Kyrgyzstan 
Facts
Population:
4,753,003 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
35.03% (male 841,029; female 823,723)
15-64 years:
58.83% (male 1,369,842; female 1,426,522)
65 years and over:
6.14% (male 110,340; female 181,547) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.44% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
26.18 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.13 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.61 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
76.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
63.46 years
male:
59.2 years
female:
67.94 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Kyrgyzstani(s)
adjective:
Kyrgyzstani
Ethnic groups:
Kirghiz 52.4%, Russian 18%, Uzbek 12.9%, Ukrainian 2.5%, German 2.4%, other 11.8%
Religions:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Languages:
Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) - official language, Russian - official language
note:
in May 2000, the Kyrgyzstani legislature made Russian an official language, equal in status to Kirghiz
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
99%
female:
96% (1989 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $12.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.7% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
39%
industry:
22%
services:
39% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
51% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.7%
highest 10%:
31.7% (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
18.7% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.7 million
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 55%, industry 15%, services 30% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
6% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$207.4 million
expenditures:
$238.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals
Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
12.981 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
6.67%
hydro:
93.33%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
10.236 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
2.02 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
184 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
Exports:
$482 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower; machinery; shoes
Exports - partners:
Germany 33%, Russia 16%, Kazakhstan 10%, Uzbekistan 10%, China 6% (1999)
Imports:
$579 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
oil and gas, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Russia 18%, Kazakhstan 12%, US 9%, Germany 8%, Uzbekistan 8%, China (1999)
Debt - external:
$1.4 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$329.4 million (1995)
Currency:
Kyrgyzstani som (KGS)
Currency code:
KGS
Exchange rates:
soms per US dollar - 48.701 (January 2001), 47.704 (2000), 39.008 (1999), 20.838 (1998), 17.362 (1997), 12.810 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Kyrgyzstan in the News
In the wake of political unrest in Kyrgyzstan, thousands of Uzbek nationals have been the victims of violence within Kyrgyzstan. A third-party "peace army" could help turn the situation around.
The rapid spread of small arms in Kyrgyzstan is of growing concern to government officials and law enforcement agencies responsible for combating rising crime in the Central Asian state.
Although Kyrgyzstan's main opposition leader is safely in jail, the government is keeping close watch on his home village. Sutlan Jumagulov and Asel Sagynbaeva report from Bishkek.
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