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Kyrgyzstan

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Capital:	Bishkek
Area size:	191800 sq. km About half the size of Sweden
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +5
Currency:	Som
Area code:	(+) 996
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Cold winters, hot dry summers

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Kyrgyz (official), Russian (co-official); Uzbek, Dungan, Ukrainian and other languages are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	5.3 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	5.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	5.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	5.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	5.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	5.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	5.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	4.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
6.8 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Kyrgyz 52 percent, Russian 22 percent, Uzbek 13 percent. There are also smaller Ukrainian and German minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Sunni Muslim (75 percent) and Russian Orthodox (six percent)
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	36.1 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	35.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	35.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	35.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	35.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	35.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	35.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	35.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1918
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
85 (2006)
Source: U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	31.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	32.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	32.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	32.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	33.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	33.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	65.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	67.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	66.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	68.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	68.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	67.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	61.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	62.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	62.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	64.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	64.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	63.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	69.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	71.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	71.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	71.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	71.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	36 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	58 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	58 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	59 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	52 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	52 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	53 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	41 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	67 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	68 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	68 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	61 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	61 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	63 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	150 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	110 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	116	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	110	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	109	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	110	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	102	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	102	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2006	3 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	11 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	11 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	11 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	11 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	11 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	11 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	4 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	4 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	77 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	76 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	77 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	59 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	60 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	99.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2006	84 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	84 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	82 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	79 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	79 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	79 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	77 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	103 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	103 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	52 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	28 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	11 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	56 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	53 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	52 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	40 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	11 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	Not ranked
2006	142 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	130 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	122 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	118 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	500� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	450� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	400� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	340� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	290� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	280� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	280� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	2.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2005	-0.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	5.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	6.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	5.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	7.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	27.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
24.3 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	251 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	251 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	272 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	288 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003	<0.1 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
Risk from P.vivax from June through October in some southern and western parts of the country in areas bordering Takistan, Uzbekistan-Batken, Osh and Jalal-Abad regions.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	123 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	124 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	125 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	128 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	133 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	135 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	135 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	2488	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	3122	UNHCR
2004	3292	UNHCR
2003	3141	UNHCR
2002	2950	UNHCR
2001	685	UNHCR
2000	748	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2006	366	UNHCR
2005	2598	UNHCR
2004	3753	UNHCR
2003	5591	UNHCR
2002	7708	UNHCR
2001	9296	UNHCR
2000	10609	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	1	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	3.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	1.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	3.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	3.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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