgyzstani flag is red with a
yellow sun in the centre. The sun has 40 rays representing the 40 Krygyz tribes. In the centre of the sun are 2 sets of 3 red lines.
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The total land area of Kyrgyzstan is 191,801 sq kms which is the 24th largest in Asia.
Kyrgyzstan has lakes, rivers and canals which total 8,150 sq kms.
Kyrgyzstan has boundaries with 4 countries
Kyrgyzstan has no coastline.
The highest point in Kyrgyzstan is Jengish Chokusu at 7,439 metres.
The total population of Kyrgyzstan is 5.73 million people, making it the 36th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 2.92 million are females and 2.81 million are males.
A person from Kyrgyzstan is called a Kyrgyzstani.
To be a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, one of your parents must be a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. It is not sufficient to be born in Kyrgyzstan. You have to live in Kyrgyzstan for
5 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Kyrgyzstan, by population are:-
The birth rate in Kyrgyzstan is 21.6 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Kyrgyzstan is 6.4 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 20.7 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 29.0 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 27.9 and for males is 25.7. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 23.2.
The elderly dependency ratio is 6.6. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 15.1. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Kyrgyzstan spends 6.5% of its total income on health care.
There are 1.85 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 4.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
16.6% of the population are estimated as obese.
96.7% of the urban population and 86.2% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
89.1% of the urban population and 95.6% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Kyrgyzstan spends 6.0% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 7 in Kyrgyzstan. Primary education is for four years until age 11 and secondary education must continue till 16 but can go on to 18/19. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
We are waiting for information about school terms in Kyrgyzstan.
99.4% of females and 99.6% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
15.5% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 20.6% are unemployed while with males 12.7% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Kyrgyzstan is 2.84 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 18 paved airports in Kyrgyzstan, which is the 28th highest number in Asia.
There are 424 kilometres of railways in Kyrgyzstan, the 33rd longest in Asia.
There are 34,000 kilometres of roads in Kyrgyzstan, which means Kyrgyzstan is in 22nd place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.