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title: "Kyrgyzstan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Kyrgyzstan: capital Bishkek, area 199,951 km², population 7,343,064 (2025), currency Kyrgyzstani som. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/kyrgyzstan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Kyrgyzstan

**Kyrgyzstan: Capital Bishkek**

199,951 km² · 7,343,064 people (2025) · Kyrgyzstani som

More than ninety percent of the country is over 1,500 m and the Tian Shan covers most of it. Issyk-Kul is the second-largest mountain lake in the world after Titicaca, sits at 1,600 m and never freezes, because it is slightly saline and very deep — over 660 m.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bishkek
- **Area:** 199,951 km² — 77,201 sq mi
- **Population:** 7,343,064 (2025)
- **Density:** 36.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Kyrgyzstani som (KGS, с)
- **Official languages:** Kyrgyz, Russian
- **Time zone:** UTC+06:00
- **Calling code:** +996
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** KG · KGZ
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 86 of 200
- **By population:** 107 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guyana | 214,969 | 835,986 |
| Belarus | 207,600 | 9,085,991 |
| Kyrgyzstan ← | 199,951 | 7,343,064 |
| Senegal | 196,722 | 18,931,966 |
| Syria | 187,437 | 25,620,427 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?

Bishkek

### What currency does Kyrgyzstan use?

The Kyrgyzstani som (KGS).

### How big is Kyrgyzstan?

199,951 km², or 77,201 square miles — 86 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Kyrgyzstan drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]