Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Crimean Tatar (secondary) · Erzya (secondary) · German (secondary) · Kazakh (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Kyrgyz (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Russian-Tajik Sign Language (secondary) · Tajik (secondary) · Tatar (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Turkmen (secondary) · Ukrainian (secondary) · Uyghur (secondary) · Western Armenian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Kyrgyzstan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Kyrgyz	5298000	Kyrgyz	Islam
Uzbek, Northern	1077000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam
Russian	385000	Russian	Christianity
Dungan	83000	Dungan	Islam
Uyghur	66000	Uyghur	Islam
Tajik	64000	Tajik	Islam
Turk	50000	Turkish	Islam
Tatar, Crimean	42000	Crimean Tatar	Islam
Kazakh	41000	Kazakh	Islam
Deaf	32000	Russian Sign Language	Unknown
Tatar	30000	Tatar	Islam
Turk, Meskhetian	27000	Kyrgyz	Islam
Azerbaijani	24000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam
Korean	19000	Korean	Buddhism
Kurd, Kurmanji	18000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Ukrainian	11000	Ukrainian	Christianity
German	9100	German, Standard	Christianity
Mordvinian	6200	Erzya	Christianity
Turkmen	5700	Turkmen	Islam
Kalmyk-Oirat	5700	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism
Lyuli	5600	Tajik	Islam
Lezgin	3000	Lezgi	Islam
Dargin	2600	Dargwa	Islam
Karachay	1900	Karachay-Balkar	Islam
Balkar	1500	Karachay-Balkar	Islam
Hemshin	1300	Armenian, Western	Islam
Arab, Uzbeki	500	Arabic, Uzbeki	Islam
Tuerke	300	Ili Turki	Islam

Languages

25 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Uzbeki

Armenian, Western

Azerbaijani, North

Crimean Tatar

Dargwa

Dungan

Erzya

German, Standard

Ili Turki

Kalmyk-Oirat

Karachay-Balkar

Kazakh

Korean

Kurdish, Northern

Kyrgyz

Lezgi

Russian

Russian Sign Language

Tajik

Tatar

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukrainian

Uyghur

Uzbek, Northern

All catalogue fields

156 fields recorded

rog3: KG
iso3: KGZ
iso2: KG
ctry: Kyrgyzstan
poplpeoples: 7310000
cntpeoples: 28
cntpeopleslr: 22
poplpeopleslr: 6878000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: kir
officiallang: Kyrgyz
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 3.684476691313
percentevangelical: 0.30492556942735
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 5
regionname: Asia, Central
workersneeded: 149
harvest_rog3: KG
harvest_iso3: KGZ
harvest_iso2: KG
harvest_owcountrycode: KYRG
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: KG
harvest_countrynumber: 115
harvest_ctry: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_ctryshort: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_countrynamechinese: 吉尔吉斯斯坦
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 吉尔吉斯斯坦
harvest_countrynamedutch: Kirgizië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_countrynamegerman: Kirgistan
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Kirgistan
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Kirgizstan
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Kirgizstan
harvest_countrynameitalian: Kirghizistan
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Kirghizistan
harvest_countrynamekorean: 키르기스스탄
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 키르기스스탄
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Kirgisistan
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Kirgisistan
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Quirguistão
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Quirguistão
harvest_countrynamerussian: Киргизия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Киргизия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Kirguistán
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Kirguistán
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Kyrgyzstan
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
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harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 12
harvest_regioncode: 5
harvest_unsr: 143
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Bishkek
harvest_population: 7295000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/kyrgyzstan.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 70147935
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-kg.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/kyrgyzstan
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 40
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 26
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 58
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 4.3000002
harvest_owcountrypage: kyrgyzstan
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 36
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: kir
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: rus
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0.2
harvest_pctbahai: 0.03
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.42
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 88.73
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.05
harvest_pctnonreligious: 5.3
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 5.27
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.46
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.38
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 4.34
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.08
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A015
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.664
harvest_hdirank: 120
harvest_internetusers: 34.5
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harvest_flashmapzoomx: -282
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -115
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 41
harvest_googlemaplng: 75
harvest_ctrylatitude: 41.20438
harvest_ctrylongitude: 74.766098
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/casia_ethnic_93.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/kyrgyzstan/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 202
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.508120649651972
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=kg&joshua=kg
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-kyrgyzstan
harvest_internetusage: 38
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/kyrgyzstan/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 76641
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 198500
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 63
harvest_countryphonecode: 7
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=566
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 7.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 7.83
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.6
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .kg
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kyrgyzstan
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00